Donna M. Guenther, M.D.
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1205 Melville Square #310, Richmond, CA 94804
phone: 510.234.1773
e-mail: dguenther@mindspring.com
     
  Positions Held
    Photography Consultant, Alliance, India, HIV/AIDS documentary project, India,
     Feb.- March 2009 and March-April 2010
    Forgotten Faces of AIDS, HIV/AIDS documentary photography project, Aug. 2005- 
    Private practice of Medical Acupuncture, Rossmoor Medical Clinic, Walnut Creek, 2000-2005
    Consultative practice of Allergy/Asthma, Allergy Specialists Medical Group, Concord, CA, 1999-2005
   

Consultative practice of Medical Acupuncture and guest lecturer,
     Semester at Sea/Institute for Shipboard Education, University of Pittsburgh, Jan.– May 2000

    Consultative practice of Medical Acupuncture, Hickman Chiropractic, Windsor, CA, 1999-2000
    Private practice of Medical Acupuncture, Heart to Heart Medical Center, Santa Rosa, CA, 1998-99
    Mindful Medicine, Emeryville CA, 1998-2005
    Group practice of Allergy/Asthma, Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic, Atlanta, GA, 1995-98
    Chief of Allergy, Department of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Antioch, CA, 1990-95
    Senior Physician, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Martinez and Antioch, CA, 1988-1990
   

Assistant then Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Immunology),
     University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1977-1992

   

Medical Consultant, Semester at Sea/Institute for Shipboard Education,
     University of Pittsburgh, Sept.–Dec. 1987

   

Career Physician, Department of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group,
     South San Francisco, CA, 1985-1988

   

Private practice of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, East Bay Immunology/Allergy Medical Group,
     Oakland, CA, 1981-1985

   

Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Allergy and Immunology),
     University of California, San Diego, CA, 1976-1986

    Chief of Allergy and Immunology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1973-1985
     
  Education and Degrees
    Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, BS 1960
   
Post Graduate: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  University of Houston, Houston, Texas
   
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, M.D. 1967
   
Internship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
   
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
   
   
Fellowships:

Fellow in Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Jefferson Medical College,  
     Philadelphia, PA

   
  Fellow in Pediatric Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
   
 

Fellow in Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA  
     and Resident in Allergy, Department of Allergy, Kaiser Foundation Hospital,
     San Francisco, CA

   
Graduate: 

Ph.D. program in East-West Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies,
     San Francisco, CA

   
Post-graduate:

Medical Acupuncture for Physicians, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, 
     Los Angeles, CA 1997

   
  Five Element Acupuncture for Physicians, San Diego, CA 1998
   
 

Taking the Leap, Business Program for Art Professionals Emeryville, CA ,
     Nov. 2004-May 2005

  Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics
    American Board of Allergy and Immunology
     
  Memberships
    Fellow, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
    Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
    Emeritus Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
    Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
     
  Awards
    America's Top Physicians 2007
    Who’s  Who in the State of California
    Who’s Who of American Women
    American Men and Women of Science
    Allegheny College Gold Citation Alumni Award
    International Who’s Who in Medicine
    Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California Recognition Award
    The National Registry of Who’s Who          
     
  Professional and Public Service
    Alumni Advisory Board, Semester at Sea/Institute for Shipboard Education, 2007 -
    Advisory Council, Maitri, Shillong, Meghalaya and New Delhi, India, 2005-2007
    Women’s Delegation for Save the Children to Ethiopia and Uganda, Sept. 2004
    International Committee of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 1995-2002
    Board of Trustees, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, 1980-1996
 
California State Board of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health   1982-1985
Secretary   1984-1985
    National Committee on U.S. - China Relations  1983-
 

The Prasad Project, Netraprakash Eye Camp, Ganeshpuri, India,
     Medical volunteer and free lance photographer, 1993 and 1997

 

Board of Directors/Advisory Board, Taungpulu Kaba-Aye (World Peace) Monastery,
     Boulder Creek, CA 1993-1997.

    Board of Directors, California Institute of Integral Studies 1987-1990
  Board of Directors, Fred Finch Youth Center, Oakland, CA 1975-1978
     
  Travel
    Austria, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, Ethiopia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, Uganda, USA, Yugoslavia, Viet Nam