Holly H. Zhao, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Zhao has clinical interests in various neurological disorders, such as spinal cord injury, brain injury and stroke, as well as acupuncture treatment for various sports injuries and pain syndromes. Her research interests focus on medical conditions related to physical disabilities such as metabolic syndrome and osteoporosis in spinal cord injury, as well as efficacy of acupuncture in pain management.

Title:

Associate Professor

Specialty:

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Medical Acupuncture

Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-7041

Other Languages:

Chinese

Education:

Third Military Medical University
Chong Qing,
M.D. 1983

Internships:

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2000

Residency:

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2004
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Board Certifications:

American Board of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, 2007
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2005

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, PMR, UC Davis, 2007-08
Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, PMR, UC Davis, 2006-07
Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2003
Elan Pharmaceutical Awards for Outstanding Paper Presentations, Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2003
Burroughs-Wellcome Award, the American Endocrine Society, 1999
Research Day Award Winner, University of Texas HSC, 1999
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Fellowship Award, 1996
Graduate Student Scholarship, the American Society of Virology, 1994

Select Recent Publications:

Joshi T, Yamazaki M, Zhao H, Becker D. Spinal Schistosomiasis: A differential diagnosis for acute paraparesis in US resident. J Spinal Cord Med 2010; 33(3):256-60.

Yamazaki MK, Zhao H. Spinal neuroschistosomiasis: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008; 89 (11): E133.

Vandenakker-Albanese C, Zhao H. Brown-Sequard syndrome: multimedia. eMediciine. 2008.

Hoffman MD, Lee J, Zhao H, Tsodikov A. Pain perception after running a 100-Mile Ultramarathon. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88(8): 1042-8.

Fraix MP, Zhao HH, Kilmer DD. Rehabilitation of a patient with locked-in syndrome secondary to neuromyelitis optica: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 87(11): E48.

Skalsky AJ, Zhao HH, Bourgeois JA. Post-stroke psychosis in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting: a case report. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 85(3): 265.

Kilmer DD, Zhao HH: Obesity, physical activity, and the metabolic syndrome in adult neuromuscular disease. Gregory T. Carter, MD, Guest Editor; George H. Kraft, MD, MS, Consulting Editor, (eds), Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2005; 16:(4), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 1053-62.

Zhao H, Horton JA, Munin MC, Penrod L. An unusual case of Brown-Sequard syndrome caused by a hypotensive event during cervical laminoplasty: a case report. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2003, 82(3): 241.

Zhao H, Liu BY, Boninger M, Zafonte R. Healthcare trends in women with disability in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2003, 82(3): 231-2.

Zhao H, Yee D, Barr FG, Brown PH, Fuqua S, Osborne CK. FKHR, a bifunctional nuclear receptor interacting protein with both co-activator and corepressor functions. J Biol Chem 2001, 276(30): 27907-12.

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