Donna Kurowski George, MD

Neurology
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center
  • Program Director, Vascular Neurology Fellowship
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology

My education and training

  • Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Mount Auburn Hospital
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

41 reviews

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Anonymous
October 2025
excellent dr
Anonymous
July 2025
very happy with her care
Anonymous
November 2024
felt like the doctor was genuinely interested in my situation and not just another patient to be processed.
Anonymous
November 2024
she's the best!!!

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Lancaster General Hospital
  • Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Doylestown Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. George is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Kasner SE, Mullen MT, DeGeorgia M, Blackburn S, George DK, Kumar M, Messe S, Abraham MG, Chen M, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Sitton CW, Burkhardt JK, Hussain MS, Churilov L, Sundararajan S, Hu YC, Herial NA, Jabbour P, Gibson D, Arenillas JF, Tsai JP, Budzik RF, Hicks WJ, Kozak O, Yan B, Cordato DJ, Manning NW, Parsons MW, Hanel RA, Aghaebrahim AN, Wu TY, Portela PC, de la Ossa NP, Schaafsma JD, Blasco J, Sangha N, Warach S, Gandhi CD, Kleinig TJ, Sahlein D, Samaniego EA, Maali L, Abdulrazzak MA, Amuluru K, Pujara DK, Shaker F, Johns H, Moussa R, Al-Shaibi F, Duncan KR, Tjoumakaris S, Opaskar A, Xiong W, Ray A, Amin-Hanjani S, Nguyen TN, Fifi JT, Davis S, Wechsler L, Furlan A, Sila C, Bambakidis N, Hill MD, Mendes Pereira V, Lansberg MG, Grotta JC, Ribo M, Albers GW, Campbell BC, Hassan AE, Sarraj A; SELECT2 Investigators Critical Care Decisions After Large Core Cerebral Infarctions: A Secondary Analysis From the SELECT2 Trial , Ann Neurol: 2025,698-708

Reyes-Esteves S, George DK, Cucchiara Sex differences in treatment effect in neuroprotectant trials for acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review , Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 460: 2024,122992

Yang DL, Thomas R, Ford AF, Cucchiara BL, George DK, Song JW Vessel wall imaging in the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as Moyamoya syndrome-A case report. Neuroradiol , Neuroradiology Journal: 2024,19714009241247469

Ankita Brahmaroutu MD, Donna K. George MD Ace the Case: An 80-Year-Old Man With Sudden Onset of Left-Sided Hemiparesis , Healio: 2022

Matthews A, Yui J, Chiang EY, Pishko AM, Cuker A, Cucchiara BL, George DK, Sayani F, Mullen MT Cerebral Infarction due to Severe ADAMTS-13 Deficiency with Normal Hematological Parameters: A Cause of Cryptogenic Stroke , Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, 31(16): 2022

Ford, A.F., George, D.K Ace the Case: A 34-year-old woman with numbness, weakness, and vision loss , Healio: 2021

Donna K. George, Sahily Reyes Esteves Ace the Case: A 60-Year-Old Woman With Sudden-Onset Dysarthria and Left-Sided Weakness , Healio: 2020

Donna K. George, Aaron Rothstein Ace the Case: A 58-Year-Old Man With COVID-19, Sudden-Onset Weakness, and Altered Mental Status , Healio: 2020

Donna K. George Chapter 53: Restarting Antithrombotic Therapy After Intracerebral Hemorrhage , Decision-Making in Adult Neurology: 2020

Cucchiara Brett, George Donna Kurowski, Kasner Scott E, Knutsson Mikael, Denison Hans, Ladenvall Per, Amarenco Pierre, Johnston S Claiborne Disability after minor stroke and TIA: A secondary analysis of the SOCRATES trial. , Neurology, 93(7): 2019,e708-e716