Early Path Medical Consultation Services

Early Path Medical Consultation Services
Pathology Services Working for Safer Pregnancies

Curriculum Vitae
Carolyn M. Salafia, M.D.

Personal Data

Name:
Carolyn M. Salafia (Alexander), MD

Date of Birth:
November 5, 1955

Place of Birth:
Middletown, Connecticut USA

Citzenship:
United States of America

Academic Training

Education:

Dartmouth College, BA Degree, 1976
Duke University School of Medicine, M.D., 1979
Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Masters in Science in Biostatistics, 2001
Doctoral Candidate, Division of Epidemiology, Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University, projected receipt 2005

Licensure:

New York State Department of Health
Licensed as Physician #203467, July 1, 1996

State of Connecticut Department of Health Services,
Licensed as Physician and Surgeon #025554, October 15, 1984

District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
Licensed as Physician and Surgeon #21074 (Class 3NB), January 10, 1995

Traineeship

Internship, Residency

1983-84, Senior Resident in Pathology, Yale University Affiliated Programs, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut (Chief: Nilo E. Herrera, M.D.)

1982-83, Resident in Pathology, Yale University Affiliated Programs, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT (Chief: Romeo Vidone, M.D.)

1981-82, Pathology Resident, Research Fellow in Developmental Neurosciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (Chief: Paul Lacey, M.D., Ph.D.)

1980-81, Assistant Intern Resident in Pediatrics and Pathology,Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (Chief: Paul Lacey, M.D., Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral Fellowship:

1985, Fellow in Pathology, Yale University Affiliated Program, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT (Chief: Nilo Herrera, M.D.)

1979-80, Research Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC

Board Qualification

American Board of Pathology for the practice of Pediatric Pathology, November 30, 1990
American Board of Pathology for the practice of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, May 31, 1985

Professional Organizations And Societies

International:

International Federation of Placental Organizations
North American Trophoblast Conference
Rochester Trophoblast Conference
Society for Gynecologic Investigation
International Society for the Immunology of Reproduction
Society for Pediatric Pathology
American Society of Reproductive Immunology
Teratology Society

Specific Duties

2001 Health Disparities RFA Study Section, August 2001, Washington DC

2000 Scientific Organizational Committee, International Federation of Placental Organizations,
Rochester Trophoblast Conference

1999 Scientific Organizational Committee, International Federation of Placental Organizations,
European Placenta Group

1998 Abstract Review Committee, Scientific Organizational Committee,
International Federation of Placental Organizations

1997 Abstract Review Committee, International Federation of Placental Organizations

1996 Abstract Review Committee, European Placenta Group

1996 Abstract Review Committee, Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Academic Appointments

1998 - June 2001	Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. VC 14th Floor, Room 215, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY
1997 - Present	Adjunct Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology	New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
1996 - 98	Associate Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology	Albert Einstein Medical College, Bronx, NY
1996 - 98	Professorial Lecturer, Department of Pathology	Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
1994 - 96	Section Chief, Perinatal Pathology, Perinatology Research Facility Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology	Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
1993 - 94	Research Investigator, Interagency Personnel Agreement, National Institutes of Health, Division of Anatomic Pathology	University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
1989 - 94	Assistant Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Anatomic Pathology	University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
1986 - 88	Clinical Instructor in Developmental Pathology	Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
1986 - 85	Associate Research Scientist	G. H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
1985 - 88	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master's Program in Genetic Counseling	Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

Clinical and Hospital Appointments

2000- Present	Director, EarlyPath Clinical and Research Consultation Service	Consultant in Pathology and Obstetrics, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, Bronx-Lebanon Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Expert Advisory Board, INCIID, Consultant in Obstetric Pathology, Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt Kisco NY, St. Vincent's Medical Center
2000	Special Consultant	New York City Department of Health, Unit of Chronic Disease and Maternal Infant Health, New York, NY
1998 - 2000	Pathologist	New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
1996 - 98	Attending Pathologist	Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
1996 - 98	Attending Pathologist	Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
1994 - 96	Attending Pathologist	Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
1989 - 94	Attending Pathologist	University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
1986 - 93	Staff Pathologist	Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
1986 - 88	Attending Pathologist	Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Honors

1999, POR (Patient Oriented Research) Scholarship, for Masters in Science (Biostatistics), Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

1994, Best Poster Presentation "Maternal and placental associations with early intraventricular hemorrhage in infants born at < 32 weeks gestation." Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

1990, Young Clinical Scientist Award of the Association of Clinical Scientists

1973, Magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH

Invited Lectureships:

1998 Workshop Presentations, Platform Moderator, International Federation of Placental Organizations, Tokyo Japan.

1997 Workshop Presentations, European Placenta Group, Vigso, Denmark.

1997 Platform Moderator, Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Atlanta GA.

1994 Platform Moderator, Society for Pediatric Pathology, Boston MA.

1993 - Present, Grand Rounds/Visiting Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology and/or Pathology:

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (DC)
Candler Hospital (GA)
Columbia Hospital for Women (DC)
Beijing Women's Hospital (Rep.China)
Georgetown University (DC)
North Shore Hospital (NY)
Northwestern University (IL)
New York University/Beekman (NY)
Ohio State University (OH),
St. Peter's Hospital (UMDNJ, NJ)
Telfair Reproductive Care Center (GA)
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill (NC)

Fellowships and Grant Support

2001-2005, Co-Investigator, NIH Award R01-HD39373-01, "Placental Vascular Compromise and Preterm Delivery", John M. Thorp, Jr, Principal Investigator, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

1999-2001, POR (Patient oriented Research) Scholar in Biostatistics, Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Division of Biostatistics, HL # 04144, Columbia University

March 1994 - 1996, Perinatology Research Branch, Chief of Perinatal Pathology Laboratory, NICHD contract #N01-HD 3-3198, As intramural contract, Contract Officer: Paul Duska

May 1993 - March 1994, Interagency Personnel Agreement, NICHD, (Research Investigator). Award

1991-92, Boehringer Ingelheim Grant (Renewed). "ICAM-1 and Cytokine Expression and Induction in Normal and Pathological Pregnancy." Carolyn M. Salafia, M.D. (Principal Investigator). Award

1989-1991, Boehringer Ingelheim Grant. "ICAM-1 and Cytokine Expression and Induction in Normal and Pathological Pregnancy." Carolyn M. Salafia, M.D. (Principal Investigator). Award

1987, NIH Grant. "Collaborative anticoagulation in pregnancy study." Susan F. Cowchock, M.D. (Principal Investigator), Carolyn M. Salafia, M.D. (Study Pathologist). Award

1984, Fairfield County Cooperative Foundation Grant. "The Incidence of Subclinical Pathology in Elective First Trimester Pregnancy Terminations." Award

Other Professional Activities

Editorial Board Memberships:

1999 - 2003 Journal of Maternal -Fetal Medicine
1998 - 2001 Placenta
1997 - 2000 Trophoblast Research

Publications

A. Original, Peer Reviewed Articles

B. Case Reports

C. Reviews, Chapters and Editorials

D. Abstracts