Donald Mark Whiting was raised in Altoona, PA and began his undergraduate education at Grinnell College in Iowa in 1976. He received an MS in Physiology at Georgetown University in 1981 and was awarded his medical degree in 1985 after training at Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Donald then completed his neurosurgical residency at The Cleveland Clinic and Neurotrauma fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital.

In 1992, Donald Whiting joined a practice inWashington, PA that would later merge with the health system no known as Allegheny Health Network. He became the System Chair for their Neuroscience Institute and a Professor of Neurosurgery for Drexel University in 2014. Three years later, he accepted the role of President of Allegheny Clinic and in 2019 added the role of CMO to his title. Amongst his peers, Donald Whiting is a respected physician-leader that is passionate about changing the way health care is delivered.

Dr. Whiting has authored over 60 scientific articles and chapters in medical textbooks and various publications such as The Journal of Neurosurgery & Current Concepts in Movement Disorder Management. He is an active member in many of his field’s leading professional and scientific organizations, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

He has been the annual recipient of “Top Doctors/Surgeon” awards on both local & national  levels. He is 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, helping establish Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as one of the top centers in the world for DBS treatment. His sub-specialties include complex spine surgery, disc replacement/motion preservation spine surgery, the surgical treatment of movement disorders, and Neurosurgical management of pain.

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, making pizza, and wine.