Medical Student
Mount Sinai
Biography
Ashley McDonald is a second-year MD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She graduated from Middlebury College in 2023 with a degree in Neuroscience. Prior to medical school, her research focused on addiction and pain tolerance. Her current research interests include postoperative outcomes, rehabilitation, and functional recovery following orthopedic and spine surgery. As a former collegiate ice hockey player, she is also particularly interested in sports medicine, injury prevention, and return-to-play protocols, with an emphasis on optimizing rehabilitation and helping athletes safely return to activity.
Research interests
Spine Surgery, Postoperative Outcomes, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Return-to-play protocols, and Functional Recovery