- Stroke
- Transient ischemic attack
Donna Kurowski George, MD
Neurology
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
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
41 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology
- Neurology, 2016
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Heart Association, National
- American Medical Association, National
- Penn Stroke Program
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