Elizabeth S. McDonald, MD
Radiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Breast MRI
- Co-Director, Breast Cancer Translational Research Group
- Program Director, Breast/Women's Imaging Fellowship
- Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
- Residency: Mayo Clinic
- Fellowship: Mayo Clinic
- Fellowship: University of Washington Hospitals
Spoken languages
English
English
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)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
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.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Diagnostic Radiology, 2008
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Local
- American College of Radiology, International
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), International
- Breast Cancer Alliance, National
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN) Cancer Research Group; Breast Committee (2016-present) | Laboratory Science and Pathology Committee (2020-present) | Laboratory and Pathology Sciences Committee (2021-present) | Non-contrast imaging working group (2022-present), International
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN) Image Analytics Working Group, International
- Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Local
- I-SPY 2 TRIAL: Neoadjuvant and Personalized Adaptive Novel Agents to Treat Breast Cancer (I-SPY 2): Site PI for Radiology, International
- ISPY-2 imaging working group | Biomarker subgroup (2020-present) | Diffusion imaging subgroup (2020-present), International
- ISPY-2 working group, International
- Society of Breast Imaging, National
- The Chrysalis Initiative, National
- The Doctor's Mayo Society of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, National
- Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (TBCRC) Correlative Science Working Group | Locoregional Disease Working Group, International
- Women’s Campaign International, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Park, KU, Somerfield, MR, Nirupama, A, Brackstone, M, Conlin, AK, Couto, HL, Dengel, LT, Eisen, A, Harvey, BE, Hawley, J, Kim, JN, Lasebikan, N, McDonald, ES, Pradhan, D, Shams, S, Mailhot Vega, R, Thompson, AM, Torres, MA Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update , Journal of Clinical Oncology, 43: 2025,1720-1741
McDonald, ES, Pan, T, Pant, DK, Troester, MA, Kossenkov, AV, Mankoff, DA, Mach, RH, Chodosh, L. Ternary Complex Components Responsible for Rapid LDL Internalization as Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Associated with Proliferation and Early Recurrence , Cancer Research Communications, 5: 2025,226-239
Young, AJ, Pantel, AR, Kiani, M, Doot, RK, Bagheri, S, Pryma, DA, Farwell, MD, Li, S, Lee, H, Schubert, E, Secreto, A, Zuckerman, S, Nayak, A, Choi, H, Carlin, S, DeMichele, A, Mankoff, DA, Zhou, R, Mach, RH, McDonald, ES. "Kinetic Analysis and Metabolism of Poly-(Adenosine Diphosphate- Ribose) Polymerase-1–Targeted 18F-Fluorthanatrace PET in Breast Cancer" , Journal of Nuclear Medicine: 2024
McDonald, ES, Scheel, JR, Lewin, AA, Weinstein, SP, Dodelzon, K, Dogan, BE, Fitzpatrick, A, Kuzmiak, CM, Newell, MS, Paulis, LV, Pilewskie, M, Salkowski, LR, Sanford, MF, Silva, C, Sharpe, RE, Specht, J, Ulaner, GA, Slanetz, PJ. ACR Appropriateness Criteria Imaging of Invasive Breast Cancer. , Journal of the American College of Radiology: 2024,S168-S202
O’Brien, SR, Medrano, D, Birnbaum, J, McDonald, ES, Conant, EC, Weinstein, SP, Fayanju, OM, Zuckerman, SP, Edmonds, CE. Feasibility and Accuracy of Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsy for Nipple Abnormalities , Journal of Breast Imaging: 2024
Lee, M*, Nguyen, B, Jung, J, Razzak, E, Oluyemi, ET, McDonald, ES, Miles, RC, Sadigh, G, Carlos, R. Assessing the correlation between allostatic load and image-guided breast biopsies in false positive mammograms. , Journal of Women's Health: 2024
McDonald, ES and Conant, EC Can AI reduce the harms of screening mammography? , Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, 5(6): 2023,e230304.
Chitalia R, Miliotis M, Jahani N, Tastsoglou S, McDonald ES, Belenky V, Cohen EA, Newitt D, Van't Veer LJ, Esserman L, Hylton N, DeMichele A, Hatzigeorgiou A, Kontos D. Radiomic tumor phenotypes augment molecular profiling in predicting recurrence free survival after breast neoadjuvant chemotherapy , Commun Med (Lond), 3(1): 2023,46
O'Brien SR, Ward R, Wu GG, Bagheri S, Kiani M, Challa A, Ulaner GA, Pantel AR, McDonald ES. Other Novel PET Radiotracers for Breast Cancer , PET Clin, 18(4): 2023,557-566
Lee, HS, Schwarz, SW, Schubert, EK, Chen, DL, Doot, RK, Makvandi, M, Lin, LL, McDonald, ES, Mankoff, DA, Mach, RH. The Development of 18F Fluorthanatrace: A PET Radiotracer for Imaging Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 , Radiol Imaging Cancer, 4(1): 2022,e210070.