Michael Donahoe, MD

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Chief (interim), Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
  • Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine
Academic Interests

Dr. Donahoe has a broad range of clinical research interests in the critically ill patient population including the management of chronically critically ill patients, ARDS, and hospital quality improvement. He has additional clinical research interest in clinical trial design and implementation.

    Education & Training

  • BS, Grove City College, 1979
  • MD, Hahnemann University, 1983
  • Residency Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1986
  • Fellowship, Pulmonary, Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1989
Recent Publications

Choi, J, Donahoe, MP, Hoffman, LA. Psychological and Physical Health in Family Caregivers of Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Current Knowledge and Future Research Strategies. J Korean Acad Nurs. 2016; Apr;46(2): 159-67.

Choi, J, Tate, JA, Rogers, MA, Donahoe, MP, Hoffman, LA. Depressive symptoms and anxiety in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors after ICU discharge. Heart Lung. 2016; Mar-Apr;45(2): 140-6.

Choi, J, Tate, JA, Hoffman, LA, Schulz, R, Ren, D, Donahoe, MP, Given, BA, Sherwood, PR. Fatigue in family caregivers of adult intensive care unit survivors. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014; Sep;48(3): 353-63.

Choi, J, Hoffman, LA, Schulz, R, Tate, JA, Donahoe, MP, Ren, D, Given, BA, Sherwood, PR. Self-reported physical symptoms in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors: pilot exploration over four months post-ICU discharge. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014; Feb;47(2): 257-70.

Corcoran, TE, Venkataramanan, R, Hoffman, RM, George, MP, Petrov, A, Richards, T, Zhang, S,, Choi, J, Gao, YY, Oakum, CD, Cook, RO, Donahoe, M. Systemic delivery of atropine sulfate by the MicroDose Dry-Powder Inhaler. JAerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2013; Feb; 261: 46-55.

Kahloon, RA, Xue, J, Bhargava, A, Csizmadia, E, Otterbein, L, Kass, DJ, Bon, J, Soejima, M, Levesque, MD, Lindell, KO, Gibson, KF, Kaminski, N, Banga, G, Oddis, CV, Pilewski, JM, Sciurba, FC, Donahoe, M, Zhang, Y, Duncan, SR. Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with antibodies to heat shock protein 70 have poor prognoses. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013; 187 (7): 768-75.

Choi, J, Hoffman, LA, Schulz, R, Ren, D, Donahoe, MP, Given, B, Sherwood, PR. Health risk behaviors in family caregivers during patients’ stay in intensive care units: a pilot analysis. Am J Crit Care. 2013; 22(1): 41-5.

    Honors and Awards
  • The Donald S. Fraley Award for Academic Faculty, 2003
  • The ACES – UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, 2004 and 2010
  • Faculty Teaching Award – Medical Residents, 1996 and 2005
  • American Thoracic Society Outstanding Clinician Award, 2006
  • Best Doctors in America 2003-2012, 2003-2012
  • Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2012-present
  • Faculty Teaching Award - McKeesport IM Training Program, 2010 and 2014
  • Outstanding Subspecialty Teaching Attending, 2015