Joseph G. Donaher - Faculty Biosketch

Joseph G. Donaher, Ph.D., CCC/SLP

Adjunct Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Academic and Research Program Director, The Center for Childhood Communication, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (effective 1/6/13)

Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Center for Childhood Communication
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
3500 Civic Center Boulevard, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-7637

Email:
donaher@chop.edu

Education:
BA (Journalism)
Temple University, 1992.
MA (Speech-Language Pathology)
Temple University, 1997.
PhD (Communication Sciences & Disorders)
Temple University, 2008.

Post-Graduate Training
Clinical Fellowship, Speech-Language Pathology, Children’s Seashore House, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 1997-1998.
Advanced Clinical and Research Traineeship, The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, London, England (July-August), 2007-2007.
Member, 2008 Leadership Development Program, American Speech, Language and Hearing Association , 2008-2008.

Certifications
Certificate of Specialty Recognition in Fluency Disorders, American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), 2004.

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Selected Publications

Cola, M., Lyons, M. Knox, A., Russell, A., Covello, M., Schillinger, S., Lee, A., Faulk, C., Howard, N., Franke, H., Mulqueen, A., Fulop, L., Cho, S., Liberman, M., Yates Flanagan, A., Donaher, J., Pandey, J., Schultz, R.T., Parish-Morris, J: "Language Matters: Clinicians Speak Differently When Assessing Autism in Boys vs. Girls" Poster presentation at the Meeting on Language in Autism, Atlanta, GA Mar 2026.

Levin, D., Levin, J., Joung, J., Liu, G. W., Donaher, J., Faig, W., Waldman, A. T.: Language skills in patients with Alexander Disease. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 35(1): 211-225, Jan 2026 Notes: doi:10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00185. Epub 2025 Nov 18.

Cola, M., Schillinger, S., Lyons, M., Lee, A., Faulk, C., Covello, M., Howard, N., Franke, H., Mulqueen, A., Fulop, L., Knox, A., Cho, S., Liberman, M.Y., Pandey, J., Flanagan, A.Y., Donaher, J., Schultz, R.T., Parish-Morris, J.: Short Report: Sex-Specific Metrics for Success: Gaps in Social Word Use are Bigger for Autistic Girls than Boys. Autism 2026 Notes: In press.

Magielski, J. H., Ruggiero, S. M., Xian, J., Parthasarathy, S., Galer, P. D., Ganesan, S., Back, A., McKee, J. L., McSalley, I., Gonzalez, A. K., Morgan, A., Donaher, J., Helbig, I.: The clinical and genetic spectrum of paediatric speech and language disorders. Brain 148(2): 663-674, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae264.

Wintermute, P., Donaher, J. : "Acute Speech and Feeding Outcomes in Children with Posterior Fossa Syndrome Following Initial Tumor Resection" Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA Dec 2024.

Knox, A., Covello, M., Cola, M., Cho, S., Lyons, M., Schillinger, S., Lee, A., Ip, M., Pelella, M. R., Hauptmann, A., Fulop, L., Russell, A., Pandey, J., Tunc, B., Sariyanidi, E., Donaher, J., Liberman, M., Schultz, R. T., Parish-Morris, J.: "Validating a Brief, Spontaneous “Get-To-Know-You” Conversational Assessment for Autistic Individuals. Poster presentation at the Meeting on Language and Autism, Durham, NC. Mar 2024.

Donaher, J.G.: Stuttering Intervention (Podcast). Primary Care Perspectives with Katie Lockwood, MD 2024.

Donaher, J.G.: • The Parent Challenge. 8/10/23  • Making an Impact. 12/21/23  • A Mother’s Perspective. 2/8/24 Stuttering Springboard Podcast (Recurring guest) 2023-24.

Donaher, J.G.: Do Brave Things. Stuttering Stories. Googan, J., Hurley, C. 2023.

Donaher, J., Siegel, J.: What is Stuttering? Stuttering Stories. Googan, J., Hurley, C. (eds.). 2023.