CURRICULUM VITAE January 2015 Name: Business: E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D. Colorado Spine Institute 5285 McWhinney Blvd, Suite 145 Loveland, Colorado 80538 970-342-2220 970-342-2221 (Fax) ejdonner@gmail.com Orthopedic Surgeon, 2015-Present Urgent Spinal Fragility Fracture Care @ Colorado Spine Institute The Cervicogenic Headache Institute Licensing: Colorado 1990, Wyoming 1991, Nebraska 2000 Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, July 1994, 2004, 2014 American Board of Spine Surgery, 2014 Previous Practice: Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine, P.C. Orthopedic Surgeon, 1991-2014 Orthopedic Center of the Rockies Orthopedic Surgeon, 1990-1991 Hospital Affiliations: Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado (Active) McKee Medical Center, Loveland, Colorado (Active) Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado (Active) Northern Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, Colorado (Active) Loveland Surgery Center, Loveland, Colorado (Active) Arête Surgical Center, Johnstown, Colorado (Active) Chief; Department of Surgery, Executive Committee, Surgical QA Committee-McKee Medical Center, 1996-1998 1
Fellowship Spine Fellow July 1989 July 1990 Orthopaedic Residency Presbyterian Medical Center - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Program Director: Ronald Wisneski, M.D. Shriner s Hospital - Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Program Director: Randal Betz, M.D. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 1985 - June 1989 Chairperson: Michael Clancy, M.D. Chairperson Emeritus: John W. Lachman, M.D. Rotations through the following hospitals: Shriner s Hospital for Crippled Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chief: Michael Clancy, M.D. Emeritus Chief: Howard Steel, M.D. St. Christopher s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chief: Philip D. Alburger, M.D. Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania Chief: David L. Junkin, M.D. Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Chief: Richard J. Patterson, M.D. Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chief: Marvin Kallish, M.D. Other Experience Critical Care House Officer Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 1983 - June 1985 Director: Dr. Vasallo 2
Surgical Residency Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 1982 - June 1983 Medical School Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 1978 - June 1982 Undergraduate University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont September 1973 - June 1977 B.S. Chemistry Military Service: None Honors and Memberships American Orthopedic Association Own the Bone Program Champion 2015 Fragility Fracture Quality Improvement Program Biology Research Award, University of Vermont - 1975 NIH Summer Research Grant, University of Vermont - 1975 Medical Memberships International College of Surgeons Colorado Orthopaedic Society International Spinal Injection Society American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society (Inactive) Colorado Medical Society North American Spine Society North American Cervicogenic Headache Society Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society (Inactive) International Sacroiliac Society Founder 2011 President Elect Northern Colorado Medical Society - 2015 President Larimer County Medical Society - 1998 Delegate Colorado Medical Society Meeting, Steamboat Springs, Colorado - 9/96 Delegate Colorado Medical Society Meeting, Snow Mass, Colorado - 9/97 Delegate Colorado Medical Society Meeting, Denver, Colorado - 3/98 Delegate Colorado Medical Society Meeting, Beaver Creek, Colorado 9/2010 Delegate Colorado Medical Society Meeting, Breckenridge, Colorado 9/2011 Delegate Colorado Medical Society Meeting, Vail, Colorado 2012, 2013, 2014 Colorado Orthopaedic Society Appointments Colorado Workman s Compensation Low Back Pain Treatment Guidelines Committee Discography Subcommittee 3
FDA Studies Co-Clinical FDA Investigator for Discover artificial cervical disc versus anterior cervical fusion, 2009 Co-Clinical FDA Investigator for Coflex interlaminar device verses lumbar fusion. Chief Clinical FDA Investigator for Kineflex artificial cervical disc versus anterior cervical fusion, 2007 Co-Clinical FDA Investigator for NeoDisc artificial cervical disc versus anterior cervical fusion, 2006 Co-Clinical FDA Investigator for Kineflex artificial cervical disc versus anterior cervical fusion, 2006 Co-Clinical FDA Investigator for Kineflex artificial lumbar disc versus Charité artificial lumbar disc, 2005 Co-Clinical FDA Investigator for Maverick artificial lumbar disc versus anterior lumbar interbody fusion, 2003 Chief Clinical FDA Investigator for Stryker titanium interbody fusion device versus autologous bone graft, 1998 Research Experience: Fels Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 1977 - July 1978 Dr. Dieter Paul 4
Publications Donner, E.J. Posterior Inferior Approach, Minimally Invasive. Dall, B. E., Eden, S. V., & Rahl, M. D. Surgery for the painful, dysfunctional sacroiliac joint: A clinical guide. (133-149). Switzerland: Springer, 2015. Donner, E.J. Letter to the Editor. SIJ Pain. Spine Line NASS, November/December 2013. Donner, E.J., Pettine, K.A. Cervicogenic Headache Treatment. Spine Line NASS, May/June 2003. Paul Dreyfuss, MD; Arnold Graham-Smith, MD; Jerome Schofferman, MD, E.J. Donner (Contributor). Treatment Options for Sacroiliac Joint Pain. Curve/Countercurve, July/August 2002. Donner, E.J., Pettine, K.A. The Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Chronic Whiplash Disc Injuries, Whiplash Injuries - Current Concepts in Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of the Cervical Whiplash Syndrome. Lippincott-Raven 1998 pp. 233-240. Drs. Marek Szpalski & Robert Gunzburg. Donner, E.J., Betz, R.R., and Clancy, M. MRI of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Orthopedic Transaction 13(3):505, 1989. Fetal Rat Intestinal Cell Multiplication in Selective Glucose-Free Medium. Fed. Proc. 38(3):737, 1979. Interaction of Hydrazine with Copper Chloride in Acid Solution: Spectral and Magnetic Properties. Inorg. Chem. 18(10):2,635, 1979. 5
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Presentations at National, Regional and Local Meetings Bioscience Innovation After Hours: Spinal Innovation Panel Discussion: Dynamics of the Market and Colorado Innovations Biomet Spine: Jim Cloar SI-TECHNOLOGY: Dr. EJ Donner, Chris Donner Mighty Oak Medical: Dr. George Frey, Heidi Frey University of Colorado Health, MCR, Loveland, Colorado October 2014 Pseudo Sciatica and The Sacroiliac Joint Unexplained Low Back Pain: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Grand Rounds Department of Neurosurgery University of Colorado Health, Denver, Colorado March 2014 Pseudo Sciatica and The Sacroiliac Joint Unexplained Low Back Pain: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Center for Spinal Disorders, Denver, Colorado August 2013 Debate: SI Joint Arthritis is a Common Entity Requiring Surgical Intervention Scoliosis Research Society - International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Pro: David Polly, M.D.; Con: Jens Chapman, M.D. Invited Audience Participant: Discussion of personal professional experience Vancouver, Canada July 2013 Ovation Placental Tissue Based Adjunct to Spinal Fusion and Beyond American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons Jacksonville, Florida - June 2013 Spine Conference - The C5 Palsy Dilemma Presbyterian/St Luke s Denver, Colorado - May 2013 Pseudo Sciatica and The SI Joint Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment Options Presbyterian/St Luke s February 2013 Coflex IDE Results for a Less Invasive Treatment for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons Atlanta, Georgia June 2012 Unexplained Low Back Pain: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Diagnosis and Modern Advancement in Surgical Treatment Spine Summit Meeting Moderator -- Dr. Arthur D. Steffee, M.D. Foxburg, Pennsylvania October 2011 7
The Sacroiliac Joint: Anatomy, Physiology and Novel Treatment Options Colorado Chiropractic Association Denver, Colorado September 2011 Unexplained Low Back Pain: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Diagnosis and Modern Advancement in Surgical Treatment American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons Portland, Oregon June 2011 Extreme Thoracic Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Distal Sacroiliac Joint Junctional Dysfunction, Pain and Treatment with SIJ Fusion North American Spine Society & Scoliosis Research Society Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity: Skull to Sacrum Chairman Dr. Lawrence Lenke, M.D. Chicago, Illinois April 2011 Extreme Thoracic Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Distal Sacroiliac Joint Junctional Dysfunction, Pain and Treatment with SIJ Fusion Biomet Spine s Current Techniques in Spinal Deformity Surgery Meeting Chairman - Christopher Shaffrey, M.D. Orlando, Florida March 2011 Special Interest Group Discussions: The Painful SI Joint: Diagnosis and Treatment North American Spine Society Moderator Arnold Graham Smith Orlando, Florida October 2010 Artificial Disc Replacement vs Fusion The American Academy of Neurological & Orthopedic Surgeons 34 th Annual Scientific Meeting & Workshops Denver, Colorado May 2010 Panelist Expert Opinion on the Diagnosis of Sacroiliac Pathologies National Summit on the Diagnosis of Sacroiliac Pathology Dr. David Polly (Moderator); Dr. Steven Garfin (Presided by) University of Minnesota September 2009 Artificial Disc Replacement Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado September 2006 Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Cervicogenic Headaches Anterior Cervical Fusion Follow-up Study North American Cervicogenic Headache Society, Las Vegas, Nevada -March 1997 8
Surgical Treatment of Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain International Spinal Injection Society, Denver, Colorado - October 1997 Controversies in the Surgical Treatment of Spinal Pain The Complicated Patient McKee Medical Center, Loveland, Colorado - July 1995 Kimball-Sydney Nebraska Medical Staff, Kimball, Nebraska - July 1995 Sterling Regional Medcenter, Sterling, Colorado - October 1995 Colorado Physical Therapy Institute, Broomfield, Colorado - November 1995 Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, Wyoming - January 1996 Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Whiplash Injuries International Symposium of Whiplash, Brussels, Belgium - November 1996 Drs. Marek Szpalski & Robert Gunzburg Discogenic Pain Despite a Solid Posterolateral Fusion Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Follow-up Study North American Spine Society, Vancouver, Canada - October 1996 Update on the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Spinal Pain Flagstaff, Arizona - September 1996 Discogenic Pain Despite a Solid Posterolateral Fusion Anterior Cervical Fusion Follow-up Study International Spinal Institute Injection Society, Vancouver, Canada - August 1996 Anterior Cervical Fusion Follow-up Study Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Follow-up Study Third International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques Munich, Germany - June 1996 Dr. Jürgen Harms - Moderator Discogenic Pain Despite a Solid Posterolateral Fusion Anterior Cervical Fusion Follow-up Study Ninth Annual International Intradiscal Therapy Society Meeting Amsterdam, Netherlands - May 1996 Controversies in Spinal Surgery, Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and Lumbar Discography in Fusions for Discogenic Low Back Pain The Denver Spine Institute Winter Conference Breckenridge, Colorado - February 1996 Dr. David Wong Moderator 9
Surgical Treatment of Cervicogenic Headaches: The Practicing Physician s Approach to the Difficult Headache Patient The Diamond Clinic Research and Education Foundation Rancho Mirage, California - February 1996 Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Follow-up Study The Dallas Spine Group, Keystone Spine Conference Keystone, Colorado - January 1996 Dr. David Selby Moderator E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D., Kenneth A. Pettine, M.D.: Long-Term Follow-up of Anterior Cervical Fusion for Neck Pain and Headaches American Academy of Facial, Neck and Head Pain, Ft Worth, Texas, 1996 4 th Annual Northern Colorado Spine Symposium, March 1997 Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Technique with Internal Fixation Integrated Function of the Lumbar Spine and Sacroiliac Joint San Diego, California - November 1995 E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D., Kenneth A. Pettine, M.D.: Comparison of the Synthes Plate to the Danek Plate for Anterior Cervical Fusion 6 th Annual Colorado Spine Symposium, Denver, October 1995 Dr. Courtney Brown Moderator Anterior Cervical Fusion Follow-up Study Cervicogenic Headaches North American Cervicogenic Headache Society Toronto, Canada - September 1995 Cervical Spinous Process Impingement Syndrome International Spinal Injection Society New Orleans, Louisiana - September 1995 Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Current Concepts in Spine Surgery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - May 1995 Dr. Paul McAfee Moderator Program Director and Speaker, Annual Northern Colorado Spine Symposium Controversies in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Disease - February 1996 Cervical Injuries Following Motor Vehicle Accidents - February 1995 Non-compressive Radiculopathies - February 1994 10
Lumbar Interbody Fusion Techniques Theories in Applications of the Spine Beaver Creek, Colorado - September 1994 Dr. Jürgen Harms Moderator Non-compressive Radiculopathies Colorado Spine Symposium - November 1994 Dr. Courtney Brown & Dr. Vert Mooney - Moderators Segmental Interspinous Fixation Technique and Outcome Study Colorado Spine Symposium - November 1993 Dr. Courtney Brown Moderator Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Las Vegas, Nevada - February 1989 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Colorado Springs, Colorado - May 1988 Spring Residents Conference, Shriner s Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - May 1987 Presentations at National, Regional and Local Meetings Presented by First Listed Author Kenneth Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Maverick Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement vs. A.L.I.F; Minimum three-year follow up study PRESENTED*: S.A.S., Berlin, 2007 World Spine Istanbul, 2007 Eurospine, Brussels, 2007 N.A.S.S., Austin, 2007 Kenneth Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Kineflex vs. Charite Lumbar Artificial Disc; Minimum two-year follow-up study PRESENTED*: S.A.S., Berlin 2007 World Spine Istanbul, 2007 Eurospine, Brussels, 2007 N.A.S.S., Austin, 2007 Kenneth Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Instrumented Spine Surgery Performed at an A.S.C. with Convalescent Center Outcome Study PRESENTED*: A.S.C. National Meeting, Chicago, 2007 S.A.S., Berlin, 2007 A.S.C. National Meeting, San Antonio, 2008 11
Kenneth A. Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Why Do Lumbar Artificial Discs Fail? PRESENTED*: Eurospine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008 Poster Exhibit S.A.S., Miami, Florida, 2008 N.A.S.S., Toronto, Ontario, 2008 A.A.O.S., Las Vegas, Nevada, 2009 Spinal Progress and Innovation of the Near East (S.P.I.N.E.) Beirut, Lebanon, 2009 Preservation of Motion in the Spine, Duck Key, Florida 2009 POSTER EXHIBIT*: S.A.S. Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2008 I.S.S.L.S. Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2009 Kenneth A. Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Prospective Analysis of Three Lumbar Artificial Discs PRESENTED*: S.A.S. Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2008 Eurospine Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008 I.S.S.L.S. Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2009 Spinal Progress and Innovation of the Near East (S.P.I.N.E.) Beirut, Lebanon, 2009 Kenneth A. Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Prospective Analysis of Coflex implant Interlaminar Device vs. Fusion PRESENTED*: S.A.S. Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2008 I.S.S.L.S. Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2009 Preservation of Motion in the Spine, Duck Key, Florida, 2009 Kenneth A. Pettine, M.D.*, E. Jeffrey Donner, M.D.: Prospective Analysis of NeoDisc Cervical Artificial Disc PRESENTED*: Eurospine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008 12