Jad Donato, MD

       Dr. Jad Donato is a board-certified neurologist with special expertise in the field of epilepsy. He graduated from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed both his residency and fellowship training in epilepsy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center.  

Dr. Donato servies as director of the stroke program at Pascack Valley Medical Center. 

EDUCATION

B.A. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

M.D. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

Internal Medicine Internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Neurology Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Epilepsy Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

American Epilepsy Society (AES)

International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  

1. Donato J, Favate A, Kim N. Proposal for safe use of IV-tPA in an acute stroke scenario in the pregnant patient. Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018; 45:1-1. DOI:10.1159/000490132

2. Rosengard JL, Donato J, Ferastraoaru V, Zhao D, Molinero I, Boro A, Gursky J, Correa DJ, Galanopoulou AS, Hung C, Legatt AD, Patel P, Rubens E, Moshé SL, Haut S. Seizure control, stress, and access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City: The patient perspective. Epilepsia. 2021; 62(1): 41-50. DOI: 10.1111/epi.16779

3. Rosengard JL, Ferastraoaru V, Donato J, Haut SR. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City - A distinct response from the epilepsy experience. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Aug 21;123:108255. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108255.