Welcome to Best Health Primary Care Team
Louis D'Onofrio Jr., DNP, MSN, FNP-C, PCCN
Education
Undergraduate:
The Catholic University Of America
Master's Degree:
Fairfield University
Doctorate:
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Title: Family Nurse Practitioner/APRN
Specialties
Internal Medicine/Family Medicine
Hospitals and Organizations
St. Vincent's Medical Center
Southern Connecticut State University
Awards and Publications
Awards:
▪ Bridgeport Community Votes Bridgeport 2025 Physicians and Surgeons Platinum award
▪ TOP DOCTOR AWARDS - Family Medicine April 2024
▪ Bridgeport Community Votes Bridgeport 2024 Physicians and Surgeons Platinum award
▪ Bridgeport Community Votes Bridgeport 2023 Physicians and Surgeons Platinum award
-VoteWestport 2023-2024 Practitioner award
▪ TOP DOCTOR AWARDS - Family Medicine April 2023
▪ TOP DOCTOR AWARDS - Family Medicine April 2022
▪ TOP DOCTOR AWARDS - Family medicine April 2021
▪ America's Best Doctor award 2020
▪ Provider of the Year awarded by CTAPRN Society 2022
▪ Today’s Nurse Award 2022
▪ TOP DOCTOR AWARDS – Family Medicine April 2020
▪ Yale New Haven Hospital Great Catch Award July 2013 & February 2013
▪ Latino Nursing Scholarship /Award August 2007-May 2009
▪ The Catholic University of America Deans List ∙ Washington, D.C.
Recent Publications:
D’Onofrio LE Jr., Buono FD, Cooper MAR. Cohabitation COVID-19 Transmission Rates in a United States Suburban Community: a retrospective study of familial infections [published online ahead of print, 2021 Jan 16]. Public Health. 2021;doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2021.01.003
D'Onofrio, L. (2020). Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus: A current and future danger. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Published September 03, 2020. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.08.006
D'Onofrio, L., & Maynard, K. (2020). "Chapter 4: Assessment Considerations for the Geriatric Patient", in Maynard, K. and Adimando, A. (ed.) Unfolding Health Assessment Case Studies for the Student Nurse. Sigma Theta Tau International.
D'Onofrio, L. (2019). Reducing Re-hospitalizations of Patients with Heart Failure at a Skilled Nursing Facility. The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Student Works. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/nursstudent/2