Paul J. Donald's clinical practice focuses on head and neck oncology; skull base and sinus surgery; and plastic and reconstructive head and neck surgery. His research concentrates on the pathophysiology of head and neck cancer, especially as it relates to the skull base. Donald is a reviewer for several national medical journals and has written or contributed to 74 book chapters, 149 journal publications, three textbooks, and two self-instructional packages.

Title:

Professor, Director of the Skull Base Surgery Program

Specialty:

Otolaryngology, Cancer, Surgery - Head and Neck, Otolaryngology

Center/Program Affiliation:

Center for Skull Base Surgery, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Address:

Glassrock Building
2521 Stockton Blvd., Suite 5200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-5400

Education:

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
M.D. 1964

University of Iowa Hospitals
Iowa City, Iowa
M.S. 1973

University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1961

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
B.S. 1960

Internships:

Royal Jubilee Hospital
Victoria, British Columbia
1965

Residency:

Saint Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia
1968-69
Surgery

University of Iowa Hospitals
Iowa City, Iowa
1967-73
Otolaryngology & Maxillofacial Surgery

Canadian Forces Hospital Esquimalt
Victoria, British Columbia
1966-68
Surgery

Board Certifications:

American Board of Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1991
American Board of Otolaryngology, 1973

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery
American Cancer Society
American Cleft Plate Association
American College of Surgeons
American Council of Otolaryngology
American Laryngological Society
American Laryngological Society
American Society for Head and Neck Surgery

Honors and Awards:

U.S. News Top Doctors, 2011-2012
Distinguished Service Award, AAO-HNS, September 13,1998, 1998
Awarded the Medal of the City of Paris by Jacques Chirac, Maire de Paris, on May 31, 1990, 1990
Honorable Mention Thesis - The Triological Society, 1986
Honor Award - American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1982
Travel Award - Centennial Conference, American Association of Academic Otolaryngology Chairmen, Toronto, Canada, 1974
H. MacIntosh Award, Psychiatry Prize - University of British Columbia, 1964
Mosby Book Award, Psychiatry Prize, 1963
Isbister Scholarship, 1961

Select Recent Publications:

Enepekides D, Donald, PJ: Long term outcomes of anterior skull base surgery. Review article for Current Opinion in Otolaryngology, Vol. 8, No. 2, Head and Neck Oncology issue, pp 130-136, 2000

Reynosa-Paz R, Leung PSC, Van deWater J, Tanaka A, Munoz S, Bass N, Lindor K, Donald PJ, Coppel RL, Ansari AA, Gershwin ME: Evidence for a locally driven mucosal response and the presence of mitochondrial antigens in saliva in primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology 31(1):24-29, 2000

Donald PJ: Sphenoid marsupialization for chronic sphenoid sinusitis. The Laryngoscope, Vol. 110(8):1349-52, August, 2000

Donald PJ: Complications in skull base surgery for malignancy. The Laryngoscope 109:1959-1966, December, 1999

Gandour-Edwards R, Trock B, Donald, PJ: Predictive value of Cathepsin-D for cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head & Neck 21(8):718-722, December, 1999

Corsten M, Donald PJ, Boggan J, Gadre A, Gandour-Edwards R, Nemzek W: Extra-abdominal fibromatosis (desmoid tumor) arising in the infratemporal fossa: A case report. Skull Base Surgery 8(4):237-241, 1998

Donald PJ: Skull Base Surgery. Resident & Staff Physician, 44(10):75-83, 1998

Donald PJ: The Meyer procedure for severe laryngotracheal stenosis. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, Sept, 107 (9 Pt 1):745-52, 1998

Donald, PJ: Surgery of the skull base: State of the art. ENT News, 7(4):22-23, Sept/Oct. Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1998

Gandour-Edwards R, Trock BJ, Gumerlock P, Donald PJ: Heat shock protein and p53 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, May, 118 (5):610-5, 1998

To see if Paul J. Donald is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call (800) 2-UC DAVIS.