Joseph Donroe, MD, MPH
Addiction Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics
Biography
Joseph Donroe, MD, MPH, specializes in the treatment of opioid addiction, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, and alcohol use disorder. He is the director of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the internal medicine residencies and hospitalist program and the director of the Yale School of Medicine Physical Exam Course.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Donroe’s research interests include point-of-care ultrasound, medical education, addiction management, musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging, and healthcare worker support during COVID-19.
Dr. Donroe's work has been recognized through several awards, including the Yale/SRC Outstanding Inpatient Clinician Educator of the Year, the Tufts University Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research, and the Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Award.
Dr. Donroe is an associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
- Director of POCUS for Internal Medicine Residencies and Hospitalist Program, General Internal Medicine
- Director of the YSM Physical Exam Course, Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Board CertificationAB of Addiction Medicine, Addiction Medicine (2015) (2015)
- Board CertificationAB of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (2011) (2011)
- MPHTufts University School of Public Health (2007)
- MDTufts University School of Medicine (2007)
- BSTufts University (1998)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Award: Yale School of Medicine (2017)
- Yale/SRC Outstanding Inpatient Clinician Educator of the Year: (2014)
- Tufts University Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service: (2006)
- NIH Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research: (2005)
Board Certifications
- AB of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine (2018)
- AB of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (2011)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2011)
Publications
- Donroe J, Egger E, Soares S, Sofair A. Clinical Reasoning: Perspectives of Expert Clinicians on Reasoning Through Complex Clinical Cases. Cureus 2024, 16: e51696. PMID: 38313894, PMCID: PMC10838525, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51696.
- Gallagher B, Donroe J. Clinical Examination of the Cranial Nerves. New England Journal Of Medicine 2023, 389: 1057-1058. PMID: 37703568, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2309338.
- Huxley‐Reicher Z, Puglisi L, Tetrault J, Weimer M, Stellini M, Bhandary‐Alexander J, Thomas K, Donroe J. Response to substance use during hospitalization: A survey study of current and ideal policies and practices. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2023, 18: 829-834. PMID: 37475186, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13162.
- Biggerstaff S, Silver A, Donroe J, Dversdal R. The POCUS Imperative. Journal Of Graduate Medical Education 2023, 15: 146-149. PMID: 37139211, PMCID: PMC10150827, DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-22-00247.1.
- Donroe J, Soares S, Sofair A. Strategies to Improve Teaching Point-of-Care Ultrasound at the Bedside. Medical Science Educator 2023, 33: 577-581. PMID: 37261030, PMCID: PMC10226959, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-023-01772-5.
- Swallow M, Wride A, Donroe J. Peer-Assisted Learning in a Longitudinal Hybrid Physical Exam Course. Medical Science Educator 2023, 33: 359-362. PMID: 36846080, PMCID: PMC9936932, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-023-01755-6.
- Wu M, Peng L, Donroe JH, Kohler MJ, Wang L, Zeng X, Li M, Hsieh E. Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging training, use, and knowledge among rheumatologists in China. Clinical Rheumatology 2020, 40: 321-330. PMID: 32506316, DOI: 10.1007/s10067-020-05175-4.
- Donroe JH, Bhatraju EP, Tsui JI, Edelman EJ. Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: an Update. Current Psychiatry Reports 2020, 22: 23. PMID: 32285215, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-020-01149-0.
- Holt SR, Donroe JH, Cavallo DA, Tetrault JM. Corrigendum to “Addressing discordant quantitative urine buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine levels: Case examples in opioid use disorder” [Drug Alcohol Depend. 186 (2018) 171–174]. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 205: 107601. PMID: 31593815, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107601.
- Weimer M, Morford K, Donroe J. Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the Acute Hospital Setting: a Critical Review of the Literature (2014–2019). Current Addiction Reports 2019, 6: 339-354. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-019-00267-x.
- Holt S, Donroe J. Unhealthy Alcohol Use. DeckerMed Psychiatry 2019 DOI: 10.2310/psych.13106.
- Donroe J, Socias M, Marshall B. The Deepening Opioid Crisis in North America: Historical Context and Current Solutions. Current Addiction Reports 2018, 5: 454-463. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-018-0228-5.
- Liu RB, Suwondo DN, Donroe JH, Encandela JA, Weisenthal KS, Moore CL. Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound: Does it Affect Scores on Standardized Assessment Tests Used Within the Preclinical Curriculum? Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2018, 38: 433-440. PMID: 30058124, DOI: 10.1002/jum.14709.
- Donroe JH, Tetrault JM. Narrowing the treatment gap in managing opioid use disorder. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2018, 190: e236-e237. PMID: 29507154, PMCID: PMC5837871, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180209.
- Holt SR, Donroe JH, Cavallo DA, Tetrault JM. Addressing discordant quantitative urine buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine levels: Case examples in opioid use disorder. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 186: 171-174. PMID: 29579725, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.12.040.
- Liu RB, Donroe JH, McNamara RL, Forman HP, Moore CL. The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography: A Review. JAMA Internal Medicine 2017, 177: 1818-1825. PMID: 29059269, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5048.
- Donroe JH, Holt SR, O’Connor P, Sukumar N, Tetrault JM. Interpreting quantitative urine buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine levels in office-based clinical practice. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 180: 46-51. PMID: 28866369, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.040.
- Donroe JH, Tetrault JM. Recognizing and Caring for the Intoxicated Patient in an Outpatient Clinic. Medical Clinics Of North America 2017, 101: 573-586. PMID: 28372714, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.012.
- Donroe JH, Tetrault JM. Substance Use, Intoxication, and Withdrawal in the Critical Care Setting. Critical Care Clinics 2017, 33: 543-558. PMID: 28601134, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2017.03.003.
- Donroe JH, Holt SR, Tetrault JM. Caring for patients with opioid use disorder in the hospitalCaring for patients with opioid use disorder in the hospital. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2016, 188: cmaj.160290. PMID: 27647616, PMCID: PMC5135493, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.160290.
- Peripheral Vascular ExamDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations I. Peripheral Vascular Exam. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10122 (2016).
- Peripheral Vascular Exam Using a Continuous Wave DopplerDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations I. Peripheral Vascular Exam Using a Continuous Wave Doppler . JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10123 (2016).
- Abdominal Exam IV: Acute Abdominal Pain AssessmentDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations II. Abdominal Exam IV: Acute Abdominal Pain Assessment. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10120 (2016).
- Male Rectal ExamDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations II. Male Rectal Exam. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10102 (2016).
- Pernica JM, LeBlanc JC, Soto-Castellares G, Donroe J, Carhuancho-Meza BA, Rainham DG, Gilman RH. Risk factors predisposing to pedestrian road traffic injury in children living in Lima, Peru: a case-control study. Archives Of Disease In Childhood. Fetal And Neonatal Edition 2012, 97: 709-13. PMID: 22685050, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300997.
- Donroe J, Gilman RH, Brugge D, Mwamburi M, Moore DA. Falls, poisonings, burns, and road traffic injuries in urban Peruvian children and adolescents: a community based study. Injury Prevention : Journal Of The International Society For Child And Adolescent Injury Prevention 2009, 15: 390-6. PMID: 19959731, DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.019893.
- Donroe J, Tincopa M, Gilman RH, Brugge D, Moore DA. Pedestrian road traffic injuries in urban Peruvian children and adolescents: case control analyses of personal and environmental risk factors. PloS One 2008, 3: e3166. PMID: 18781206, PMCID: PMC2528934, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003166.
- Donroe JA, Maurtua-Neumann PJ, Gilman RH, Acosta AT, Cain G, Parker JE, Carhuaricra JC, Padilla JJ, Mendoza D, Zimic M, Moore DA. Surveillance for early silicosis in high altitude miners using pulse oximetry. International Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Health 2008, 14: 187-92. PMID: 18686718, DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.3.187.
- Ganai S, Donroe JA, St Louis MR, Lewis GM, Seymour NE. Virtual-reality training improves angled telescope skills in novice laparoscopists. American Journal Of Surgery 2007, 193: 260-5. PMID: 17236859, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.11.019.
Departments and Programs
Biography
Joseph Donroe, MD, MPH, specializes in the treatment of opioid addiction, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, and alcohol use disorder. He is the director of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the internal medicine residencies and hospitalist program and the director of the Yale School of Medicine Physical Exam Course.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Donroe’s research interests include point-of-care ultrasound, medical education, addiction management, musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging, and healthcare worker support during COVID-19.
Dr. Donroe's work has been recognized through several awards, including the Yale/SRC Outstanding Inpatient Clinician Educator of the Year, the Tufts University Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research, and the Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Award.
Dr. Donroe is an associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
- Director of POCUS for Internal Medicine Residencies and Hospitalist Program, General Internal Medicine
- Director of the YSM Physical Exam Course, Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Board CertificationAB of Addiction Medicine, Addiction Medicine (2015) (2015)
- Board CertificationAB of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (2011) (2011)
- MPHTufts University School of Public Health (2007)
- MDTufts University School of Medicine (2007)
- BSTufts University (1998)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Award: Yale School of Medicine (2017)
- Yale/SRC Outstanding Inpatient Clinician Educator of the Year: (2014)
- Tufts University Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service: (2006)
- NIH Fogarty/Ellison Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research: (2005)
Board Certifications
- AB of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine (2018)
- AB of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (2011)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2011)
Publications
- Donroe J, Egger E, Soares S, Sofair A. Clinical Reasoning: Perspectives of Expert Clinicians on Reasoning Through Complex Clinical Cases. Cureus 2024, 16: e51696. PMID: 38313894, PMCID: PMC10838525, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51696.
- Gallagher B, Donroe J. Clinical Examination of the Cranial Nerves. New England Journal Of Medicine 2023, 389: 1057-1058. PMID: 37703568, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2309338.
- Huxley‐Reicher Z, Puglisi L, Tetrault J, Weimer M, Stellini M, Bhandary‐Alexander J, Thomas K, Donroe J. Response to substance use during hospitalization: A survey study of current and ideal policies and practices. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2023, 18: 829-834. PMID: 37475186, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13162.
- Biggerstaff S, Silver A, Donroe J, Dversdal R. The POCUS Imperative. Journal Of Graduate Medical Education 2023, 15: 146-149. PMID: 37139211, PMCID: PMC10150827, DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-22-00247.1.
- Donroe J, Soares S, Sofair A. Strategies to Improve Teaching Point-of-Care Ultrasound at the Bedside. Medical Science Educator 2023, 33: 577-581. PMID: 37261030, PMCID: PMC10226959, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-023-01772-5.
- Swallow M, Wride A, Donroe J. Peer-Assisted Learning in a Longitudinal Hybrid Physical Exam Course. Medical Science Educator 2023, 33: 359-362. PMID: 36846080, PMCID: PMC9936932, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-023-01755-6.
- Wu M, Peng L, Donroe JH, Kohler MJ, Wang L, Zeng X, Li M, Hsieh E. Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging training, use, and knowledge among rheumatologists in China. Clinical Rheumatology 2020, 40: 321-330. PMID: 32506316, DOI: 10.1007/s10067-020-05175-4.
- Donroe JH, Bhatraju EP, Tsui JI, Edelman EJ. Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: an Update. Current Psychiatry Reports 2020, 22: 23. PMID: 32285215, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-020-01149-0.
- Holt SR, Donroe JH, Cavallo DA, Tetrault JM. Corrigendum to “Addressing discordant quantitative urine buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine levels: Case examples in opioid use disorder” [Drug Alcohol Depend. 186 (2018) 171–174]. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 205: 107601. PMID: 31593815, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107601.
- Weimer M, Morford K, Donroe J. Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the Acute Hospital Setting: a Critical Review of the Literature (2014–2019). Current Addiction Reports 2019, 6: 339-354. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-019-00267-x.
- Holt S, Donroe J. Unhealthy Alcohol Use. DeckerMed Psychiatry 2019 DOI: 10.2310/psych.13106.
- Donroe J, Socias M, Marshall B. The Deepening Opioid Crisis in North America: Historical Context and Current Solutions. Current Addiction Reports 2018, 5: 454-463. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-018-0228-5.
- Liu RB, Suwondo DN, Donroe JH, Encandela JA, Weisenthal KS, Moore CL. Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound: Does it Affect Scores on Standardized Assessment Tests Used Within the Preclinical Curriculum? Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2018, 38: 433-440. PMID: 30058124, DOI: 10.1002/jum.14709.
- Donroe JH, Tetrault JM. Narrowing the treatment gap in managing opioid use disorder. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2018, 190: e236-e237. PMID: 29507154, PMCID: PMC5837871, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180209.
- Holt SR, Donroe JH, Cavallo DA, Tetrault JM. Addressing discordant quantitative urine buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine levels: Case examples in opioid use disorder. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 186: 171-174. PMID: 29579725, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.12.040.
- Liu RB, Donroe JH, McNamara RL, Forman HP, Moore CL. The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography: A Review. JAMA Internal Medicine 2017, 177: 1818-1825. PMID: 29059269, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5048.
- Donroe JH, Holt SR, O’Connor P, Sukumar N, Tetrault JM. Interpreting quantitative urine buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine levels in office-based clinical practice. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 180: 46-51. PMID: 28866369, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.040.
- Donroe JH, Tetrault JM. Recognizing and Caring for the Intoxicated Patient in an Outpatient Clinic. Medical Clinics Of North America 2017, 101: 573-586. PMID: 28372714, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.012.
- Donroe JH, Tetrault JM. Substance Use, Intoxication, and Withdrawal in the Critical Care Setting. Critical Care Clinics 2017, 33: 543-558. PMID: 28601134, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2017.03.003.
- Donroe JH, Holt SR, Tetrault JM. Caring for patients with opioid use disorder in the hospitalCaring for patients with opioid use disorder in the hospital. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2016, 188: cmaj.160290. PMID: 27647616, PMCID: PMC5135493, DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.160290.
- Peripheral Vascular ExamDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations I. Peripheral Vascular Exam. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10122 (2016).
- Peripheral Vascular Exam Using a Continuous Wave DopplerDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations I. Peripheral Vascular Exam Using a Continuous Wave Doppler . JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10123 (2016).
- Abdominal Exam IV: Acute Abdominal Pain AssessmentDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations II. Abdominal Exam IV: Acute Abdominal Pain Assessment. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10120 (2016).
- Male Rectal ExamDonroe JH. JoVE Science Education Database. Essentials of Physical Examinations II. Male Rectal Exam. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, doi: 10.3791/10102 (2016).
- Pernica JM, LeBlanc JC, Soto-Castellares G, Donroe J, Carhuancho-Meza BA, Rainham DG, Gilman RH. Risk factors predisposing to pedestrian road traffic injury in children living in Lima, Peru: a case-control study. Archives Of Disease In Childhood. Fetal And Neonatal Edition 2012, 97: 709-13. PMID: 22685050, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300997.
- Donroe J, Gilman RH, Brugge D, Mwamburi M, Moore DA. Falls, poisonings, burns, and road traffic injuries in urban Peruvian children and adolescents: a community based study. Injury Prevention : Journal Of The International Society For Child And Adolescent Injury Prevention 2009, 15: 390-6. PMID: 19959731, DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.019893.
- Donroe J, Tincopa M, Gilman RH, Brugge D, Moore DA. Pedestrian road traffic injuries in urban Peruvian children and adolescents: case control analyses of personal and environmental risk factors. PloS One 2008, 3: e3166. PMID: 18781206, PMCID: PMC2528934, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003166.
- Donroe JA, Maurtua-Neumann PJ, Gilman RH, Acosta AT, Cain G, Parker JE, Carhuaricra JC, Padilla JJ, Mendoza D, Zimic M, Moore DA. Surveillance for early silicosis in high altitude miners using pulse oximetry. International Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Health 2008, 14: 187-92. PMID: 18686718, DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.3.187.
- Ganai S, Donroe JA, St Louis MR, Lewis GM, Seymour NE. Virtual-reality training improves angled telescope skills in novice laparoscopists. American Journal Of Surgery 2007, 193: 260-5. PMID: 17236859, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.11.019.
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