PeterDanielDonofrioMD

Neurology • Nashville, TN

Neuromuscular Medicine

Professor, Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-3000

Fax+1 615-936-0605
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Education & Training

University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1981 - 1983
University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Neuromuscular Medicine (Neurology), 1981 - 1982
University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1978 - 1981
TriHealth (Good Samaritan Hospital)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1978
Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 1975

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 2006 - 2022
NC State Medical License 1986 - 2007
MI State Medical License 1978 - 1986
OH State Medical License 1975 - 1979
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
Nashville Lifestyles Magazine Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012

Clinical Trials

Muscle Ultrasound: A New Tool for Measuring Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Updated consensus statement: Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders report of the AANEM ad hoc committee.
Jinny Tavee, Thomas H Brannagan 3rd, Michael W Lenihan, Sri Muppidi, Liz Kellermeyer, Peter D Donofrio> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2023 Oct 1
3 citations
AANEM survey of training in electrodiagnostic medicine in U.S. residency programs
Peter D. Donofrio, Raghav Govindarajan> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2020 Mar 5
26 citations
Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Peter D Donofrio> ;Continuum. 2017 Oct 1
QMG and MG-ADL Correlations: Study of Eculizumab Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis.
Howard JF, Freimer M, O'Brien F, Wang JJ, Collins SR, Kissel JT, Herbelin L, McVey AL, Dimachkie MM, Pasnoor M, Lu D, Waltz A, Chaudhry V, Corse A, Mosmiller E, Klein ...> ;Muscle Nerve. 2016-12-23
44 citations
Myasthenia gravis induced by nivolumab therapy in a patient with non–small‐cell lung cancer
Pinar Polat, Peter D. Donofrio> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2016 Sep 1
1 citations
Coding for Dementia.
Bruce H. Cohen, Peter D. Donofrio> ;Continuum. 2016 Apr 1
15 citations
Editorial by concerned physicians: Unintended effect of the orphan drug act on the potential cost of 3,4-diaminopyridine
Ted M. Burns, Gordon Smith, Jeffrey A. Allen, Anthony A. Amato, W. David Arnold, Richard J. Barohn, Michael Benatar, Shawn J. Bird, Mark B. Bromberg, Nizar Chahin, Emm...> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2016 Feb 1
2 citations
How neurologists are paid: Part 2: Private practice, research grants, academic and nonclinical activities
Peter D. Donofrio, Gregory L. Barkley, Bruce H. Cohen, David A. Evans, Gregory J. Esper, Bryan Soronson, Jeffrey Buchhalter, Amanda Becker> ;Neurology. Clinical Practice. 2015 Oct 1
17 citations
Follow-up nerve conduction studies in CIDP after treatment with IGIV-C: Comparison of patients with and without subsequent relapse
Russell L. Chin, Chunqin Deng, Vera Bril, Hans-Peter Hartung, Ingemar S. J. Merkies, Peter D. Donofrio, Pieter A. van Doorn, Marinos C. Dalakas, Norman Latov> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2015 Oct 1
4 citations
How neurologists are paid: Part 1: The Medicare payment system.
Peter D. Donofrio, Gregory L. Barkley, Bruce H. Cohen, David A. Evans, Gregory J. Esper, Bryan Soronson, Jeffrey Buchhalter, Amanda Becker> ;Neurology. Clinical Practice. 2015 Oct 1
1 citations
How neurologists are paid: Part 3: Hospital support, Veterans Administration, and neurohospitalists
Peter D. Donofrio, Gregory L. Barkley, Bruce H. Cohen, David A. Evans, Gregory J. Esper, Bryan Soronson, Jeffrey Buchhalter, Amanda Becker> ;Neurology. Clinical Practice. 2015 Oct 1
138 citations
Supply and demand analysis of the current and future US neurology workforce.
Timothy M Dall, Michael V Storm, Ritashree Chakrabarti, Oksana Drogan, Christopher M Keran, Peter D Donofrio, Victor W Henderson, Henry J Kaminski, James C Stevens, Th...> ;Neurology. 2013 Jul 30
8 citations
Comprehensive assessment of serious adverse events following immunization by health care providers.
S. Elizabeth Williams, Kathryn M. Edwards, Roger Baxter, Philip LaRussa, Neal A. Halsey, Cornelia L. Dekker, Claudia Vellozzi, Colin D. Marchant, Peter D. Donofrio, Ty...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2013 Jun 1
10 citations
Practice and payment trends in neurology in 2012
Karolina Craft, Peter Donofrio, Katie M. Shepard, Mary Coleman, Gregory J. Esper> ;Neurology. Clinical Practice. 2013 Jun 1
63 citations
Vigorimeter grip strength in CIDP: a responsive tool that rapidly measures the effect of IVIG the ICE study
Els K. Vanhoutte, Norman Latov, Chunqin Deng, Kim Hanna, R. A. C. Hughes, Vera Bril, Marinos C. Dalakas, Peter D. Donofrio, P.A. van Doorn, H.-P. Hartung, Ingemar S. J...> ;European Journal of Neurology. 2013 May 1
6 citations
Clinical assessment of serious adverse events in children receiving 2009 H1N1 vaccination.
Barbara A. Pahud, S. Elizabeth Williams, Cornelia L. Dekker, Neal A. Halsey, Philip LaRussa, Roger Baxter, Nicola P. Klein, Colin D. Marchant, Robert Sparks, Kathleen ...> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2013 Feb 1
Coding issues.
Peter D Donofrio> ;Continuum. 2012 Feb 1
34 citations
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: from bench to bedside.
Amanda C. Peltier, Peter D. Donofrio> ;Seminars in Neurology. 2012 Jul 1
3 citations
Enteroviral meningitis and concurrent peripheral motor axonal polyneuropathy.
Daniel E. Dulek, Peter D. Donofrio, James J. Sejvar, Kathryn M. Edwards> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2012 Feb 1
12 citations
Challenges of clinical trial design when there is lack of clinical equipoise: use of a response-conditional crossover design.
Chunqin Deng, Kim Hanna, Vera Bril, Marinos C. Dalakas, Peter D. Donofrio, Pieter A. van Doorn, Hans-Peter Hartung, Ingemar S. J. Merkies> ;Journal of Neurology. 2012 Feb 1
53 citations
Causality assessment of serious neurologic adverse events following 2009 H1N1 vaccination.
S. Elizabeth Williams, Barbara A. Pahud, Claudia Vellozzi, Peter D. Donofrio, Cornelia L. Dekker, Neal A. Halsey, Nicola P. Klein, Roger Baxter, Colin D. Marchant, Phi...> ;Vaccine. 2011 Oct 26
4 citations
Historical controls in ALS trials: a high seas rescue?
Peter D. Donofrio, Richard Bedlack> ;Neurology. 2011 Sep 6
4 citations
Biomarkers in the diagnosis and therapy of CIDP: Proceedings of the Biomarkers Faculty Meeting; June 8-9, 2010, Athens, Greece.
Norman Latov, Marinos C. Dalakas, Jean-Michel Vallat, Peter D. Donofrio, Hans-Peter Hartung, Klaus V. Toyka> ;Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 2011 Jun 1
1 citations
QSART for diagnosis of statin‐associated polyneuropathy
M. Sean Boger, Todd Hulgan, Peter D. Donofrio, Amanda Peltier> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2011 Feb 1
24 citations
Muscle ultrasound quantifies the rate of reduction of muscle thickness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Christopher D. Lee, Yanna Song, Amanda C. Peltier, Adrian A. Jarquin‐Valdivia, Peter D. Donofrio> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2010 Nov 1
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Press Mentions

Ancora Funding Vanderbilt Research into Potential CMT TreatmentsNovember 24th, 2020
Vanderbilt-Ancora Partnership Advances Research for Charcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseNovember 17th, 2020
Dr. Donofrio Receives Distinguished Physician AwardJuly 28th, 2020
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