Urology Faculty

Robert E. "Bob" Donohue graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1964. After medical school, Dr. Donohue completed a general surgery internship at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Dr. Donohue completed his urology residency at New York University Medical Center in 1970. After completing his residency training, Dr. Donohue continued his surgical training as a Valentine Fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases (1970-1971) and as a Senior Registrar in Urology at Christchurch Hospital affiliated with the University of Otago Medical School in New Zealand.

Dr. Donohue received his certification from the American Board of Urology in 1974. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Surgery/Urology in 1972. Dr. Donohue was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor at the CU School of Medicine in 1978, and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1992. In 1977, Dr. Donohue was appointed Chief of Urology at the Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center and continues to hold that appointment. Dr. Donohue served as the Acting Chief of Surgical Services at the Denver VAMC from 1982 to1984. From 1989 to the present, Dr. Donohue has served as the Chairman of the Cancer Committee and the Director of the Tumor Board at the Denver VA Medical Center.

Dr. Donohue has published and presented on wide variety of topics, and from 1989 to 1994, he was the Associate Editor of the Journal of Urology. Dr. Donohue's research interests include Hox gene expression in the prostate, polymorphism of vitamin D receptor genes, screening for prostate, lung, colo-rectal, and ovarian cancers, and treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Dr. Donohue's practice encompasses most areas of general urology with special interest in benign testicular masses, impalpable testicular lesions, paratesticular masses (benign and malignant), acute scrotum, and lymphoma of the testis.