1. Home
  2. People
  3. Faculty

Francisco Donato, Jr, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology - Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Director of the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Medical Director of Ultrasound

Education

  • MD in Medicine, School of Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Resident in Radiology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Fellow in Body Imaging, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Fellow in Body MRI Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
  • Fellow in Advanced Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Medical License (Special), Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Brazilian Board of Radiology, Brazilian College of Radiology, Brazil
  • Full Medical License, Sao Paulo Medical Board, Brazil
  • Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology (ABR)

Selected Publications

  • Sambharia M, Freese ME, Donato F, Bathla G, Abukhiran IMM, Dantuma MI, Mansilla MA, Thomas CP. Suspected Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease but Cerebellar Vermis Hypoplasia, Oligophrenia Ataxia, Coloboma, and Hepatic Fibrosis (COACH) Syndrome in Retrospect, A Delayed Diagnosis Aided by Genotyping and Reverse Phenotyping: A Case Report and A Review of the Literature. Nephron. 2024;148(4):264-272. doi: 10.1159/000527991. Epub 2023 Jan 6. PMID: 36617405.
  • Eddin AS, Amarneh M, Goetz S, Donato F Jr. Successful endovascular treatment of superior mesenteric artery-duodenal fistula secondary to Rapunzel syndrome. Radiol Case Rep. 2023 May 31;18(8):2689-2691. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.05.031. PMID: 37273725; PMCID: PMC10238254.
  • Sambharia M, Freese ME, Donato F, Bathla G, Abukhiran IMM, Dantuma MI, Mansilla MA, Thomas CP. Suspected Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease but Cerebellar Vermis Hypoplasia, Oligophrenia Ataxia, Coloboma, and Hepatic Fibrosis (COACH) Syndrome in Retrospect, A Delayed Diagnosis Aided by Genotyping and Reverse Phenotyping: A Case Report and A Review of the Literature. Nephron. 2023 Jan 6:1-9. doi: 10.1159/000527991. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36617405.
  • Donato Jr., F. (2017). Bladder and Urinay Tract [Vias urinárias e Bexiga]. In Cerri, G. G. (Eds.) Textbook of Radiology [Tratado de Radiologia]. Sao Paulo: Editora Manole.
  • Costa, D. N., Pedrosa, I., Donato, Jr, F., Roehrborn, C. G. & Rofsky, N. M. (2015). MR Imaging-Transrectal US Fusion for Targeted Prostate Biopsies: Implications for Diagnosis and Clinical Management. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 35 (3) 696-708. DOI: 10.1148/rg.2015140058. PMID: 25786055.
  • Donato, Jr, F., Costa, D. N., Yuan, Q., Rofsky, N. M., Lenkinski, R. E. & Pedrosa, I. (2014). Geometric distortion in diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the prostate-contributing factors and strategies for improvement. Academic radiology 21 (6) 817-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.02.001. PMID: 24709379. PMCID: PMC4478612.
  • de Menezes, M. R., Odiosio, B. C., Cavalcanti, C. F., Donato Jr., F., Siqueira, L., Rodrigues, M. B., Viana, P. C., Garcia, R. G., Julio, T. & Cerri, G. G. (2013). Interventional Radiology [Intervenção Radiológica]. In Gehm, P. M. (Eds.) Textbook of Oncology [Tratado de Oncologia]. pp. 1049-1086. Sao Paulo: Editora Atheneu.
  • Martins, D. L., Baroni, R. H., Blasbalg, R., Viana, P. C., Bezerra, R. O., Donato Jr., F., Mattedi, R. L., Lucon, A. M., Leite, C. d. & Cerri, G. G. (2008). Avaliação por ressonância magnética dos tumores de adrenal com correlação histológica. Radiologia Brasileira 41 (1) 55-62. DOI: 10.1590/s0100-39842008000100014.
  • Nakagawa, N. K., Donato-Júnior, F., Kondo, C. S., King, M., Auler-Júnior, J. O., Saldiva, P. H. & Lorenzi-Filho, G. (2004). Effects of acute hypovolaemia by furosemide on tracheal transepithelial potential difference and mucus in dogs. The European respiratory journal 24 (5) 805-10. DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.10021704. PMID: 15516676.
  • Martins, D. L., Baroni, R. U., Blasbalg, R., Donato, Jr, F. & Cerri, C. G. Evaluation of adrenal tumors by magnetic resonance imaging with histological correlationreview. Radiologia Brasileira 41 (1) 55-62.