CURRICULUM VITAE

Michael P. Zumpano, Ph.D.

Personal Information
 

Work Address:  New York Chiropractic College, Department of Anatomy,  2360 State Route 89, Seneca Falls, NY 13148-0800
Office Phone/FAX:  ph: 315-568-3196 fax: 315-568-3017
E-mail:                mzumpano@nycc.edu

Educational Background

1997 July to 1999 March  Post-Doctoral Fellow
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Area: Fetal Craniofacial Growth and Development and Craniosynostosis
1997 Sept. 1 Ph.D. (Anthropology) SUNY Buffalo
Project Title: An application of 3D-CT Reconstruction Techniques and Finite Element Analysis to study Fetal Craniofacial Growth in the Pigtailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina).
1994 June 1 Master of Arts (Anthropology), SUNY Buffalo
Project Title: Ontogeny of Sexual Dimorphism in the Craniofacial Complex during the Third Trimester of Fetal Growth in Pigtailed Macaques (Macaca nemestrina).
1992 June 1 Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology), SUNY Buffalo

Grants

1996-1997 National Science Foundation ($12,000) #SBR9601027
1996-1997 Pittsburgh Super-Computing Center (10 hours)
1995-1996 Sigma Xi Foundation ($500)
1995-1996 Mark Diamond Research Foundation ($825)

Scholarships, Awards

2001 - Young Faculty Research Award - American Association of Anatomists
1992-1995 Comparative Primate Anatomy Assistantship
1994 1st Place, Graduate Research Competition, SUNY Buffalo

Academic Positions Held


Fall 2003 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy
New York Chiropractic College

Courses: Neuroscience, Human Gross Anatomy

Spring 1999 - Spring 2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy
New York Chiropractic College

Courses: Neuroscience, Human Gross Anatomy

 Summer 1998 - Spring 1999  Instructor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

Courses: Human Gross Anatomy

1995-1997 Visiting Instructor, Biology Department
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA 

Courses: Graduate: Human Gross Anatomy

Undergraduate: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy; Evolutionary Biology; The Organism

1995 (Spring) Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology Department
Medaille College, Buffalo, NY.
1993-1995 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Buffalo

Course: Introduction to Physical Anthropology

1992-1995 Director of the Comparative Primate Laboratory, SUNY Buffalo
1991-1995 Lab Instructor, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Buffalo

Course: Comparative Primate Anatomy

1994 (Summer)  Lab Instructor, Department of Anatomical Sciences
SUNY Buffalo Medical School

Course: Human Gross Anatomy)

1992 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Buffalo

Course: Dental Anthropology

1991 (Fall)  Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, SUNY Buffalo 

Course: Anthropological Osteology

1990 (Fall)  Lab Instructor, Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Buffalo Course: Evolutionary Biology

Field/Laboratory Experience

1997 to 1999 Manager of the human craniofacial and primate craniofacial research database at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
1992-1995  Manager and coordinator of the Comparative Primate Anatomy
Lab at SUNY Buffalo

Curator of the University at Buffalo Primate Fetal Collection

1992-1993 Phase I, II, III, archaeological survey excavations

Publications
In progress

Zumpano, MP and Buchberger D, The pathway of the suprascapular nerve from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus to the suprascapular notch.

Zumpano, MP and Jagos C, An interactive atlas of neuroanatomy.

Submitted

Zumpano (2001) Clinical dissections of the extremities and pelvis. Mc-Graw-Hill

Zumpano MP and Richtsmeier JT - Growth and development of the fetal craniofacial complex in humans (Homo sapiens) and pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina): A 3D-CT comparative analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Accepted

Peer-Reviewed Journal Acceptances:
 Zumpano MP, Jagos, C, Hartwell-Ford S (2002) A cadaveric survey exploring the variation, prevalence, sex bias, and tissue type of the soft-tissue bridge between rectus capitis posterior minor and the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane.  Journal of Neuromusculoskeletal Anatomy, 10(4):133-140.

Zumpano MP (2002) Three dimensional form changes during late fetal growth (137-157 gestational days) in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) craniofacial complex:  An application using three dimensional coordinate data and finite element scaling analysis. Anatomical Record 267(4):307-320.

DeLeon VB, Zumpano MP, Richtsmeier JT (2001) The effect of neurocranial surgery on basicranial morphology in isolated sagittal craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 38(1):8-20.

Zumpano MP, Carson BS, Marsh JL , VanderKolk CA, and JT Richtsmeier. (1999) A three-dimensional morphological analysis of isolated metopic synostosis.  The Anatomical Record, 256:1-12.

DeLeon V, Zumpano MP, and JT Richtsmeier (1999) Effects of neurocranial surgery on basicranial growth in isolated sagittal synostosis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supp 28: 117


Peer-Reviewed Abstract Acceptances:
Zumpano MP and Richtsmeier JT (2002) Growth and development of the fetal craniofacial complex in humans (Homo sapiens) and pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp 34:170.

Zumpano, MP (1999) Form differences during the last trimester of fetal growth.  A comparative study between the fetal pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) and the fetal human (Homo sapiens).  American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supp 28:285

Zumpano, MP (1997).  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. Supp. 24:249

Zumpano, MP (1996) An application of 3D-CT reconstruction techniques to study fetal craniofacial growth and development in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supp. 22:251.

Zumpano, MP and JE Sirianni (1994) The development of size dimorphism in the craniofacial complex during the third trimester of prenatal growth in pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina).  American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supp. 18:214-215.



Published Book Reviews
Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System.  Panjabi, M, and Augustus A.  Churchhill Livingstone, NY.  196 pp.  In the American Association of Anatomists Newsletter, pg. 23, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2002.

Scholarly Presentations

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.

Research in progress

Allometry and in the fetal craniofacial complex in Macaca nemestrina and Homo sapiens.
3D morphometric studies of the human and nonhuman primate fetal craniofacial complex
Clinical and morphometric evaluations of cranial synostoses

Current Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Association of Anatomists
American Cleft Palate Association