Robert E. Donohue, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Dr. Robert Donohue graduated from the New York University School of Medicine and completed his Surgery and Urology residency at NYU. Dr. Donohue then was appointed Special Fellow in Urology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Spending some time abroad, Dr. Donohue then became the Senior Surgical Registrar in Urology at the Christchurch Public Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand. Back in the USA, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery for Urology at The University of Colorado in 1972 and Director of Medical Student Programs in Urology there, as well as the Chief of Urology Service at the Denver CAMC, in 1977. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1979 and Full Professor in 1989. As a professor, Dr. Donohue directed Urology rotations at the medical school and was appointed director of the Career Choices electives in Urology in 2004. He was also the editor of Classic Articles in Urology for Urology from 1984–1989. Other positions Dr. Donohue held include being Chairmen of the Rocky Mountain Urological Society from 1975-1988 and President from 1994-1996

This Brooklyn born and raised doctor retired in 2009 but he is still attending the Urology weekly Grand Rounds, The Second Opinion Conference of Dr. Crawford for new Urologic malignancies. In 2008, Dr. Donohue was appointed the Historian of the South Central Section (SCS) and he continues this role presently, regionally and nationally. Dr. Donohue has devoted a lot of time to the AUA and the SCS of the AUA. He was first appointed the representative to the Journal of Urology from 1989-1994 by the AUA. Then, in 1998, he was elected Secretary of the SCS where he served for four years. In 2004, Dr. Donohue was named President of the SCS and his presidential meeting was held jointly with the Irish Urological Society in Dublin, Ireland. Also in 2004, Dr. Donohue was appointed the SCS representative to the AUA Judicial and Ethics Committee and served that position until 2010. Dr. Donohue also still assists in the Medical Spanish course for first-year Medical Students.