Donald T. Allegra, MD, FACP

Donald T. Allegra MD, FACP, was born and raised in New Jersey. After graduating magna cum laude from Holy Cross in l970, he earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1974.

He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado in 1978. He did an additional year of medical training in New Zealand and Australia during his residency. Dr. Allegra was selected for the position of Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and served from 1978-1980. He completed his Infectious Diseases fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and began practice in San Antonio, Texas in 1982.

He returned to New Jersey in 1987 and has been practicing here since. Dr. Allegra was board certified in Internal Medicine in 1978 and in Infectious Diseases 1982.

He is one of the few physicians nationally to achieve certification in Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health. He is a consultant physician at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville and Dover, Hackettstown Community Hospital, Morristown Memorial Hospital, and the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Welkind Campus. Dr. Allegra is a former Chief of Medicine at St. Clare’s Hospital.

Dr. Allegra was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians and is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Infectious Diseases Society of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Medical Society, the Morris County Medical Society, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the International Society of Travel Medicine. In November, 2003, Dr. Allegra received the first Mufson Physician Humanitarian Award for his compassion, commitment to continuing education, clinical competence, and the respect of his peers.