Jason Bofinger, MD

Infectious Diseases, Travel Medicine

5.0 with 168 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Chair, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Pennsylvania Hospital
Co-Director of Medical Student Education for Medicine Clerkship and Subinternship, Pennsylvania Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Dr. Bofinger is a Penn Medicine physician.

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AIDS
Antiretroviral Salvage Therapy
Aspergillosis
Blastomycosis (Mycosis)
Bone Infection (Osteomyelitis)
C. Difficile (Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea)
Cellulitis
Encephalitis
Fever of Unknown Origin
Flu (Influenza)
Flu Shot Vaccination
Fungal Meningitis
Fungemia
Genital Warts (Condyloma Acuminatum)
Gonorrhea
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A Vaccination
Hepatitis B Vaccination
Hepatitis C
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
Histoplasmosis
HIV (AIDS Virus)
HPV Vaccination
Human Papilloma Virus
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination
Joint Infection
Lyme Disease
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Malaria
Measles Vaccination
Meningitis
Meningitis Vaccination
Meningococcal Vaccine
MMR Vaccine
Mycobacterial Infection
Mycobacterium Avium Complex
Mycoplasma
Pneumonia
Pneumonia Vaccination
Polio Vaccination
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Prosthetic Joint Infection
Pyelonephritis
Rabies Vaccination
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Shingles Vaccination
Staph Infection
Swollen Lymph Nodes
Syphilis
Travel Medicine
Travel Vaccination
Travelers' Diarrhea
Tropical Medicine
Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis Testing
Typhoid Fever Vaccination
Viral Encephalitis
Viral Meningitis
Wound Infection
Yellow Fever Vaccination

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Bofinger is part of these programs:

Education and Training

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Temple University Hospital

Primary Location

Penn Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine

Pennsylvania Hospital
Garfield Duncan Building, Suite 1B
301 South 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Malika Gill, Jason Bofinger, Alexander Glaser: Tissiarella praeacuta bacteremia, a rare complication of osteomyelitis ID Cases 27 (e01425): 2022.

Bofinger J.J., Bettiker R., and Samuel R.: Initiating combination antiretroviral therapy in treatment-naive patients with HIV Hospital Physician Infectious Diseases Board Review Manual 10 (5): 2007.

Bofinger J.J. and Schlossberg D.: Fever of unknown origin caused by tuberculosis Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 21 (4): 947-962,2007.

Bofinger J.J., Fekete T., and Samuel R.: Bacterial peritonitis caused by Kingella kingae Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 (9): 3118-3120,2007.

Academic Contact Information

Penn Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital
301 S. 8th Street, Suite 1B
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

Infectious Diseases Society of America, National