About UsCraig M. McDonald, M.D. 
Clinical/Research Interests
Craig McDonald, M.D. is an internationally recognized expert in the clinical management and rehabilitation of neuromuscular diseases including muscular dystrophies and the development of novel outcome measures for clinical trials. He also is widely known for his expertise in the management of children and young adults with spinal cord injury and spina bifida.
He is Director of the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center in Neuromuscular Diseases and Principal Investigator of the UC Davis NINDS-funded site in the NeuroNEXT Neurosciences Clinical Trials National Consortium. Dr. McDonald is recipient of over $16 million in federal grant support over the past 12 years.
He has been involved in a multitude of NIH, MDA, CDC and Shriners hospitals national committees and serves as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry regarding clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other muscular dystrophies. He has been on many NIH study sections reviewing research proposals relating to neuromuscular diseases and rehabilitation sciences.
His research has focused on novel clinical endpoint development in neuromuscular diseases, clinical trials and natural history studies in muscular dystrophies, metabolic syndrome, and energy expenditure in childhood disabilities.
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4860 Y St., Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Education:
Seattle, Washington
M.D. 1987
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
A.B. 1982
Residency:
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-Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2003
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1993
American Board of Pediatrics, 1992
Professional Memberships:
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Association of Academic Physiatrists
World Muscle Society
Honors and Awards:
Young Academician Award presented by the Association of Academic Physiatrists for outstanding performance in teaching, research and academic administration, 1997
Nominated as a finalist for Richmond Cerebral Palsy Center Award, 1988
Thesis Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine, 1987
Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society, 1987
Thesis Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine, 1986
Herbert S. Ripley Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1986
Northwest Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Student Award for outstanding work in the area of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1985
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