Donna G. Blankenbaker, MD is Professor of Radiology, Medical Director of Outpatient Radiology, and Co-Director of Medical Student Radiology Education at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a co-author of Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal Trauma, 2nd Edition.

Dr. Blankenbaker completed her medical training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, after which she performed her residency and a musculoskeletal radiology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.

Currently the musculoskeletal section editor of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), she is also a scientific journal editor and reviewer for the American Journal of Roentgenology and Skeletal Radiology. She serves on five UW Hospital and Clinics and Department of Radiology committees and six national committees. In 2010, Dr. Blankenbaker participated in the International Skeletal Society Outreach Program in Oman and the RSNA International Visiting Professor Program to Brazil.

Dr. Blankenbaker’s research interests include hip imaging and sports medicine injuries. Her work has resulted in numerous research and review articles, abstracts, book chapters, and web articles. She has made dozens of national, international, and regional presentations, and has been invited to moderate several scientific sessions at national and international meetings.  Her many awards include the RSNA Seed Grant, the ARRS Figley Fellowship in Radiology Journalism, and the Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award from the University of Wisconsin.