Education Programs
Craig M. McDonald, M.D.
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Clinical/Research InterestsDr. McDonald directs the adult neuromuscular disease and the pediatric rehabilitation outpatient clinics as well as the Muscular Dystrophy Association Neuromuscular Disease Clinic at UC Davis. He has conducted research into new approaches to managing spasticity in children with cerebral palsy, and the role of exercise in childhood progressive neuromuscular disease. Other areas of interest include energy expenditure during locomotion, qualitative measurement of physical activity, pediatric trauma and spina bifida. |
Title: |
Professor |
Specialty: |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Center/Program Affiliation: |
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research , UC Davis Children's Hospital |
Address: |
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center 4860 Y St., Suite 1700 Sacramento, CA 95817 |
Phone: |
(916) 734-8602 |
Education: |
University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington M.D. 1987 |
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Stanford University Palo Alto, California A.B. 1982 |
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Residency: |
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Washington Seattle, Washington 1992 Chief Resident, Pediatric Rehabilitation University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, Washington 1989-1992 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, California 1989 Pediatrics |
Board Certifications: |
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1993 American Board of Pediatrics, 1992 |
Professional Memberships: |
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association of Academic Physiatrists |
Select Recent Publications: |
Fone PD, Vapnek JM, Litwiller SE, Couillard DR, McDonald CM, Boggan JE, Stone AR. Urodynamic findings in the tethered spinal cord syndrome. Journal of Urology 1997;157(2):604-609 Im D, McDonald CM. New approaches to managing spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. The Western Journal of Medicine. 1997;166:271 Davis CH, Fardanesh L, Rubner D, Wanlass RL, McDonald CM. Profiles of functional recovery in 50 traumatically brain-injured patients after acute rehabilitation. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 1997; 76:213-218 Bakshi N, Maselli RA, Gospe SM, Ellis WG, McDonald CM, Mandler RN. Fulminant demyelinating neuropathy mimicking cerebral death. Muscle Nerve 1997;20:1595-1597 Carter GT, Kilmer DD, Szabo RM, McDonald CM. Case of the Month: Focal posterior interosseus neuropathy in the presence of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type I. Muscle Nerve 1996;19:644-648 |
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