Donald Whiting

About Donald Whiting

Donald Whiting, MD, is the long-time system chair of AHN’s Neuroscience Institute and Department of Neurosurgery, and Peter J. Jannetta MD Endowed Chair for Neurosurgery. Dr. Whiting is a respected physician-leader who is passionate about changing the way health care is delivered. Regarded as one of the nation’s foremost experts in the use of deep-brain stimulation to control the debilitating motor symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, Dr. Whiting has established Allegheny General Hospital as one of the top centers in the world for DBS treatment.Dr. Whiting has served in numerous physician leadership roles over his two-decade affiliation with AHN. Most recently, he was Allegheny Health Network’s Chief Medical Officer and Allegheny Clinic President. He has also served as vice-chair of AGH’s Department of Neurosurgery, and co-director of AGH’s Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery Spine Bio-Mechanics Lab.Dr. Whiting completed a neurosurgical residency at The Cleveland Clinic and a neurotrauma fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital.A professor of Neurosurgery at Drexel University College of Medicine and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Whiting has been an active member of many of his field’s leading professional and scientific organizations, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.He has been active with the Parkinson Foundation of Western PA and The Cahouet Center for Parkinsons Disease.

Experience

1. System Chair, Ahn Neuroscience Institute

   Allegheny Health Network

   Jan 2014 — Present

Education

• Thomas Jefferson University

  Doctor of Medicine

• Grinnell College

  Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry and Psychology

• Cleveland clinic

  Neurosurgery

• Georgetown University

  Master of Science , Physiology