Anne McDonald, MSW, LICSW brings over 20 years of experience in clinical social work, with specialization across healthcare-based behavioral health, mental health, chronic illness, neurodiversity, trauma, child maltreatment, and geriatric populations. She currently serves as a Behavioral Health Consultant with HealthPartners and Regions Hospital Outpatient Behavioral Health in Roseville, Minnesota, where she provides brief assessments, short-term interventions, and care coordination within an integrated primary care model to improve timely access to mental health services.

Anne’s professional work has been predominantly situated within medical and healthcare systems, spanning both nonprofit and private settings. Her clinical approach emphasizes collaboration with medical providers, evidence-based interventions, and attention to the bidirectional relationship between physical health and psychological functioning across the lifespan.

She has a strong background in education, consultation, and professional development, including her role as adjunct/community faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, where she taught the Geriatric Care elective for MSW students. She has also contributed to community and professional education initiatives focused on mental health in medical contexts.

Anne’s scholarly contributions include contributor published research in the field of child abuse and professional writing on a range of mental health topics. Her graduate thesis examined the intersection of cardiovascular disease and depression, reflecting a longstanding clinical and academic interest in integrated behavioral health and the psychosocial dimensions of chronic medical conditions.

My patients always come first. I value their trust in me, and I must uphold such trust. Before becoming a cardiologist, I spent five years working as an internist at Tulane University. I completed my cardiology training at the University of Iowa, where I also stayed on faculty for a year. I enjoy caring for patients with heart failure, coronary artery disease and valvular heart conditions. I have a particular interest in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and, more recently, cardiac MRI and CT.

Education

• Professional School: St. Catherine University – 2011