David L. Kaufmann, MD

David L. Kaufmann, MD, is clinical assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has an interest in both cranial and spinal neurosurgery and has practiced at UPMC Mercy since 2000 where he served as the chief of neurosurgery from 2014-23. His practice has an emphasis on the treatment of degenerative disorders of the spine and neurotrauma. He also has an interest in complex spinal reconstructive surgery for conditions involving spinal deformity and brain tumors.

Dr. Kaufmann received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed a general surgery internship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He performed his neurosurgical residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and the Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.  He is board certified in neurological surgery.

Dr. Kaufmann is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Community Clinic Sites

UPMC Mercy
1350 Locust Street, Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

UPMC West Mifflin
1907 Lebanon Church Rd.
West Mifflin, PA 15122