Elizabeth S. McDonald, MD

Radiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Call 800-789-7366
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.

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.
Dr. McDonald is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

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.