Jeffrey W. Kolff, M.D., F.A.C.S.
General and Laparoscopic Surgery

(215) 887-3990 phone
(215) 887-1140 fax

Education and Training

Medical School:
Case Western Reserve - Cleveland, OH 1994 - 1999

Surgical Residency:
Pennsylvania Hospital - Philadelphia, PA  1999 - 2005

Board Certification:
General Surgery

Specialty:
General  Surgery

Background:

Jeffrey W. Kolff, M.D. is a board certified general surgeon and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons with more than 7 years experience in private practice.   While a general surgery resident at Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. Kolff received the Ronald Savarese Award for Excellence in Surgical Research for three consecutive years (2002 - 2004), as well as the Excellence in Scientific Research Award at the Thomas Bond Symposia for 2003 and 2004.

Dr. Kolff has been the author/co-author of several studies published in peer reviewed journal, including the Annals of Surgery, Annals of Thoracic and Cariovascular Surgery, and the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.  He also contributed a chapter on symptomatic splenolmegaly to the textbook Clinical Scenarios in Surgical Oncology.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Americian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; he is a member of the American Medical Association, the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery.

Dr. Kolff is Clerkship Director, Medical Student Education in Surgery at Abington Memorial Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine.  His areas of special surgical interest include:

• Advanced laparoscopic surgery
• Trauma