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Anthony A. Donato Jr.

Anthony A. Donato Jr., MD, MHPE

Professor of Medicine; Assistant Dean, College of Medicine at Tower Health


Department: Medicine

Education

  • MD - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1990)
  • MHPE - University of Illinois-Chicago (2012)

Awards & Honors

  • Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2023

Memberships / Professional Affiliations

Governor elect, Pennsylvania Eastern region, American College of Physicians

Anthony A. Donato Jr., MD, MHPE, is an academic hospitalist and street medicine physician who serves as the associate program director and vice chair for internal medicine at Tower Health Reading Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania. He completed his BS in biology at Georgetown University, then his MD at University of Pittsburgh on an Air Force Scholarship program. He has spent 31 years in medical education, and followed this passion to obtain his masters in health professions education at the University of Chicago-Illinois in 2012. His interests are in his street medicine outreach, novel ways of teaching, direct observation and the use of portfolios to enhance mentor-learner relationships. As of April 2026, he is the governor-elect for the eastern region of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American College of Physicians.

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine- Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi (1997)

Affiliated Hospitals

Tower Health - Reading Hospital

Anthony A. Donato Jr., MD, MHPE, is a professor in the Department of Medicine and assistant dean for Drexel University College of Medicine’s regional medical campus at Tower Health, where he teaches residents and medical students on the academic hospitalist service.

Research Overview

Dr. Donato has varied research interests that include case reports, systematic reviews, database reviews and narratives on being a doctor, as well as research in medical education.

In the Media

Publications

"Professional identity formation in medical education for humanistic, resilient physicians: pedagogic strategies for bridging theory to practice"
HS Wald, D Anthony, TA Hutchinson, S Liben, M Smilovitch, AA Donato
Academic Medicine 90 (6), 753-760

"Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Analysis From the U.S. Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry"
OO Fadahunsi, A Olowoyeye, A Ukaigwe, Z Li, AN Vora, S Vemulapalli, E Elgin, A Donato
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 9 (21), 2189-2199

"Clinical outcomes in patients with isolated subsegmental pulmonary emboli diagnosed by multidetector CT pulmonary angiography"
AA Donato, S Khoche, J Santora, B Wagner
Thrombosis Research 126 (4), e266-e270

"A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Clostridium difficile Infection in Immunocompromised Patients"
O Shogbesan, DR Poudel, S Victor, A Jehangir, O Fadahunsi, G Shogbesan, A Donato
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2018 (1), 1394379

"YouTube as a source of information on Ebola virus disease"
Ranjan Pathak, Dilli Ram Poudel, Paras Karmacharya, Amrit Pathak, Madan Raj Aryal, Maryam Mahmood, Anthony A Donato
North American Journal of Medical Sciences 7 (7), 306

"Rituximab-induced serum sickness: a systematic review"
P Karmacharya, DR Poudel, R Pathak, AA Donato, S Ghimire, S Giri, MR Aryal, CO Bingham
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 45 (3), 334-340

"RS3PE revisited: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 331 cases"
P Karmacharya, AA Donato, MR Aryal, S Ghimire, R Pathak, K Shah, P Shrestha, D Poudel, T Wasser, A Subedi, S Giri, L Jalota, A Olivé
Clin Exp Rheumatol 34 (3), 404-15

"Statin-associated autoimmune myopathy: a systematic review of 100 cases"
S Nazir, S Lohani, N Tachamo, D Poudel, A Donato
JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 23 (3), 149-154

"Takotsubo cardiomyopathy associated with epinephrine use: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
S Nazir, S Lohani, N Tachamo, S Ghimire, DR Poudel, A Donato
International Journal of Cardiology 229, 67-70

"Acute myocardial infarction and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: a systematic review"
S Nazir, N Tachamo, S Lohani, R Hingorani, DR Poudel, A Donato
Coronary Artery Disease 28 (4), 332-335

"Predictive accuracy of ST depression during rapid atrial fibrillation on the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease"
R Pradhan, A Chaudhary, AA Donato
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 30 (7), 1042-1047

"A gut gone to pot: a case of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome due to K2, a synthetic cannabinoid"
A Ukaigwe, P Karmacharya, A Donato
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine 2014 (1), 167098

"Venous thromboembolism in COVID-19: towards an ideal approach to thromboprophylaxis, screening, and treatment"
MR Aryal, R Gosain, A Donato, R Pathak, VR Bhatt, A Katel, P Kouides
Current Cardiology Reports 22 (7), 52 

"Meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban compared with warfarin or dabigatran in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation"
MR Aryal, A Ukaigwe, A Pandit, P Karmacharya, R Pradhan, NR Mainali, R Pathak, L Jalota, Y Bhandari, A Donato
The American Journal of Cardiology 114 (4), 577-582

"Clinical outcomes in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism and negative helical computed tomographic results in whom anticoagulation was withheld"
AA Donato, JJ Scheirer, MS Atwell, J Gramp, R Duszak
Archives of Internal Medicine 163 (17), 2033-2038 

"Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of apixaban compared to rivaroxaban in acute VTE in the real world"
MR Aryal, R Gosain, A Donato, H Yu, A Katel, Y Bhandari, R Dhital, P Kouides.
Blood Advances 3 (15), 2381-2387

"Evaluation of a novel assessment form for observing medical residents: a randomised, controlled trial"
AA Donato, L Pangaro, C Smith, J Rencic, Y Diaz, J Mensinger, E Holmboe
Medical Education 42 (12), 1234-1242

"Hypercalcemia associated with cosmetic injections: a systematic review"
N Tachamo, A Donato, B Timilsina, S Nazir, S Lohani, R Dhital, S Basnet
European Journal of Endocrinology 178 (4), 425-430

"Impact of IVIG vs. SCIG on IgG trough level and infection incidence in primary immunodeficiency diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies"
P Shrestha, P Karmacharya, Z Wang, A Donato, AY Joshi
World Allergy Organization Journal 12 (10), 100068 

"Meta-analysis on efficacy of statins for prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary angiography"
A Ukaigwe, P Karmacharya, M Mahmood, R Pathak, MR Aryal, L Jalota, AA Donato
The American Journal of Cardiology 114 (9), 1295-1302

"A blueprint for implementation of a structured portfolio in an internal medicine residency"
AA Donato, DL George
Acad Med. 87(2):185-91

* This physician's clinical practice is independent of Drexel University.