Elizabeth McDonald

Dr. Elizabeth McDonald is an Associate Professor of Radiology in the Division of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine. Her clinical roles include the Penn Breast Cancer Clinical Steering Committee and Director of Breast MRI for the University of Pennsylvania. As Affiliate Faculty for the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, she is also a translational researcher whose career goal is to develop biomarker-driven imaging strategies that enable precision cancer care and personalized targeted therapy. Dr. McDonald has co-authored over 72 manuscripts and book chapters, nearly all involving breast imaging and tumor characterization, and published in journals such as JAMA Oncology, JCI Insight, Radiology, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research. The Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research recently recognized that body of work with a “Distinguished Investigator” award for 2022. Past awards include American Roentgen Ray Society Scholar and Cooper Scholar for the Abramson Cancer Center.