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Education
SUNY HSC Syracuse (Upstate), Medicine/Surgery ! Thesis: Effects of L-type Ca2+ channel antagonists on lysosomal traffic patterns in murine B16 melanoma cel s SUNY New Paltz, Political Science, International Relations Professional & Related Experience
Spring 2010–Present Lecturer, SUNY New Paltz, Ful Time (1.0) Teaching undergraduate Developmental Biology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Biochemistry, Graduate Developmental Biology courses and non-majors Evolution for Everyone; student mentoring of independent studies; academic advising; redesigned Developmental Biology Laboratory to incorporate experimental biology and multiple embryological investigations using living invertebrate and vertebrate organisms.
Principal/Medical Director, Metatrophic Media, Olivebridge, NY, (1.0) Consulting for life sciences, pharma marketing & education Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, SUNY New Paltz, (0.25–0.5) Undergraduate Biochemistry; graduate courses in Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Development, Endocrinology; general education courses in Human VP Medical Affairs & Medical Director, Harte-Hanks, Inc., Lake Katrine, NY (1.0) Director of Medical Affairs and Interactive Pharmaceutical Business for one of the largest global direct marketing/CRM firms in Pharma. Oversaw al medical business development, medical information development and regulatory affairs. Managed staff of PhD scientists, writers, editors, producers, media, marketing, content and regulatory specialists as wel as business developers & strategists in the production and management of online pharmaceutical marketing programs and consumer and physician education programs. Chief Medical Officer, Infinite Diversity Group, LLC, Kingston, NY (1.0) Executive Management Team for start–up interactive agency serving clients in the medical/ scientific, pharma, & high–technology sectors. Led business development for al medical/ scientific projects, managed information development, recruited and managed integrated team of designers, programmers, artists, writers. Developed & managed extensive sub- contracting arm of the business for pharma (initial y competitors to Harte-Hanks, then a Surgical Intern (PGY-1), University Hospital, SUNY HSC Syracuse (Upstate), Surgical Residency (1.0) General Surgical Internship and Residency Program. Duties included patient care, surgical procedures, admitting and discharging, ER cal , chart dictation, rotating through various metropolitan Syracuse hospitals and surgical services.
Professional & Related Experience, continued
MD-PhD Research Assistant, SUNY HSC Syracuse (Upstate), Anatomy & Cel Biology (0.5 and 1.0) Lab rotations as part of the MD-PhD program and ful –time summer research focusing on olfaction and neuronal regeneration. Responsibilities included various wet bench experimental procedures, image analysis and development of software for analyzing data.
MD-PhD Program, SUNY HSC Syracuse (Upstate) (1.0) Highly competitive combined degree Medical Scientist Training Program with scholarship. Left program to enter surgical training with the intent to complete lab/PhD dissertation after Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, SUNY New Paltz (0.5) Taught two sections of general biology laboratory. Prepped lab for al sections. Developed several new lab exercises for tissue culture & histology, axolotl (salamander) development, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, SUNY New Paltz (1.0) Thesis research in Developmental Biology with Denis Moran. Responsibilities included various wet bench preparations and experiments, cel & tissue culture, embryo harvest, embryo surgical procedures, electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, video computer image analysis. Helped establish a working axolotl colony for the Developmental ID Operations Manager, Intelcom Data Systems, New York, NY (1.0) Recruited for junior management position in start–up financial software firm developing front–end foreign exchange trading systems for mid-sized international banks. Created and managed the Information Development, System Test and Client Support teams servicing 25 plus instal ations in New York, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Information Developer, Human Factors Lab, IBM, Kingston, NY (1.0) Technical writing and development of reference and user materials for DPPX 370 Operating System. Developed Migration Planning and Procedures for 8100 to System 370 upgrade. Responsibilities included writing, editing, developing procedures, usability testing, system testing, client and user interviews and evaluation of information products. Began as a cooperative education program and transitioned to ful –time employment.
Awards, Competitions & Fellowships
AYURE Award, SUNY New Paltz, Student Mary Schappert, Identification of Estrogen Receptor Genes in Dugesia tigrina AYURE Award, SUNY New Paltz, Students: Michael Minicozzi & Corinna Ridgeway, Tamoxifen Rescues Planarians from the Toxic Effects of Xenoestrogens AYURE Award, SUNY New Paltz, Student: Anna Anandan, Effects of Vinclozalin on Regeneration in Planaria SURE Award, SUNY New Paltz (with Professor Richard Halpern, Physics, as co-PI) Student: Thomas Donnovan, Electric Fields in Planarian Regeneration AYURE Award, SUNY New Paltz (with Professor Richard Halpern, Physics, as co-PI) Student: Thomas Donnovan, Optimizing Faraday Cages for Electric Field Detection AYURE Award, SUNY New Paltz (with Professor Richard Halpern, Physics, as co-PI) Student: Ryan Vinson, Electric Fields in Planarian Regeneration Arethusa Alumni Research Award, SUNY New Paltz (award with grant) Institute on Comparative Political & Economic Systems, Georgetown University Publications (Journal Articles)
Ridgeway, Corinna, Minicozzi, Michael, Anandan, Anna, Gal agher, Heather, Oldendorf, Elena, Carson,
Tyler and Mass, Spencer, The effects of xenoestrogens on regeneration in the planarians Dugesia
tigrina and Schmidtea mediterranea. (In preparation).
Donovan, Thomas, Simonson, Jacqueline, Minicozzi, Michael, Halpern, Richard and Mass, Spencer,
Automated method for analyzing regeneration in planarians (in preparation)
Textbook & Manuscript Reviews
Review of Manuscript for Visualizing Human Biology, Kathleen Ireland, 4E, Wiley Review of Book Proposal, Developmental Evolution, Oxford Field Test for Anatomy & Physiology Revealed 3.0, McGraw-Hil Laboratory Manual for Visualizing Human Biology, Kathleen Ireland, 3E, Wiley Principles of Development, Lewis Wolpert, 4E, Oxford University Press (reviewed chapters on Gametogenesis & Morphogenesis) Visualizing Human Biology, Kathleen Ireland, 3E, Wiley Maths for Chemistry, Paul Monk, 2E, Oxford University Press (reviewed suitability for North American Publication) Concepts in Biochemistry, Rodney Boyer, 3E, Wiley Abstracts & Meetings
Oldendorf, E., Carson, T., Mass, S. Bishpenol A Inhibits and Disrupts Regeneration in the
planarian Dugesi tigrina. Effects of endocrine disrupting xeno-estrogens on Planarian
regeneration. Abstract & Poster at Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for
Developmental Biology (SDB), April 23-25, 2010.
Carson, T., Oldendorf, E., Mass, S. A cross-phyla comparison of the effects of envrionmental
xeno–estrogens on regeneration. Comparison of xeno-estrogen effects on blastema formation
and regeneration kinetics in vertebrates (Ambystomoids) and invertebrates (Turbel arians).
Poster presented at Hudson Valley Life Sciences Symposium, April 22, 2010; and 2010
Student Research Symposium, April 30, 2010, SUNY New Paltz.
Vinson, R., Rowe, L., Halpern, R.,., Mass, S. A device for recovering minute biogenic electric
fields in the presence of a large signal to noise ratio. Identification and characterization of low and
ultra-low intensity biogenic electric fields in regenerating planaria. Poster presented at 2008
Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz.
Selected Pharma Projects, Publications, Web Sites
• Arthritis dot com Medical Review, Direct to Consumer (DTC) Web Site • Bextra dot com Pitch Team for bidding on Pfizer redo of Pharmacia Bextra projects Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs. • Celebrex dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, Direct to Physician (DTP) & DTC • Viagra dot com (Pfizer) Led pitch team for ecommerce DTC site • Genentech portfolio • Avastin dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC • Rituxan dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC • Raptiva dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC • Xolair dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC• Xpansions dot com Xolair community site (Novartis & Genentech) Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs • Activase dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC • Cathflo dot com, [Cathflo Activase] Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC • Pulmozyme caregiver/patient education programs, pediatric education programs Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs • Pulmozyme patient stories site (progenitor of Heroes of Hope dot com) • Nutropin dot com Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/DTC • Nutropin AQ and Nutrrpin AQ Pen Migration projects Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/ DTC Pathophysiology Animation, MOA Animation, Medical Review Team Leader for Medical Affairs, DTP/ DTC, eDetail • Novolog/NovologMix 70/30 (Novo Nordisk) Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs Medical/Scientific Device eDetail, Animation, Web Site • Augmentin Pathophysiology Animation, GSK Medical Review, Team Leader for Medical Affairs • Praxis, Inc. eDetail, Animation,CD ROM, Col ateral Media, • Cognet Corp, eDetail, Animation,CD ROM, Col ateral Media • The Kingston Hospital, eDetail, Training Animation,Col ateral Media Pitch team, Team Leader for Medical Affairs Professional Activities (committees, etc)
Evolutionary Studies Executive Committee, member Department of Biology Graduate Program Subcommittee, member Professional Memberships
Society for Developmental Biology, member Scientific Work in Progress
Tamoxifen rescues planaria from the toxic effects of xenoestrogens. This work involves 6 undergraduates and wil be presented in poster form later this year.
Effects of Vinclozalin and Tertbutyltin on planarian development & regeneration. This work involves two undergraduate and one graduate student and wil be presented in poster form later this year.
Evidence of a role for estrogen in planarian development & regeneration. This work involves four undergraduate students and wil be presented in poster form later this year.
Biogeneic electric fields in wounded and regenerating planaria. This is a col aboration between myself and Dr Halpern in the department of Physics. It also involves one graduate student and an Intel Science & Engineering Fair student from Rondout Val ey High School. It wil be presented in one or more posters later this year.
Undergraduate attitudes & beliefs about science and evolution. This work stems from surveying undergraduate non-biology major students in the Evolution for Everyone (Bio 135) course. It involves 2 graduate students. It wil be presented in poster form later this year.
_____________________________________________Spencer M. Mass, MD January 30, 2012

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