James Saunders Donahoo

Background

Donahoo, James Saunders was born on September 30, 1937 in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. Son of Henry Amos and Ruby Burt (Welch) Donahoo.

Education

AB, Birmingham Southern College, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Alabama, 1963.

Career

Chief resident surgeon, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1969; chief resident cardiac surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1971; assistant professor surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1971-1975; associate professor surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1975-1982; associate professor surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1983-1989; professor cardiothoracic surgery, University Medicine Dentistry New Jersey, Newark, since 1989. Chief thoracic surgery East Orange (New Jersey) Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1989.

Achievements

• James Saunders Donahoo has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiothoracic surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Colonel United States Army Reserve, 1964-1992, Operation Desert Storm, 1991. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, Southern Surgical Association, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (county member, Osler Abbott award 1982), New York Society Thoracic Surgery, New Jersey Society Thoracic Surgeons (president 1994), Elkridge Harford Hunt Club (Executive Committee 1980), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: polo, fox-hunting, opera, oriental carpets, 19th century paintings.

Connections

Married Rose Carol Manasco, June 24, 1961. Children: Paige, James.

Father:

Henry Amos Donahoo

Mother:

Ruby Burt (Welch) Donahoo

Spouse:

Rose Carol Manasco

child:

Paige Donahoo

child:

James Donahoo