Ronen Elefant, MD, MBA, MSEng
Ronen Elefant, MD, MBA, MSEng is a double board-certified general surgeon and surgical intensivist, accomplished pilot, and leader with advanced training in biomedical engineering and business. He specializes in acute care surgery, including trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care.
Currently serving as Trauma Medical Director and Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Dr. Elefant is redefining surgical care through ACES. He leads a national network of elite surgeons expanding access to high-quality outpatient surgery through bundled direct pricing, physician-led autonomy, and uncompromising clinical standards. He is also an educator, invited lecturer, and active contributor to professional surgical societies.
ACES is a multispecialty group practice that launched with a primary focus on general surgery and orthopedics with future expansion into other specialties. Our model is based on direct surgical care, where patients pay out-of-pocket for bundled surgical services, completely independent of insurance.
Referral Network:
Patients will be referred through direct primary care (DPC) physicians, self-funded employers, and specialized healthcare brokers.
Facility Model:
Unlike traditional practices that build new surgery centers, ACES partners with underutilized ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across multiple states. We have already secured partnerships in Charleston, SC, Southport, CT, and Manitowoc, WI, with further expansion planned.
Surgeon Network:
- General surgeons currently based in Connecticut, Alabama, Utah, Indiana
- Orthopedic surgeons based in Connecticut
- Surgeons will participate on a part-time basis, independent from their full-time hospital or practice roles elsewhere, as independent practitioners.
Patient Care Workflow:
- Preoperative and postoperative visits are primarily delivered via telehealth, allowing patients to connect across state lines with their surgeons.
- In-person postoperative visits may be arranged depending on case volume and operating schedules at each facility.
- Emergencies will be managed locally through existing ASC-hospital partnerships.
Practice Style:
ACES is designed as an episodic, patient-centered practice — not full-time by any one surgeon, but flexibly staffed to match patient demand.
- Auburn University, MBA
- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
- Temple University Hospital
- Montefiore Medical Center
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Double Board Certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Physician order required.
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Physician order required.
Please do not order until "Office Visit" with chosen doctor has been completed.
- Office Visit or Consult with Physician may be required to determine the need for surgery.
- You may be required to bring copies of most recent images.
Physician order required.
Please do not order until "Office Visit" with chosen doctor has been completed.
