Penn Medicine Provider
Cardiology
William T. O'Donnell, MD, PhD
5.0
(479)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Emory University
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

481 reviews

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June 2025
5.0
5.0
very down to earth
June 2025
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the best
June 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent dr
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he was thorough and explained everything well

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. O'Donnell is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

MS Lee, S Wadia, Y Yeghiazarians, R Matthews, CJ White, HC Herrmann, W O'Donnell, J McPherson, MA Leesar, RP Kreutz, D Brandman, A Gupta, S Mandras, DE Kandzari Cardiology Assessment of Patients Undergoing Evaluation for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation , Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 2(1): 2022


Gertz ZM, O'Donnell W, Raina A, Balderston JR, Litwack AJ, Goldberg LR Implementation of a Computerized Order Entry Tool to Reduce the Inappropriate and Unnecessary Use of Cardiac Stress Tests With Imaging in Hospitalized Patients. , Am J Cardiol, 118(8): 2016,1123-1127


Raina A, Gertz Z, O'Donnell WT, Herrmann H, Forfia P Pulmonary hypertension is a manifestation of congestive heart failure and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in octogenarians with severe aortic stenosis. , Pulm Circ, 5(3): 2015,521-526


Gertz ZM, O'Donnell W, Raina A, Litwack AJ, Balderson, JR, Goldberg LR Application of appropriate use criteria to cardiac stress testing in the hospital setting: limitations of the criteria and areas for improved practice. , Clin Cardiol, 38(1): 2015,8-12


Gertz ZM, McCauley BD, Raina A, O'Donnell W, Shellenberger C, Willhide J, Forfia PR, Herrmann HC Estimation of oxygen consumption in elderly patients with aortic stenosis. , Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 83(1): 2013,E128-133


Gertz ZM, Raina A, O'Donnell WT, McCauley BD, Shellenberger C, Kolansky DM, Wilensky RL, Forfia PR, Herrmann HC Comparison of invasive and noninvasive assessment of aortic stenosis severity in the elderly. , Circ Cardiovasc Interv, 5(3): 2012,406-414


Nakamoto M, Jin P, O’Donnell WT, Warren ST Physiological identification of human transcripts translationally regulated by a specific microRNA. , Hum Mol Genet, 14(24): 2005,3813-3821


Lu R, Wang H, Liang Z, Ku L, O’Donnell WT, Li W, Warren ST, Feng Y The fragile X protein controls microtubule-associated protein 1B translation and microtubule stability in brain neuron development. , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 101(42): 2004,15201-15206


O'Donnell WT, Ceman S, Reed M, Patton S, Pohl J, Warren ST Phosphorylation influences the translation state of FMRP-associated polyribosomes. , Hum Mol Genet, 12(24): 2003,3295-3305


O'Donnell WT, Ceman S, Warren ST. Phosphorylation of the fragile X mental retardation protein regulates translation of its mRNA ligands. , Am. J. Hum. Genet., 73: 2003,1042