Dr. Erica Elizabeth Kaufman West, MD

Dr. Kaufman West practices at Prime Healthcare Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Dr. Kaufman West's NPI, 1619075785, was assigned on September 20, 2006. Dr. Kaufman West graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Kaufman West holds Indiana license 01078933A.

Dr. Kaufman West's primary practice is Prime Healthcare Olympia Fields, at 20201 Crawford Ave, Olympia Fields, IL 60461 in Cook County. The practice phone is (708) 852-2953.

Dr. Kaufman West's primary practice is Prime Healthcare Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Dr. Kaufman West is also affiliated with Franciscan Health Crown Point. The medical group on file is Franciscan Physician Network. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kaufman West to 3 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kaufman West practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Kaufman West's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dmand AI has Dr. Kaufman West's licenses on file in 2 states: Indiana and Illinois.

CMS data shows 87 Medicare services from Dr. Kaufman West across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 67 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,615 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 67 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kaufman West in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 22 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.42, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kaufman West's median patient age at 62, with 43% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kaufman West wrote 236 Medicare Part D claims for 37 patients. 39% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 168 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $412,315 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 144 claims across 9 drugs.

Dr. Kaufman West accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 147 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Kaufman West, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Kaufman West in 2024. Dr. Kaufman West's most frequent co-authors are Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick, MD, Priya Nori, MD and Catherine L. Passaretti, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Kaufman West to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include COVID-19, Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Pneumonia, Viral. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Kaufman West that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 274 general payments to Dr. Kaufman West from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Gilead Sciences, Inc. paid the most, $74,513. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $87,296 in 2020, naming 1 clinical trial.

Dr. Kaufman West graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005.