Clinician Advisory Board

Dr. Robert J. McDonald, MD

Clinician Advisory Board Member


Dr. Rober J. McDonald, MD - ENT

Dr. Robert J. Mcdonald known in Duchenne community simply as "Bob" is the compassionate father of 9 children, including his very special youngest son, Mark, diagnosed with DMD at age 2 by Bob himself. He is a practicing ENT surgeon in the USA. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and performed biomedical research at the University of Missouri, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Cornell University Medical College.
He served for 6 years on the BOD and is the immediate past chairman of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. He served from 2011 to 2015 as the Chairman of Board on the scientific advisory board of PPMD and is a reviewer for the U.S. Dept of Defense DMD Research Program.

Bob joined the Scientific Advisory Board of Duchenne UK in 2016. He also has experience in clinical science research and serves on various advisory and review boards of Duchenne foundations and in the pharmaceutical industry regarding drug development in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies.
To the DMD community, Bob is known as a humble human being and a compassionate father, we are very excited to have Bob as the new member of Hope for Luka Inc. Clinician Advisory Board.