William H.Donnelly, MD
Pediatric Pathologist
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Dept. of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine |
Background:
Dr. Donnelly received his MD
degree from the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Ontario Canada, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the
Holy Cross in Worcester MA. He completed his residency training
in Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Health Center and subspecialty
training in Pediatric Pathology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He has received certification in Anatomic Pathology and also Special Qualification in Pediatric Pathology from the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Donnelly is a Professor in both the Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Donnelly served as President of the Society of Pediatric Pathology(SSP) in 1991, and between 1984 and 1989, had represented the Society in the development and approval of the Special Qualification in Pediatric Pathology by the American Board of Pathology. As a member of the SNOMED Committee of the College of American Pathologists, he helped develop SNOMED II, and authored the SNOMED PEDIATRIC MICROGLOSSARY, with Dr. Curt Bucholz). With William Ingram and JK Massey, he developed the Department’s original anatomic pathology computer system that was in use from 1977 to 1995.
Clinical interests involve two main areas:
- Congenital
and acquired heart disease in infants and children, perinatal pathology
multiple malformation syndromes, renal disease and pediatric solid tumors.
- Sudden
unexpected death in children and adults.
Research and Educational interests include:
- Development
of new indexed anatomical pathology data base for patient care and clinical
research (1978 to present) to enhance electronic medical record and developed
web browser search ability.
- Develop
XML (Extended Markup Language) data base for electronic encoding of clinical
and pathological diagnostic data.
- Continue
development of digitalized pediatric and adult pathology image data base
for Web-based student and teaching access.
- In
conjunction with Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics, develop computer-based
(browser) teaching clinicopathological analysis programs for Junior and
Senior medical student rotations.
- Develop
computer-based teaching programs in advanced pediatric pathology, renal
biopsy pathology, and gross autopsy pathology for Pathology Resident training.
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Society for Pediatric Pathology
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Pediatric and Perinatal Pathology (University of Utah-Pathnet)
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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