Donald A. Ramberg, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified neurological surgeon with over three decades of private practice experience in San Luis Obispo, California (since 1986). He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at UCSF

MD, 1978 at UNiverity of Oregon Health Sciences Center

PhD, 1978 at Oregon State University in Biochemistry

MS, 1969 at Oregon State University in Biological Oceanography

BS, 1967 at Univerisity of California Santa Barbara

Postgraduate Medical Education:

Neurological Surgery Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1979-1983 (under Thor Sundt, M.D.)

Surgical Internship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1978-1979

Board Certification in Neurological Surgery: American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1989

Professional Experience:

Associate Clinical Professor: UCSF Neurosurgery, 2022 to present

Private Practice in Neurological Surgery: San Luis Obispo, California, 1986 to present

Private Practice in Neurological Surgery: Massachusetts, 1983 to 1986 (Chief of Surgery during this period)

Research:

Mayo Clinic: Biochemistry of pain pathways under Tony Yaksh, Ph.D., 1981

University of Oregon Health Sciences Center: Phorbol ester carcinogens, 1978

Teaching:

Instructor of Biochemistry, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, 1978

Professional Affiliations:

Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Member, American Chemical Society

Other Training:

Training in cervical arthroplasty

Training in radiology of brain tumors

Fluoroscopy Certification

Publications & Presentations:

Effects of cervical spinal hemi-section on dihydromorphine binding in brainstem and spinal cord in cat. Brain Research. 1989 March 27; 483(1), 61-67.

The effects of hexachlorophene on mitochondrial and artificial membrane systems. Ph.D. thesis, Oregon State University. 1978.

Citrullinemia: enzymatic evidence for genetic heterogeneity. Pediatric Research. 1975; 9:554-598.

Proton permeability induced by hexachlorophene in lipid bilayer membranes and mitochondria. Fed. Proc. 33. 1974.

Citrullinemia: investigation and treatment over a four-year period. Journal of Pediatrics. 1974; 85:208-214.

Blue diapers caused by pyocyanin produced by P. aeruginosa. J. of Pediatrics. 1972, September; 81(3).

Copper poppers: a benign cause of blue diapers. Arch. Dis. Child. 1971; 46:873.

Chlorophyll a, carbon, and nitrogen in particles from a unique coastal environment. In: Fertility of the Sea. 1971. Gordon and Breech.

Carbon and nitrogen reservoirs off the Oregon coast. 1970: M. S. thesis, Oregon State University.

Proton permeability induced by HCP in lipid bilayer membranes and mitochondria. 1974, June. Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Effects of spinal hemi-section on the levels of bulbar and spinal opiate binding. 1982, October. The American Academy of Neurological Surgery. Boston, Massachusetts.

The use of CT scanning in the diagnosis of spinal disease. 1984, May. 53rd Annual Conference, The Massachusetts Society of Radiologic Technologists. Burlington, Massachusetts.