Holly H. Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Volunteer Clinical Professor

Reviews

Specialties

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Brain Injury Medicine

Integrative Medicine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Locations and Contact

UC Davis Medical Center

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

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Research/Academic 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.

Division

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Center/Program Affiliation

Spine Center

Medical School

M.D., Army Medical University, Chongqing, China 1983

Other School

Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 1996

Internship

Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 2000-2001

Residency

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 2001-2004

Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UC Davis Health System (2006-2007 and 2007-2008), 2008

Elan Pharmaceutical Awards for Outstanding Paper Presentations, Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2003

Burroughs-Wellcome Award, the American Endocrine Society, 1999

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Fellowship Award, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Wilsey B, Marcotte TD, Deutsch R, Zhao H, Prasad H, Phan A. An Exploratory Human Laboratory Experiment Evaluating Vaporized Cannabis in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain From Spinal Cord Injury and Disease. J Pain. 2016 Sep;17(9):982-1000. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2016.05.010. Epub 2016 Jun 7. PMID:27286745.

Yao E, Gerritz PK, Henricson E, Abresch T, Kim J, Han J, Wang K, Zhao H. Randomized controlled trial comparing acupuncture with placebo acupuncture for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. PM R. 2012 May;4(5):367-73. doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.01.008. Epub 2012 Mar 7. PMID:22405683.

Zhao HH, Herrera RE, Coronado-Heinsohn E, Yang MC, Ludes-Meyers JH, Seybold-Tilson KJ, Nawaz Z, Yee D, Barr FG, Diab SG, Brown PH, Fuqua SA, Osborne CK. Forkhead homologue in rhabdomyosarcoma functions as a bifunctional nuclear receptor-interacting protein with both coactivator and corepressor functions. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jul 27;276(30):27907-12. doi:10.1074/jbc.M104278200. Epub 2001 May 15. PMID:11353774.

Osborne CK, Zhao H, Fuqua SA. Selective estrogen receptor modulators: structure, function, and clinical use. J Clin Oncol. 2000 Sep;18(17):3172-86. doi:10.1200/JCO.2000.18.17.3172. PMID:10963646.

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):1053-62.

Joshi TN, Yamazaki MK, Zhao H, Becker D. Spinal schistosomiasis: differential diagnosis for acute paraparesis in a U.S. resident. J Spinal Cord Med. 2010;33(3):256-60. doi:10.1080/10790268.2010.11689703. PMID:20737799.

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 Aug;88(8):1042-8. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.004. PMID:17678668.

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.