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William H. Donovan, M.D.

William H. Donovan, M.D., Co-Director and Principal Investigator

Clinical Professor and Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Medical School - Houston

Medical School: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 1966
Internship: Marquette University, Rotating Internship, Milwaukee, WI
Residency: Marquette University, Internal Medicine, Milwaukee, WI; University of Washington, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Seattle, WA

Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Clinical Interests: Spinal Cord Injury, Amputees

Research Interests: Spinal Cord Injury

 

Significant Professional Activities:

Selected Publications:

Donovan WH: Rehabilitation Treatment and Complications of Spinal Cord Injury. In Neurology and Trauma, ed. Randolph Evans, W.B. Saunders & Company, Philadelphia, PA, Vol. 1, 17:300-322, 1996.

Clifton GL, Donovan WH, Dimitrijevic MM, Ku A, Boake C, Papadopoulos S: Revascularization and Scar Prevention: Omental Transposition and Spine Surgery. In Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complications, Avoidance and Management, ed. Edward Benzel, Churchill Livingstone, New York, NY, Volumes I & 2, 5 8:, 1997.

Maynard Jr, FM, Brockew MB, Creasy G, Ditunno JF, Donovan WH, Ducker TB, Garber SL, Marino RJ, Stover SL, Tator CH, Waters RL, Wilberger JE, Young W: International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. American Spinal Injury Association, International Medical Society for Paraplegia. Chicago, Ill. 1996.

Marino RJ, Ditunno JF, Donovan WH, Maynard FM: Neurolocical Recovery After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Data from the Model SCI Systems. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 80:1391-1396, 1999 (November).

Hull RA, Rudy DC, Donovan WH, Svanborg C, Wieser IE, Stewart C, Darouiche R: Urinary Tract Infection Prophylaxis Using Escherichia Coli 83972 in Spinal Cord Injured Patients. J. Urol., 163:872-877, 2000 (March).

Donovan WH, Halter JA, Graves DE, Blight AR, Cavillo O, McCann, MT, Sherwood, AM, Castillo T, Parsons KC, and Strayer JR: Intravenous Infusion of 4-AP in Chronic Spinal Cord Injured Subjects. Spinal Cord, 38:7-15, 2000 (Jan)

Halter JA, Blight AR, Donovan WH, Calvillo O: Intrathecal Administration of 4-Aminopyridine in Chronic Spinal Injured Patients. Spinal Cord, 38:728-732, 2000 (Dec.)

Marino RJ, Ditunno JF, Donovan WH, Hudson LM, Priebe M, Stover SL, Tator CH, Wilberger JE: International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. Chicago, Ill. 2000.

Darouiche RO, Donovan WH, Del Terzo M, Thornby JI, Rudy, DC, Hull, RA: Pilot Trial of Bacterial Interference for Preventing Urinary Tract Infection. Urology 58(3), 339-344, 2001.

Hull RA, Donovan WH, Del Terzo M, Stewart C, Rogers M, Darouiche, RO: Role of Type 1 Fimbria-and P Fimbria-Specific Adherence in Colonization of the Neurogenic Human Bladder by Escherichia Coli. Infection and Immunity, 70:6481-6484, Nov. 2002.

Kirshblum S, Donovan WH: Neurologic Assessment and Classification of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Spinal Cord Medicine. Ed. Steven Kirshblum, Denise I. Campagnolo, Joel A. DeLisa. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA 2002.

Chiou-Tan FY, Garza H, Chan KT, Parsons KC, Donovan WH, Robertson CS, Holmes SA, Graves DE, Rintala DH. Comparison of Dalteparin and Enoxaparin for Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, Vol 82, 678-685, No. 9, July 2003.

MarinoRJ, Barros T, Biering-Sorensen F, Burns SP, Donovan WH, Graves DE, et al. International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. J Spinal Cord Med, 29 (S1):S50-S56, 2003.

LaTorre JM, Donovan, WH. Postoperative Management and Rehabilitation.. In Management of Thoracolumbar Fractures. Ed, Charles A. Reitman, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL 2004.

Darouiche RO, Thornby JI, Cerra-Stewart C, Donovan WH, Hull RA. Bacterial Interference for prevention of Urinary Tract Infection: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Pilot Trial. Clinical Infectius Diseases, 41:1531-4, Nov 2005.

Graves DE, Frankiewicz RG, Donovan WH. Construct Validity and Dimensional Structure of the ASIA Motor Scale. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 29:39-45, Aug 2005.

Donovan, WH. Donald Munro Lecture: Spinal Cord Injury - Past, Present, and Future. The Journal of Spinal Coard Medicine 30:85-100, May 2007.

Contact Information

William H. Donovan, M.D.
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
1333 Moursund Avenue, E-103
Houston, Texas 77030
Office: 713-797-5912 or 5991
Fax: 713-797-5904
E-mail: william.h.donovan@uth.tmc.edu , or
william.donovan@memorialhermann.org