Judith A. O'Donnell, MD
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Infectious Diseases Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Chief Medical Officer for Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Director and Senior Epidemiologist, Department of Infection Prevention & Control Penn Presbyterian Medical Centerl
- Section Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
My education and training
- Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
- Residency: Temple University Hospital
- Fellowship: Temple University Hospital
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
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 1994
- Baltimore STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, Baltimore, MD, Local
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), National
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Kevin He and Judith A. O'Donnell Chlamydial Proctitis , New England Journal of Medicine, 391: 2024,1237
Weinstein EJ, Stephens-Shields A, Newcomb CW, Silibovsky R, Nelson CL, O’Donnell JA, Glaser LJ, Hsieh E, Hanberg JS, Tate JP, Akgun KM, King JT, LoRe V. Incidence microbiology, and determinants of prosthetic joint infections according to time following total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study among US veterans. , JAMA Network Open, 6: 2023
Anesi GL, Degnan K, Dutcher L, Saw S, Maguire C, Binkley A, Patel S, Athans V, Barton TD, Binkley S, Candeloro C, Herman DJ, Kasbekar N, Kennedy L, Millstein JH, Meyer NJ, Talati NJ, Patel H, Pegues DA, Sayre PJ, Tebas P, Terico AT, Murphy KM, O’Donnell JA, White M, and Hamilton KW. The Penn Medicine COVID-19 therapeutics committee – reflections on a model for rapid evidence review and dynamic practice recommendations during a public health emergency. , Open Forum Infect Dis.: 2023
Richterman A, Behrman A, Brennan PJ, O’Donnell JA, Snider CK, Chaiyachati KH. Durability of SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA booster vaccine protection against omicron among health care workers with a vaccine mandate. , Clin Infect Dis.: 2022
Green-McKenzie J, Shofer FS, Momplaisir F, Kuter BJ, Kruse G, Bialal U, Behta, M, O’Donnell JA, Al-Ramahi N, Kasbekar, Sullivan P, Okala P, Brennan PJ. Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine receipt by healthcare personnel at a major academic hospital during the first months of vaccine availability. , JAMA Network Open., 4: 2021
Mahraj K, Chaiyachati KH, Asch DA, Fala G, Do D, Lam D, Miller A, Mannion N, Stoloff V, Halbritter A, Huffenberger AM, Shuttleworth J, O’Donnell JA, Green-McKenzie J, Patel K, Rosin R, Kruse G, Brennan PJ, Volpp KG. How a University and Health System Jointly and Rapidly Developed a Large-Scale COVID-19 Surveillance System with Limited Time and Capacity Constraints , NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, 2(6): 2021
Weinstein E, Stephens-Shields A, Loabile B, Yuh, T, Silibovsky R, Nelson CL, O’Donnell JA, Hsieh E, Hanberg JS, Akgun KM, Tate JP, LoRe V. Development and validation of case-findings algorithm to identify prosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty in Veterans health administration data. , Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety: 2021
Liu P, Hamilton KW, O’Donnell JA Urinary Tract Infections , Schlossberg's Clinical Infectious Disease : 2021,422-429
O’Donnell, JA, Gelone SP, Talati, NJ Topical Antibacterials , Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Ninth Edition. Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser, MJ eds.: 2020,466-72
Gelone SP, Pacetti S, O'Donnell JA Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy , Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice: A Practical Approach, Fourth Edition: 2017,111-134