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John G. Trupkiewicz, D.V.M. Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists 2146 Tome Hwy Port Deposit, MD 21904 (410) 658 4659 EMAIL: ChesapeakeZooPath@ZoomInternet.net
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 1997 – Oct 2004 Director of Pathology Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA. Provide diagnostic pathology support for Zoo’s animal collection, performing ~300 necropsies per year. Maintain necropsy records and historical archives of necropsy reports, glass slides, photomicrographs, and paraffin-embedded tissue blocks. Prospective and retrospective studies of zoo animal diseases based on current cases and archived materials. Departmental budget preparation and oversight, supervision of assistant pathologist.
Feb 1997 – July 1997 Director of Comparative Pathology Coulston Foundation, Alamogordo, NM. General pathology support for a large biomedical research laboratory and non-human primate colony. Supervision and administration of histopathology laboratory and Biosafety level 3 necropsy facility. Supervision of 2 histotechnologists, performing all phases of sample processing for light and electron microscopy. Quality control, data collection, and documentation in accordance with GLP standards. Composition and revision of Standard Operating Protocols for laboratory practices.
Oct 1996 – Jan 1997 Anatomic Pathologist Consolidated Veterinary Diagnostics, West Sacramento, CA. Routine surgical biopsy and necropsy diagnostic services for veterinary practitioners.
July - Sept 1996 Pathologist The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA. Routine necropsy and histopathology services for marine mammal rehabilitation facility. Detailed studies on transitional cell carcinoma in California sea lions, herpesvirus in harbor seals, and congenital anomalies in elephant seals.
July 1994 - July 1996 Instructor, Comparative Pathology Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of California, Davis. Training of residents and senior veterinary students in general and comparative pathology, gross and surgical pathology service, and lectures. Weekly seminars in comparative pathology. Responsible for final diagnosis of all avian and exotic animal necropsy and biopsy cases. Implemented protocols for primate and hazardous exotic animal necropsy procedures. Pathology support and collaborative research on toxicosis of oil spills on American coots, therapies for lead toxicosis in cockatiels, causes of mass mortalities in common murres, and investigations into metastatic carcinoma of California sea lions and congenital anomalies in northern elephant seals.
July 1991 - July 1994 Resident, Comparative Pathology NYZS/The Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, N.Y. The Animal Medical Center, N.Y., N.Y. 3 year residency in comparative pathology of non-domestic and domestic species. Intensive training in general pathology, exotic animal and avian pathology, surgical pathology and cytology.
Jan 1990 - July 1991 Associate Veterinarian Belcaro Animal Hospital, Denver, CO. All aspects of general small animal practice.
June 1988 - Jan 1990 Associate Veterinarian Harvey Bird and Animal Hospital, Denver, CO. All aspects of general small animal practice.
1984-1987 Team Leader Dall’s Porpoise Project, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA. Supervised crew of 3 in monitoring of Japanese High Seas Salmon Gillnet fishery incidental take of marine mammals in North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Necropsied 265 porpoise. Supervised crew vessel transfers, data collection and analysis. (Observer, 1984).
EDUCATION
1991-1994 Residency, Comparative Pathology NYZS/The Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, N.Y. The Animal Medical Center, New York, N.Y. Three year residency in comparative pathology of domestic and non-domestic species, leading to A.C.V.P. board eligibility.
1988 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
1986 AQUAVET Aquatic Animal Medicine and Ecology Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.
1984 Bachelor of Science Department of Wildlife Biology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
2003 Zoo and Wildlife Pathology Workshop, A.A.Z.V. Annual Conference Multiple apocrine adenomas, possibly associated with visceral carcinomas in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)
2000 Zoo and Wildlife Pathology Workshop, A.A.Z.V. Annual Conference Conference Moderator
2000 University of Pennsylvania, College of Veterinary Medicine Special Species Club, Invited speaker The Role of Pathology in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.
2000 University of Pennsylvania, College of Veterinary Medicine Special Species Symposium Exotic animal pathology wetlab.
1998 Zoo and Wildlife Pathology Workshop, A.A.Z.V. Annual Conference Case Report: Subcutaneous Acariasis (Hypodectes propus) in a Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
1994-1996 University of California, Davis Comparative Veterinary Pathology Weekly conference in comparative pathology, based on necropsy and surgical biopsy submissions from zoo and wildlife medicine.
Lecturer, Comparative Pathology Course topics included: Avian Virology, Pathology in Captive Wildlife Medicine, Gross Pathology of Raptors, Pathology in Non-domestic Pet Medicine, Comparative Avian Pathology, Avian Metazoan Parasites, Avian Mycobacteriosis and Miscellaneous Bacterial Diseases.
1995 Zoo and Wildlife Pathology Workshop, A.A.Z.V. Annual Conference Case Report: Hydrocephalus Associated with an Undifferentiated Sarcoma in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
1993 A.A.Z.V. Annual Conference Case Report: Cerebral Infarction Associated with Coarctation of the Aorta in a Lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American College of Veterinary Pathologists Board Certification in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology, 1996 American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Associate Editor, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 1999 – 2004. C.L. Davis Foundation for Comparative Pathology Wildlife Disease Association American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Chiropteran Taxon Advisory Group - Pathology Advisor, 1998- Present Rodrigues Island Fruit Bat SSP – Pathology Advisor, 1998 – PresentAsian One-Horned Rhinoceros SSP – Pathology Advisor, 2002 – Present
PUBLICATIONS
Sykes, J.M., and J. G. Trupkiewicz. 2006. Reptile neoplasia at the Philadelphia Zoological Garden, 1901 – 2002. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 37(1). Pp. 11-19.
Bonar, J.C., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Toddes, B., and A.H. Lewandowski. 2006. Iron storage disease in Tapirs. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 37(1). Pp. 49-52.
Pathology and Necropsy protocols in: Husbandry Manual for the Greater One-horned or Asian Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis; Guldenschuh, G., and F. von Houwald, eds. 2002. Basel Zoo, Basel, Switzerland.
Book Chapter – Pathology in: Bats in Captivity, Barnard, S.M., ed. In Press.
Comparison of two heavy metal chelators for treatment of lead toxicosis in cockatiels. Denver, M.C., Tell, L.A., Galey, F.D., Trupkiewicz, J.G., and Kass, P.H.. 2000. Am. J. Vet. Res., 61(8): 935 – 940.
Detection of Sarcocystis neurona in the brain of a Grant’s Zebra (Equus burchelli bohmi). Marsh, A.E., Denver, M.C., Hill, F.I., McElhaney, M.R., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Stewart, J., and Tell, L.. 2000. J. Zoo Wildl. Med., 31(1): 82 – 86.
Hydrocephalus, right ventricular hypoplasia, and other congenital anomalies in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) from the central California coast. Trupkiewicz, J.G., Gulland, F.M.D., and Lowenstine, L.J.. 1997. J. Wildl. Dis., 33(2):220-225.
Coccidioidomycosis in seven free-living California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in central California. Fauquier, D.A., Gulland, F.M.D., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Spraker, T.R., and Lowenstine, L.J.. 1996. J. Wildl. Dis., 32(4):707-710.
Baseline coagulation assay values for northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) and disseminated intravascular coagulation in this species. Gulland, F.M.D., Werner, L., O’Neil, S., Lowenstine, L.J., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Smith, D., Royal, B., and Strubel, I.. 1996. J. Wildl. Dis., 32(3):536-540.
Metastatic carcinoma of probable transitional cell origin in free-living California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): 64 cases (1979 - 1994). Gulland, F.M.D., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Spraker, T.R., and Lowenstine, L.J.. 1996. J. Wildl. Dis., 32(2):250-258.
Cerebral infarction associated with coarctation of the aorta in a lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Trupkiewicz, J.G., McNamara, T.S., Weidenheim, K.M., Cook, R.A., Grenell, S.L., and Factor, S.M.. 1995. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 26(1):123-131.
Clinical Challenge: Intrathoracic kidney in a Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus). Cook, R.A., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Haramati, N.. 1995. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 26(1):170-171.
Gastrointestinal linear foreign bodies in silver leaf langurs (Trachypithecus cristatus ultimus). Calle, P.P., Raphael, B.L., Stetter, M.D., Mangold, B.J., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Davitt, B.B., Doherty, J.G., McNamara, T.S., and Cook, R.A.. 1995. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 26(1):87-97.
Alterations in hematological and serum biochemical parameters resulting from oil exposure and rehabilitation of American coots (Fulica americana). Newman, S. H., Anderson, D. W., Ziccardi, M. H., Trupkiewicz, J. G., Kelly, P. R.. 1998. Proc. The Effects of Oil On Wildlife, 5th International Conference, Monterey, CA. P. 123.
Metastatic carcinoma and exposure to chemical contaminants in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) stranded along the central California coast. Gulland, F.M.D., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Spraker, T.R., Lowenstine, L.J., Stein, J.E., Tilbury, K.L., Reichert, W.L., and Hom, T.. Proc. 11th Bienn. Conf. Biology of Marine Mammals. 1995. p.48.
Hydrocephalus associated with an undifferentiated sarcoma in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Trupkiewicz, J.G., Gage, L.J.. Wildlife Pathology Workshop, A.A.Z.V./W.D.A. Annual Conference, 1995.
Hydrocephalus in an aged California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Gage, L.J., Trupkiewicz, J.G., and Samansky, T.R.. Proc. Int. Assoc. Aquatic An. Med. 1995.
Choriocarcinoma in a Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Burek-Huntington, K.A., Higgins, R.J., Trupkiewicz, J.G., and Tarara, R.P.. Primate Pathology Workshop, 1995.
Aspergillosis in captive Pacific eiders (Somateria mollisimu). Stetter, M.D., Mangold, B.J., Calle, P. P., Raphael, B.L., Trupkiewicz, J.G., Haramati, N., and Cook, R.A.. Proc. Int. Assoc. Aquatic An. Med. 1994. pp. 110-117.
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