Dr. Zumwalt has a strong interest in training future biomedical educators and in curriculum and faculty development in medical education, with a particular focus on inclusive practices in medical education. She also has interest in methods to bridge the foundational and clinical sciences in medical education and in the development of graduate students as future biomedical educators.
Dr. Zumwalt is currently the lead of the gender and sexual diversity content of the medical school curriculum. Previous major leadership positions include: Chair of the Preclerkship Curriculum Subcommittee; Co-director of the year-long first year medical course Principles Integrating Science and Medicine (PrISM); and Course Director of Body Structures (medical gross anatomy) course for 10 years. She has taught advanced clinical anatomy topics at all levels of the medical school curriculum. Within the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology she is Course Director of the Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences course and directs the Vesalius project committee. In 2018 she was awarded the Stanley Robbins Educator of the Year award in the School of Medicine.
Service - National
Dr. Zumwalt is actively involved in the American Association for Anatomy, having served on the Board of Directors, Professional Development Committee, and the Advisory Committee of Young Anatomists. She also represented BUSM nationally on the AAMC Committee on Faculty and Academic Societies.
Service - Medical School
Dr. Zumwalt is the chair of the Preclerkship Curriculum Subcommittee of the Medical Education Committee and its Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. She also chairs the Gender and Sexual Diversity Vertical Integration Group for the School of Medicine. Past positions include chairing the John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day committee, representing the School of Medicine on Boston University Faculty Council and
Service - Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Dr. Zumwalt serves on the Graduate Education Committee for the department. She served as Graduate Program Director from 2019-2022.
She previously represented the department on the BUSM Committee on Faculty Affairs.
Training
Dr. Zumwalt earned her doctorate in 2005 from the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research there demonstrated that endurance exercise does not affect the surface morphology of skeletal muscle attachments. These findings challenged the rarely questioned assumption that analysis of these features can be used to provide insight into the activity patterns of extinct human and animal populations. Dr. Zumwalt subsequently joined the Animal Locomotion Laboratory in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy at Duke University. There she investigated the effects of hypermuscularity on locomotor patterns and bone morphology in rodents. She also collaborated on various research and educational projects with clinicians in radiation oncology, obstetrics and gynecology and neurology.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Summary
I have been actively involved in DEIA work at BUSM for 10+ years as faculty advisor for BUMC Pride and Service Pride student advocacy groups. In recent years my work has expanded to focus on the medical curriculum and faculty development in this space. I currently direct the gender and sexual diversity (LGBTQ+) content and focus area of the preclinical medical curriculum. From 2018-2022 I had the opportunity to lead the Gender and Sexual Diversity vertical integration group. The work of this group had significant and lasting impact on the medical school curriculum pertaining to LGBTQ+ topics. I also previously chaired the PCS working group on Diversity and Inclusion, which developed multiple valuable and in-demand resources for educators who want to improve the inclusivity of their own teaching. I recently was appointed the
Current relevant roles:
Director of gender and sexual diversity (LGBTQ+) track of preclinical medical curriculum
Former roles:
Chair of Gender and Sexual Diversity vertical integration group
Chair of Diversity and Inclusion working group of preclerkship curriculum subcommittee
Faculty advisor, BUSM Pride; BUSM Service Pride
Recent publications in the DEIA space:
Zumwalt, Ann C. PhD; Carter, Erin E. MD, MS; Gell-Levey, Isabelle M.; Mulkey, Nat MD; Streed, Carl G. Jr MD, MPH; Siegel, Jennifer MD A Novel Curriculum Assessment Tool, Based on AAMC Competencies, to Improve Medical Education About Sexual and Gender Minority Populations, Academic Medicine: April 2022 - Volume 97 - Issue 4 - p 524-528
Crosby B, Gell-Levey IM, Monroe J, Streed CG, Siegel J, Carter EE, Mulkey N Zumwalt AC “Comparison of faculty and student perceptions of sexual and gender minority content in a preclerkship medical curriculum.” (2023) BMC Med Educ 23, 973. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04925-7
Crosby B, Dumas H, Monroe J, Fabiano F, Gell-Levey I, Noyes C, Sugiyama K, Siegel J, Harris A, Streed C, Zumwalt AC “Faculty training on navigating gender and sex in medical education.” (2024) MedEdPORTAL. 20:11427. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11427
Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
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Crosby B, Dumas H, Monroe J, Fabiano F, Gell-Levey I, Noyes C, Sugiyama K, Siegel J, Harris A, Streed C, Zumwalt AC. Faculty Training on Navigating Gender and Sex in Medical Education. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11427.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39139985; PMCID: PMC11319425; DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11427;
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Crosby B, Gell-Levey IM, Monroe J, Streed CG, Siegel J, Carter EE, Mulkey N, Zumwalt AC. Comparison of faculty and student perceptions of sexual and gender minority content in a preclerkship medical curriculum. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Dec 19; 23(1):973.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38115000; PMCID: PMC10731801; DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04925-7;
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Organ JM, Smith HF, Trainor PA, Allen K, Balta JY, Beresheim AC, Brewer-Deluce D, Brown KM, Burrows AM, Byers KT, Byram JN, Cale AS, Carroll MA, Champney T, Cornwall J, Dayal MR, DeLeon VB, Dunnwald M, Ferrigno C, Finn GM, Fox GM, Geller PL, Guttmann GD, Harper N, Harrell KM, Hartstone-Rose A, Hildebrandt S, Hortsch M, Jackson J, Johnson LE, Lohman Bonfiglio CM, McCumber TL, Menegaz RA, Mussell JC, O'Loughlin VD, Otobo TM, Oyedele O, Pascoe MA, Person D, Reidenberg JS, Robinson RE, Rogers KA, Ros MA, Ross CF, Sanders KA, Schmitt B, Schoenwolf GC, Smith TC, Smith TD, Sumner DR, Taylor AB, Taylor MJ, Teaford MF, Topp KS, Willmore KE, Wisco JJ, Yang J, Zumwalt AC. Personal autonomy and self-determination are crucial for professionalism in healthcare. Anat Sci Educ. 2023; 16(4):571-573.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37014284
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Lai ER, Rukavina NA, Wisco JJ, Zumwalt AC. Comparing the emotional experiences of students in similar dissection- and prosection-based medical gross anatomy courses: A mixed-methods study. Anat Sci Educ. 2023; 16(5):926-942.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37060250
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Keim SA, Harmon DJ, Martindale JR, Lopez EN, Sanky C, Brooks WS, Cotter MM, Davies DL, Doroudi M, Fahl JC, Farias A, Granite G, Harrell KM, Kar R, Kramer KL, Jackson J, Jones S, Lackey-Cornelison W, Laitman JT, Latacha K, Lewis SR, Lovejoy Mork A, Marzban H, McNary TG, McWhorter DL, Merchant A, Mussell JC, Quinn MM, Reidenberg JS, Royer D, Sakaguchi A, Sawyer FK, Topping DB, Wainman B, Wineski LE, Zumwalt AC, Hankin MH. Essential anatomy for core clerkships: A clinical perspective. Anat Sci Educ. 2023; 16(5):943-957. PMID: 36929575
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Zumwalt AC, Carter EE, Gell-Levey IM, Mulkey N, Streed CG, Siegel J. A Novel Curriculum Assessment Tool, Based on AAMC Competencies, to Improve Medical Education About Sexual and Gender Minority Populations. Acad Med. 2022 Apr 01; 97(4):524-528.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34108379
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Lin DC, De Souza RZD, Fefferman A, Baribeau V, Bunch B, Zumwalt AC, Wisco JJ. Unusual bilateral variation of the flexor digitorum accessorius longus muscle and its relation on tarsal tunnel syndrome. Surg Radiol Anat. 2021 Dec; 43(12):2083-2086.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34559293
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Safavi AR, Brook CD, Sakai O, Setty BN, Zumwalt A, Gonzalez M, Platt MP. Urgency of Esophageal Foreign Body Removal: Differentiation Between Coins and Button Cell Batteries. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 01; 166(1):80-85.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33940963
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Zumwalt AC. Anticipatory Feelings About Dissection: An Exercise for the First Day of a Gross Anatomy Course. Anat Sci Educ. 2021 Nov; 14(6):828-835. PMID: 33369234
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House AE, Romano MF, Orczykowski ME, Zumwalt A, Devaiah AK. Multimodal Microvascular Mapping for Head and Neck, Skull Base Research and Education: An Anatomical Donor Study. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2022 Aug; 83(4):435-442.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35903661; PMCID: PMC9324322; DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1725026;
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Yang CY, Zumwalt A, Larson AR. Dermatology and anatomy laboratory: comparing three formats of integration. Dermatol Online J. 2020 Aug 15; 26(8).View Related Profiles. PMID: 32941711
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Dominguez I, Zumwalt AC. Integrating the basic sciences in medical curricula: focus on the basic scientists. Adv Physiol Educ. 2020 Jun 01; 44(2):119-123.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32108509
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Zumwalt AC & Dominguez I. Integrating the Educators: Outcomes of a Pilot Program to Prime Basic Science Medical Educators for Success in Integrated Curricula. Medical Science Educator. 2019; 29:637–642.
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Loth S, Cote AC, Kabiri NS, Bhangu JS, Zumwalt AC, Moss M, Thomas K. Improving Triage Accuracy in First Responders: Measurement of Short Structured Protocols to Improve Identification of Salient Triage Features. World Medical & Health Policy. 2019; 2(11):163-176.
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Yang CY, Zumwalt AC, Larson AR. Dermatology and anatomy laboratory: comparing three formats of integration. Dermatol Online J. 2018 Dec 15; 24(12).View Related Profiles. PMID: 30677791
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Turk KW, Elshaar AA, Deason RG, Heyworth NC, Nagle C, Frustace B, Flannery S, Zumwalt A, Budson AE. Late Positive Component Event-related Potential Amplitude Predicts Long-term Classroom-based Learning. J Cogn Neurosci. 2018 09; 30(9):1323-1329.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29791297; PMCID: PMC6534151; DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01285;
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Zumwalt AC, Iyer A, Ghebremichael A, Frustace BS, Flannery S. Gaze patterns of gross anatomy students change with classroom learning. Anat Sci Educ. 2015 May-Jun; 8(3):230-41. PMID: 25156955; DOI: 10.1002/ase.1485;
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Lufler RS, Zumwalt AC. Imaging the cadavers being dissected does not appear to improve the gross anatomy dissection experience. Anat Sci Educ. 2014 Jan-Feb; 7(1):78-9. PMID: 24115605; DOI: 10.1002/ase.1399;
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Arya R, Morrison T, Zumwalt A, Shaffer K. Making education effective and fun: stations-based approach to teaching radiology and anatomy to third-year medical students. Acad Radiol. 2013 Oct; 20(10):1311-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24029065; DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.07.012;
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Stefanik JJ, Zumwalt AC, Segal NA, Lynch JA, Powers CM. Association between measures of patella height, morphologic features of the trochlea, and patellofemoral joint alignment: the MOST study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Aug; 471(8):2641-8. PMID: 23546847; PMCID: PMC3705075; DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2942-6;
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Kleber KT, Young ME, Zumwalt AC. Anatomy in aging: A model for vertically integrating basic science content into clinical teaching. Medical Science Educator. 2013; 3S(23):426-429. View Publication
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Lufler RS, Zumwalt AC, Romney CA, Hoagland TM. Effect of visual-spatial ability on medical students' performance in a gross anatomy course. Anat Sci Educ. 2012 Jan-Feb; 5(1):3-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 22127919; DOI: 10.1002/ase.264;
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Stefanik JJ, Guermazi A, Zhu Y, Zumwalt AC, Gross KD, Clancy M, Lynch JA, Segal NA, Lewis CE, Roemer FW, Powers CM, Felson DT. Quadriceps weakness, patella alta, and structural features of patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Oct; 63(10):1391-7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21702087; PMCID: PMC3183313; DOI: 10.1002/acr.20528;
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Stefanik JJ, Roemer FW, Zumwalt AC, Zhu Y, Gross KD, Lynch JA, Frey-Law LA, Lewis CE, Guermazi A, Powers CM, Felson DT. Association between measures of trochlear morphology and structural features of patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis on MRI: the MOST study. J Orthop Res. 2012 Jan; 30(1):1-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21710542; PMCID: PMC3217080; DOI: 10.1002/jor.21486;
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Hirsch AE, Cuaron JJ, Janicek MJ, Mui K, Lee RJ, Wang DS, Babayan RK, Zumwalt AC, Gignac GA, Tao W, Ozonoff A, Zietman AL. Anatomic differences after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy and open prostatectomy: implications for radiation field design. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2011 Apr-Jun; 1(2):115-25.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24673925; DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2010.11.007;
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Stefanik JJ, Zhu Y, Zumwalt AC, Gross KD, Clancy M, Lynch JA, Frey Law LA, Lewis CE, Roemer FW, Powers CM, Guermazi A, Felson DT. Association between patella alta and the prevalence and worsening of structural features of patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis: the multicenter osteoarthritis study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Sep; 62(9):1258-65.View Related Profiles. PMID: 20506169; PMCID: PMC2943040; DOI: 10.1002/acr.20214;
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Schmitt D, Zumwalt AC, Hamrick MW. The relationship between bone mechanical properties and ground reaction forces in normal and hypermuscular mice. J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol. 2010 Jul 1; 313(6):339-51. PMID: 20535766; PMCID: PMC3666574; DOI: 10.1002/jez.604;
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Zumwalt AC, Lufler RS, Monteiro J, Shaffer K. Building the body: active learning laboratories that emphasize practical aspects of anatomy and integration with radiology. Anat Sci Educ. 2010 May-Jun; 3(3):134-40.View Related Profiles. PMID: 20496434; DOI: 10.1002/ase.153;
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Lufler RS, Zumwalt AC, Romney CA, Hoagland TM. Incorporating radiology into medical gross anatomy: does the use of cadaver CT scans improve students' academic performance in anatomy? Anat Sci Educ. 2010 Mar-Apr; 3(2):56-63.View Related Profiles. PMID: 20213692; DOI: 10.1002/ase.141;
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Hutchinson D, Ho V, Dodd M, Dawson HN, Zumwalt AC, Schmitt D, Colton CA. Quantitative measurement of postural sway in mouse models of human neurodegenerative disease. Neuroscience. 2007 Sep 21; 148(4):825-32. PMID: 17764851; PMCID: PMC2175386; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.025;
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Zumwalt AC, Marks L, Halperin EC. Integrating gross anatomy into a clinical oncology curriculum: the oncoanatomy course at Duke University School of Medicine. Acad Med. 2007 May; 82(5):469-74. PMID: 17457069
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Zumwalt A. The effect of endurance exercise on the morphology of muscle attachment sites. J Exp Biol. 2006 Feb; 209(Pt 3):444-54. PMID: 16424094
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Zumwalt AC, Hamrick M, Schmitt D. Force plate for measuring the ground reaction forces in small animal locomotion. J Biomech. 2006; 39(15):2877-81. PMID: 16356506
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Zumwalt A. A new method for quantifying the complexity of muscle attachment sites. Anat Rec B New Anat. 2005 Sep; 286(1):21-8. PMID: 16177994
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Richtsmeier JT, Zumwalt A, Carlson EJ, Epstein CJ, Reeves RH. Craniofacial phenotypes in segmentally trisomic mouse models for Down syndrome. Am J Med Genet. 2002 Feb 1; 107(4):317-24. PMID: 11840489
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| 2002 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 |
2018 Boston University School of Medicine:
Stanley L Robbins Educator of the Year
2010 Boston University School of Medicine:
Educator of the Year - Preclinical
I have a fundamental commitment and passion for training future educators. I teach the foundational course in teaching theory and practice in my department's Vesalius Program (www.bu.edu/vesalius), I have extensive experience mentoring graduate students as they develop intensive independent teaching projects, and have further training through the Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Health Professions. I also have extensive experience working medical students at all stages of the 4-year curriculum. I therefore would be pleased to serve as an Education Mentor to faculty or student trainees.
Finally, I serve on a variety of committees that address faculty issues across BUMC and BU so I am familiar with the challenges faculty face in a variety of perspectives and roles. I would therefore be pleased to serve as a career, diversity, or education mentor for my faculty peers as well.
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