Private Practice

Neurosurgery

Donald Prolo practices Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford University School of Medicine is a one of the best medicals schools. Stanford University School of Medicine is ranked 2 in research and 25 in primary care medicine He over the years received 19 awards: "J.E. Wallace Sterling Muleshoe Lifetime Alumni Achievement Award, Stanford University School of Medicine", "Distinguished Service Award, Pevehouse Award California Association ,Neurological Surgeons", "Ralph B. Cloward Award, Epochal Innovation and Pioneering Application,Western Neurological Surgeons Society", "The Benjamin J. Cory Award, Santa Clara County Medical Association", "Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Tissue Banks", "Stanford University Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award", "Stanford Associates Award, Stanford University", "San Francisco Neurological Society Award in Clinical Research", "Borden Undergraduate Research Award in Medicine", "Stanford University Medical Association, Vice-President", "Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Omega Alpha; Society of Sigma Xi", "George F. Baker Scholarship, Stanford University", "Willow Glen Senior High School: Student Body President", "Bank of America Achievement Award, Science and Mathematics. First Place Award, Final Event, Northern California", "Yale University Scholarship (for 4 years)", "Honors at Admission, Stanford University", "President, California Scholarship Federation", "President, National Honors Society" and "Fellow (FACS)". Donald Prolo is a published physician. He published 32 publications, including: 'Balloon occlusion of carotid-cavernous fistula: introduction of a new catheter.'

Publications

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• Autogenous skull cranioplasty: fresh and preserved (frozen), with consideration of the cellular response.
• Balloon occlusion of carotid-cavernous fistula: introduction of a new catheter.
• The Dandy-Walker and Arnold-Chiari malformations. Clinical, developmental, and teratological considerations.
• Posterior and posterolateral spinal fusions using ethylene oxide sterilized cancellous allografts.
• The use of bone grafts and alloplastic materials in cranioplasty.
• Effects of stimulus intensity on direct recordings of eighth nerve auditory evoked responses.
• Biology of bone fusion.
• Dural and carotid cavernous sinus fistulas.
• Quantitative comparisons of healing in cranial fresh autografts, frozen autografts and processed autografts, and allografts in canine skull defects.
• Toward uniformity in evaluating results of lumbar spine operations. A paradigm applied to posterior lumbar interbody fusions.
• Contemporary bone graft physiology and surgery.
• Pre-hospital management.
• Cervical stabilization board: spinal safeguard for accident victims.
• The injured cervical spine. Immediate and long-term immobilization with the halo.
• Cervical stabilization-traction board. A new device for immediate stabilization of the injured cervical spine.
• Secondary actinomycotic brain abscess: isolation of a new species and review.
• Invasion of the brain by a cellular blue nevus of the scalp. A case report with light and electron microscopic studies.
• Extracranial protection of skull defects.
• Median cerebrofacial dysgenesis.
• Protoplasmic astrocytoma: an angiographic case report.
• Intraluminal occlusion of a carotid-cavernous sinus fistula with a balloon catheter. Technical note.
• The significance of yellow bone. Evidence for tetracycline in adult human bone.
• Composite autogeneic human cranioplasty: frozen skull supplemented with fresh iliac corticocancellous bone.
• Clinical utility of allogeneic skull discs in human craniotomy.
• Human bone morphogenetic protein (hBMP).
• The neurosurgeon in transplantation: provision and use of cadaver tissues and organs.
• Ethylene oxide sterilization of bone, dura mater, and fascia lata for human transplantation.
• Use of transplantable tissue in neurosurgery.
• Superior osteogenesis in transplanted allogeneic canine skull following chemical sterilization.
• Balloon catheter occlusion for cavernous carotid artery injury during transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. Case report.
• Arterial supply of the diencephalon and some associated areas of the rabbit brain.

Procedures Preformed

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• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)

Conditions Treated

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• Meningiomas

Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• J.E. Wallace Sterling “Muleshoe” Lifetime Alumni Achievement Award, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Distinguished Service Award, “Pevehouse Award” California Association ,Neurological Surgeons
• Ralph B. Cloward Award, Epochal Innovation and Pioneering Application,Western Neurological Surgeons Society
• The Benjamin J. Cory Award, Santa Clara County Medical Association
• Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Tissue Banks
• Stanford University Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award
• Stanford Associates Award, Stanford University
• San Francisco Neurological Society Award in Clinical Research
• Borden Undergraduate Research Award in Medicine
• Stanford University Medical Association, Vice-President
• Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Omega Alpha; Society of Sigma Xi
• George F. Baker Scholarship, Stanford University
• Willow Glen Senior High School: Student Body President
• Bank of America Achievement Award, Science and Mathematics. First Place Award, Final Event, Northern California
• Yale University Scholarship (for 4 years)
• Honors at Admission, Stanford University
• President, California Scholarship Federation
• President, National Honors Society
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Stanford University
• Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• Johns Hopkins University
• Stanford University School of Medicine

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