Expertise

Neuropathology

Postdoctoral Training

1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1981 - 1983 Fellow in Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1979 - 1981 Resident in Neurology, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
1977 - 1979  Commissioned Officer (Captain), United States Public Health Service, National Health Service Corps, Limon Field Station, Limon Colorado
1976 - 1977  Internship, flexible, Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Denver, Colorado

Education

1976 M.D., University of Vermont College of Medicine
1972 A.B., Brown University

Academic Appointments

2018-present Professor Emeritus, Departments of Pathology and Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
2002 - 2018 Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1995 - 2018 Professor, Departments of Pathology and Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1994 - 1999 The Ernest Hiram Buttles Professorship (endowed chair honoring a commitment to and excellence in the teaching of Pathology)
1993 - 2002 Director, Computer-Assisted Teaching System (CATS) Laboratory, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1990 - 1995 Associate Professor (with tenure), Departments of Pathology and Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1987 - 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1986 - 2000 Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Williams College
1984 - 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Awards and Honors

2006 Distinguished academic achievement award, Medical Alumni Associaton, University of Vermont, College of Medicine
1991, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2002 Basic Science Department (Pathology) of the Year (Course Director)
1998 Anatomic Pathology: Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet Award for Best Departmental Web Site (Honorable Mention)
1998 Advancing the Field of Pathology Through Computer Technologies (CATS)
1996 - 1997 Named to The Best Doctors in America: Northeast Region
1994 - 1999 The Ernest Hiram Buttles Professorship (endowed chair honoring a commitment to and excellence in the teaching of pathology)
1987 Basic Science Teacher of the Year, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1984 - 1987 Clinical Investigator Award, National Institute on Aging, NIH
1979 USPHS Commissioned Officer Award
Additionally: Anatomic Pathology(Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet Award for Best Web Site); Alpha Omega Alpha; AB degree with honors

Publications

“Primary age-related tauopathy (part) in the general autopsy setting: not just a disease of the elderly.” Humphrey WO, Martindale R, Pendlebury WW, DeWitt JC. Brain Pathol. 2020 Nov 4:e12919. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12919. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33147361

“Failure to Inactivate Nuclear GSK3ß by Ser389-Phosphorylation Leads to Focal Neuronal Death and Prolonged Fear Response.” Thornton TM, Hare B, Colié S, Pendlebury WW, Nebreda AR, Falls W, Jaworski DM, Rincon M. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Jan;43(2):393-405. doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.187. Epub 2017 Aug 17. PMID: 28832021 Free PMC Article

“Triacetin-based acetate supplementation as a chemotherapeutic adjuvant therapy in glioma.” Tsen AR, Long PM, Driscoll HE, Davies MT, Teasdale BA, Penar PL, Pendlebury WW, Spees JL, Lawler SE, Viapiano MS, Jaworski DM. Int J Cancer. 2014 Mar 15;134(6):1300-10. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28465. Epub 2013 Sep 30. PMID: 23996800 Free PMC Article

“A novel combined imaging/morphometrical method for the analysis of human sural nerve biopsies for clinical diagnosis.” Vonturkovich MA, Wadsworth MP, Pendlebury WW, Taatjes DJ. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;931:391-411. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-056-4_19. PMID: 23027013

“Immunoglobulin derived depositions in the nervous system: novel mass spectrometry application for protein characterization in formalin-fixed tissues.” Rodriguez FJ, Gamez JD, Vrana JA, Theis JD, Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Parisi JE, Lucchinetti CF, Pendlebury WW, Bergen HR 3rd, Dogan A. Lab Invest. 2008 Oct;88(10):1024-37. doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2008.72. Epub 2008 Aug 18. PMID: 18711355 Free Article