Dr. Donaldson earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed her internship and residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation. She also completed her fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology at Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. She is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. She has been at Ochsner since 2008.