John E. Donahue, M.D.

Neuropathologist
Assistant Professor of Pathology
JDonahue3@Lifespan.Org
T: 401 444-7968
F: 401 444-8514

Rhode Island Hospital
Department of Pathology
APC 12
593 Eddy St.
Providence, RI 02903

Medical education/Graduate education:

Tufts University School of Medicine, 1992


Residency:

Internship, Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA 1992-93
Residency, Neurology, New England Medical Center/Tufts University, Boston, MA 1993-96

Fellowship:

Neuropathology, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI 1996-99 -Including one year Anatomic Pathology

Board certification:

Neuropathology 1999
Neurology 1997

Research interests:

Blood-brain barrier permeability and RAGE/LRP-1/agrin expression in Alzheimer's disease
Abnormal protein expression in Parkinson's disease
Epilepsy
Cerebral neoplasms

Current approved research grants:

Pending

Most recent significant publications:

Johanson CE, Donahue JE, Spangenberger A, Stopa EG, Duncan JA, Sharma HS, “Atrial natriuretic peptide: it’s putative role in modulating the choroid plexus-CSF system for intracranial pressure regulation,” Acta Neurochir 2006 [in press].

Donahue JE, Hanna PA, Hariharan S, “Autopsy-proven Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient with a negative 14-3-3 assay and nonspecific EEG and MRI,” Neurol Sci 2003; 24: 411-413.

Donahue JE, Stopa EG, Chorsky RL, King JC, Schipper HM, Tobet SA, Blaustein JD, Reichlin S, “Cells containing immunoreactive estrogen receptor-alpha in the human basal forebrain,” Brain Res 2000; 856: 142-151.

Donahue JE, Berzin TM, Rafii MS, Glass DJ, Yancopoulos GD, Fallon JR, Stopa EG, “Agrin in Alzheimer’s disease: altered solubility and abnormal distribution within microvasculature and brain parenchyma,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96: 6468-6472.