Work of Practice and Professional Service

Work Practice and Professional Service

Practice and professional service is loosely defined as conduction applied research (see my research page) and evaluations, disseminating knowledge, developing new products, practices, clinical procedures, participating in partnerships with other agencies and performing clinical services. As a basic scientist most of my practice and professional service appears as research and is listed on my research page.

Designing and creating innovations:

My work has provided the first application of 3D-CT reconstructions to study fetal craniofacial growth and development between primates.

My dissertation research provided the first 3D model of the fetal macaque craniofacial complex using finite element scaling analysis and 3D-CT methods.
During my post-doctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medince I helped apply 3D-CT methods and Eucledian Distance Matrix Analysis to quantitate growth the human skull in infants and children born with isolated craniosynostosis.
While at Johns Hopkins, I was given permission to access an image database containing CT scans of human fetal skulls. I reconstructed each skull and digiitzed the same 3D landmarks I used in my dissertation work on the fetal macaque skull.
Currently, I have just completed the first 3D comparative growth study between humans and macaques.

Disseminating Knowledge through:

1 - Guest Lectures/Department Prosections

1999 to present - Neuroscience I – Neuroembryology Lecture Every Trimester

2001 Spring Gross Anatomy Presentation to Onandaga School of Massage

2001 Spring Gross Anatomy Presentation to South Seneca High School

2000 Fall Gross Anatomy Presentation to Gananda High School Students

1999 Summer Keuka Community College Occupational Therapy Program

2- Scholarly Presentations

Zumpano, MP and Richtsmeier JT (2001) A comparison of fetal craniofacial growth and development in fetal humans and pigtailed macaques. American Association of Anatomists, Orlando FL.

Zumpano, MP and Richtsmeier JT (2001) A comparison of fetal craniofacial growth and development in fetal humans and pigtailed macaques using 3D-CT reconstruction methods and EDMA. NYCC Research Symposium, February.

Zumpano, MP, Deleon, V, Richtsmeier JT (2000) The effect of surgery on the basicranium in patients with isolated sagittal synostosis. NYCC Research Symposium, February.

Zumpano, MP, Deleon, V, Aldridge, K, Richtsmeier, JT (1999) Morphology of the basicranium. A three-dimensional comparison of form and growth between a sample of pre- and post-operative children diagnosed with nonsyndromic, sagittal synostosis. American Cleft Palate Association, April 1999

Richtsmeier, JT, Aldridge, K, DeLeon, V, Valeri, CJ, Zumpano, MP, Marsh, JL, Vanderkolk, C, Carson, BS (1999) Quantification of distinct craniofacial morphologies in isolated metopic, sagittal, and unicoronal synostosis and Crouzon syndrome, using a principle coordinates application of EDMA. American Cleft Palate Association. April 1999.

Zumpano, MP and JT Richtsmeier A three-dimensional morphological analysis of trigonocephaly. American Cleft-Palate Association, April 1998.

Zumpano, MP. A three dimensional study of the fetal craniofacial growth and development in the pigtailed macaque using 3D-CT reconstruction techniques and finite element scaling. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 1997.

Zumpano, MP. An application of 3D-CT reconstruction techniques to study fetal craniofacial growth and development in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina). American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1996.

Zumpano, M. P, and Sirianni, J. E. The development of size dimorphism in the craniofacial complex during late fetal growth in pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). American Association of Physical Anthropologists, March 1994.

Zumpano, M. P., and Sirianni, J. E. Allometry and heterochrony in fetal pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). The Northeastern Anthropological Association, April 1994.

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