Daniel A. Donoho, M.D.
Co-Director, Pituitary and Skull Base Program
Daniel A. Donoho, M.D., leads a research group at Children’s National Hospital that studies surgical education and technological innovations that improve surgical safety. Dr. Donoho founded one of the first neurosurgical computer vision research groups and is currently engaged in studies of surgeon performance using computer vision and machine learning.
Key Studies
| January 2026 | Daniels K, Chesney KM, O'Neill BE, Teti S, Myseros JS, Oluigbo C, Syed H, Donoho D, Keating RF. From Birth to Beyond: Predicting Incidence and Timing of CSF Diversion in Postnatal MMC Closure. Child’s Nervous System. 2026 Jan 30;42(1):53. doi: 10.1007/s00381-025-07099-3. PMID: 41615491 | view |
| December 2025 | Broudy T, Bansal A, Pascall A, Suslovic W, Chau NT, Sepeta L, Lowe C, Israel S, Kornbluh AB, Har CM, Roper H, Kahn I, Syed H, Oluigbo C, Myseros J, Keating R, Wells E, Delaney M, Donoho D, Hashimoto-Torii K, Dean T. Characterizing CSF inflammatory Proteomics in Pediatric Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus and Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2025 Dec 10;23(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12974-025-03642-w. PMID: 41366441; PMCID: PMC12801427 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403