Frances Yvonne Schulman, DVM, Diplomate, A.C.V.P.

17809 Hidden Garden Lane

Ashton, MD 20861

(301)570-3628

EDUCATION:

Tufts University Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

School of Veterinary Medicine 5/87

Grafton, Mass.

Harvard University Bachelor of Arts, cum laude

Cambridge, Mass. 6/83

Senior honor thesis: "Pressure Changes in the Mouth Cavities of Fish During Suction Feeding", graded magna cum laude

Boston Latin High School 6/79

Boston, Mass.

PATHOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

Veterinary Division 2/93-present

Marshfield Laboratories

Marshfield, WI

Diagnostic pathologist consultant. Render histopathologic diagnoses and comments on surgical and postmortem tissue sections from primarily domestic and occasionally exotic animal species.

American Registry of Pathology 1/93-present

Department of Veterinary Pathology

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Washington, D.C.

Staff Pathologist. Responsible for signing out diagnostic and consultation pathology cases. Training pathology residents, fellows, and veterinary students. Head, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Worldwide Reference on Comparative Oncology. Series editor of the second edition of the World Health Organization International Histological Classification of Tumors of Domestic Animals. Ongoing research in veterinary pathology.

Fellow. One year fellowship with the veterinary pathology registry. Projects included: 1) studying pathologic material collected from dolphins during the 1987-88 Atlantic coast dolphin mortality event; 2) studying the prevalence and possible causes of fibrosing cardiomyopathy in gorillas; and 3) assisting in compiling and archiving CNS tumors of domestic animals. Also assisted in training residents and veterinary students.

Department of Pathology 6/90-6/92

National Zoological Park

Washington, D.C.

Resident. Two year residency in pathology working primarily on exotics. Training in anatomical pathology, histopathology, and cytology. Assisted in training fellow residents and veterinary students. Conducted weekly pathology rounds for zookeepers.

Department of Pathology 8/88-6/90 Angell Memorial Animal Hospital

Boston, Mass.

Resident. Two year residency in pathology working primarily with dogs, cats, birds and a few exotics. Training in anatomical pathology, histopathology, and cytology. Organized comparative ophthalmology conference with Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary. Assisted in training fellow residents, trainees, and interns.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

DeWitt Animal Clinical 6/87-8/88

North Attleboro, Mass.

Staff veterinarian. General Practitioner in a busy three person practice working with primarily small animals and exotics. Responsible for clinical, surgical, laboratory, and management duties.

PUBLICATIONS:

Schulman FY, Montali RJ, and Citino SB: Proventricular nematodiasis: a potentially lethal infection in zoo birds. 1991 Annu Proc Am Assoc Zoo Vet pp. 252-254 (1991)

Schulman FY, Carpenter JL, Ribas JL, and Brum DE: Cystic papillary meningioma in the sella turcica of a dog. JAVMA 200:67-69 (1992)

Schulman FY, Ribas JL, Carpenter JL, Sisson AF, and LeCouteur RA: Intracranial meningioma with pulmonary metastasis in three dogs. Vet Pathol 29:196-202 (1992)

Schulman FY, Montali RJ, and Citino SB: Pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of Synhimantus nasuta (Nematoda: Spirurida) infection in African jacanas, Actophilornis africana (Aves: Charadriiformes). J Zoo Wildl Med 23:313-317 (1992)

Schulman FY, Montali RJ, and Hauer PJ: Gastroenteritis associated with Clostridium perfringens type A in black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) Vet Pathol 30:308-310 (1993)

Schulman FY, Montali RJ, Bush M, Citino SB, Tell LA, Ballou JD, Hutson TL, St. Pierre M, Dufour JF, Gaitmaitan Z, Arias IM, and Johnson FB: Dubin Johnson-like syndrome in golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia). Vet Pathol 30:490-498 (1993)

Lipscomb TP, Schulman FY, Moffett D, and Kennedy S: Morbilliviral disease in Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)from the 1987-1988 Epizootic. J. Wildl. Dis. 30:567-571 (1994).

Schulman FY, Farb A, Virmani R, and Montali RJ: Fibrosing Cardiomyopathy in captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the United States: a retrospective study. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 26:43-51 (1995).

Taubenberger JK, Tsai M, Krafft AE, Lichy JH, Reid AH, Schulman FY, and Lipscomb TP: Two morbilliviruses implicated in bottlnose dolphin epizootics. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2:213-216 (1996).

Schulman FY, Lipscomb TP, Moffett D, Krafft A, Lichy JH, Tsai MM, Tubenberger J, Kennedy S: Histologic, Immunohistochemical, and Polymerase Chain Reaction Studies of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the 1987-88 United States Atlantic Coast Epizootic. Vet Pathol 34:288-295 (1997).

Steele KE, Schulman FY, Mena H, Strimple EO: Rhabdoid tumor in the brain of a dog. Vet Pathol 34:359-363 (1997).

Long PH, Schulman FY, Koestner A, Fix AS, Campbell MK, Cameron KN: Primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a Two-month-old black and white Colobus monkey. Vet Pathol 35:64-67(1998).

Schulman FY, Lipscomb TP: Ciliate-associated dermatitis in dolphins that died during the 1987-88 Atlantic bottlenose dolphin morbilliviral epizootic. Vet Pathol 36:171-174 (1999).

Koestner A, Bilzer T, Fatzer R, Schulman FY, Summers BA, Van Winkle TJ: Histological Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System of Domestic Animals, vol. 5. In: World Health Organization International Histological Classification of Tumors of Domestic Animals, ed. Schulman FY, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 1999.

Zdziarski JM, Bush M, Citino SB, Schulman FY, Montali RJ: Diverticulitis with rupture and fatal peritonitis in a Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). J Zoo Wildl Med. In review.

Raymond JT, Tell L, Bush M, Nichols DK, Schulman FY, Montali RJ: Subcutaneous atypical mycobacteriosis in captive tiger quolls (Dasyurus maculatus). Vet Pathol. In press.

Duniho S, Schulman FY, Morrison A, Mena H, Koestner A: A subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in a cat. Vet Pathol. In press.

Colgin LMA, Schulman FY, Dubielzig RR. Multiple epulides in thirteen cats. Vet Pathol. In review.

Johnson T, Schulman FY, Lipscomb TP: Histopathology and biological behavior of pleomorphic cutaneous mast cell tumors in eight cats. Vet Pathol. In preparation.

PRESENTATIONS:

Feline Hepatic Lipidosis. Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Continuing Education Meeting. Boston, Mass. 1989

The Meningoblast. The New England Comparative Pathology Colloquy, Framingham, Mass. 1989

Canine Vaginal Cytology. Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Continuing Education Seminar. Boston, Mass. 1990

Intracranial Meningioma with Pulmonary Metastasis in Three Dogs. Annual Meeting of the ACVP. Phoenix, Arizona 1990

Cardiomyopathy in a Gorilla. Primate Pathology Workshop. Chicago, Illinois 1991

Proventricular Nematodiasis: A Potentially Lethal Infection in Zoo Birds. Annual Meeting of the AAZV. Calgary, Canada 1991

A Reevaluation of the United States 1987-88 Atlantic Coast Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Mortality Event with Evidence for a Viral Etiology. The European Cetacean Society. Montpellier, France 1994

A Reevaluation of the 1987-88 Atlantic Coast Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Mortality Event with Evidence for a Viral Etiology. The Northeast Stranding Network Conference of 1994. Brigantine, N.J. 1994

Histopathology of Bottlenose Dolphins that Died During the 1987-88 United States Atlantic Coast Epizootic with Evidence for a Viral Etiology. Annual meeting of American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Atlanta, Georgia 1995.

Neuropathology Mystery Slide seminar case. Annual meeting of American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Atlanta, Georgia 1995.

Fibrosing Cardiomyopathy in Captive Western Lowland Gorillas. Annual Primate Pathology Seminar. Bethesda, Maryland 1996.

Cilate dermatitis in Bottlenose Dolphins of the 1987-88 United States Atlantic coast epizootic. Annual Pathology of Zoo Animals Workshop. Puerta Vallarta, Mexico 1996.

Cilate dermatitis in Dolphins that Died During the 1987-88 Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Morbilliviral epizootic. Annual American College of Veterinary Pathologists Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico 1997.

Cytology; a useful diagnostic tool. Pathology for Clinical Veterinarians. Landstuhl, Germany 1998.

Cytology; a useful diagnostic tool. Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Bethesda, Maryland 1998.

Nasal Histoplasmosis: a case presentation, Virtual Slide Conference Symposium at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, St. Louis, Missouri 1998.

Descriptive Veterinary Pathology Course - course lecturer. American Registry of Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 1993-1999.

Cytology; a useful diagnostic tool. Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Washington, D.C. 1999.

Histologic, Immunohistochemical, and Polymerase Chain Reaction Studies of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the 1987-88 United States Atlantic Coast Epizootic. World Veterinary Congress. Lyon, France 1999.

AWARDS:

John Hill Brinton Award 1998

This award is given to a junior staff member selected by a panel from the AFIP’s Scientific Advisory Board. The winner must be under age 41 and not a department chairperson or equivalent, and must serve as the primary author of a scientific publication.

COMMITTEES:

Working Group on Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events 1998- present

This working group provides guidance to the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior on characterizations of and responses to unusual marine mammal mortality events.