Michael L Cunningham, MD, PhD

Fetal Care and Treatment Center, Craniofacial Center

On staff since October 1991

Children's Title: Division Chief, Craniofacial Medicine; Medical Director, Craniofacial Center

Academic Title: Professor

Foundation Title: Jean Renny Endowed Chair in Pediatric Craniofacial Medicine

Research Center: Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine

"The care of a single patient during residency made me realize that I enjoyed helping families work through the difficult time after the birth of a child with complex cleft and craniofacial disorders. After residency, I was given the unique opportunity to train in the longitudinal care of these patients and their families. Encouraged by my mentors, Drs. Ron Lemire and Sterling Clarren, I returned to graduate school to obtain a PhD in Anatomy and Embryology. Now, after this 20-year journey as a physician-scientist, I recognize that it is my patients, their families and my trainees who serve as my teachers. I am dedicated to the advancement of craniofacial research and our unique model of pediatric care for children born with these conditions."

• Biography

  Michael L. Cunningham, MD, PhD, is chief of the Division of Craniofacial Medicine and professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is medical director of Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center and holds the Jean Renny Endowed Chair in Craniofacial Medicine. He is also adjunct professor in the Departments of Biological Structures, Oral Biology and Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Washington.

  Dr. Cunningham balances responsibilities in administration, patient care and research. He does bedside teaching of medical students, pediatrics residents and dental students. His clinical interests focus on the diagnosis and long-term interdisciplinary care of children with craniofacial malformations, with a particular interest in craniosynostosis. He is co-investigator on several clinical research projects, ranging from the epidemiology of positional plagiocephaly to computer modeling of craniofacial conditions.
  
  Funded through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Dr. Cunningham's basic molecular and developmental biology lab has been open since 1993 and is using human and mouse models to investigate the molecular causes of craniosynostosis and developmental pathogenesis of midface hypoplasia associated with syndromic craniosynostosis.

• Patient Testimonials

  • Kevin Puyallup 08.30.21

    Dr. Cunningham has been there for both my kids when they were babies and help my daughter with her (6) kids. I would recommend him for any new patient.

  Recommend Michael L Cunningham, MD, PhD

• Awards and Honors

  Award Name	Award Description	Awarded By	Award Date
  SEATTLE MAGAZINE TOP DOCTOR - 2015		Seattle Magazine	2015
  Inaugural Holder, Jean Renny Endowed Chair for Craniofacial Medicine		University of Washington	2007
  Parent Choice Award		Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center	2005
  F. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award		The Teratology Society	2001
  Outstanding Teacher Award		University of Washington Pediatric Residency Program	2001
  Member		Society for Pediatric Research	1999
  Physician Scientist Research Training Award		National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH	1993
  Child Heath Research Center Award		University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics	1993
  James G. Wilson Award for Excellence in Research		The Teratology Society	1993

• Publications

  Other Publications

  • Weinberg SM, Raffensperger ZD, Kesterke MJ, Heike CL, Cunningham ML, Hecht JT, Kau CH, Murray JC, Wehby GL, Moreno LM, Marazita ML
    The 3D Facial Norms Database: Part 1. A Web-Based Craniofacial Anthropometric and Image Repository for the Clinical and Research Community.
    26492185 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2016 Nov. : 53(6)e185-e197 PMCID:PMC4841760
  • Shaffer JR, Orlova E, Lee MK, Leslie EJ, Raffensperger ZD, Heike CL, Cunningham ML, Hecht JT, Kau CH, Nidey NL, Moreno LM, Wehby GL, Murray JC, Laurie CA, Laurie CC, Cole J, Ferrara T, Santorico S, Klein O, Mio W, Feingold E, Hallgrimsson B, Spritz RA, Marazita ML, Weinberg SM
    Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Influencing Normal Human Facial Morphology.
    27560520 PLoS genetics, 2016 Aug 25 : 12(8)e1006149 PMCID:PMC4999139
  • McKinney CM, Glass RP, Coffey P, Rue T, Vaughn MG, Cunningham M
    Feeding Neonates by Cup: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
    27016350 Maternal and child health journal, 2016 Aug. : 20(8)1620-33 PMCID:PMC5091933
  • Wenger TL, Dahl J, Bhoj EJ, Rosen A, McDonald-McGinn D, Zackai E, Jacobs I, Heike CL, Hing A, Santani A, Inglis AF, Sie KC, Cunningham M, Perkins J
    Tracheal cartilaginous sleeves in children with syndromic craniosynostosis.
    27228464 Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2016 May 26
  • Allori AC, Kelley T, Meara JG, Albert A, Bonanthaya K, Chapman K, Cunningham M, Daskalagiannakis J, de Gier H, Heggie AA, Hernandez C, Jackson O, Jones Y, Kangesu L, Koudstaal MJ, Kuchhal R, Lohmander A, Long RE Jr, Magee L, Monson L, Rose E, Sitzman TJ, Taylor JA, Thornburn G, van Eeden S, Williams C, Wirthlin JO, Wong KW
    A Standard Set of Outcome Measures for the Comprehensive Appraisal of Cleft Care.
    27223626 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2016 May 25
  • Kesterke MJ, Raffensperger ZD, Heike CL, Cunningham ML, Hecht JT, Kau CH, Nidey NL, Moreno LM, Wehby GL, Marazita ML, Weinberg SM
    Using the 3D Facial Norms Database to investigate craniofacial sexual dimorphism in healthy children, adolescents, and adults.
    27110347 Biology of sex differences, 2016 Apr 22 : 723 PMCID:PMC4841054
  • Al-Rekabi Z, Wheeler MM, Leonard A, Fura AM, Juhlin I, Frazar C, Smith JD, Park SS, Gustafson JA, Clarke CM, Cunningham ML, Sniadecki NJ
    Activation of the IGF1 pathway mediates changes in cellular contractility and motility in single-suture craniosynostosis.
    26659664 Journal of cell science, 2016 Feb 1 : 129(3)483-91 PMCID:PMC4760302
  • Swanson J, Oppenheimer A, Al-Mufarrej F, Pet M, Arakawa C, Cunningham M, Gruss J, Hopper R, Birgfeld C
    Maternofetal Trauma in Craniosynostosis.
    26218396 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2015 Aug. : 136(2)214e-222e
  • Swanson J, Oppenheimer A, Al-Mufarrej F, Pet M, Arakawa C, Cunningham M, Gruss J, Hopper R, Birgfeld C
    Maternofetal Trauma in Craniosynostosis.
    26218396 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2015 Aug. : 136(2)214e-222e
  • Park SS | Beyer RP | Smyth MD | Clarke CM | Timms AE | Bammler TK | Stamper BD | Mecham BH | Gustafson JA | Cunningham ML
    Osteoblast differentiation profiles define sex specific gene expression patterns in craniosynostosis.
    Bone, 2015 July : 76169-76
  • Park SS, Beyer RP, Smyth MD, Clarke CM, Timms AE, Bammler TK, Stamper BD, Mecham BH, Gustafson JA, Cunningham ML
    Osteoblast differentiation profiles define sex specific gene expression patterns in craniosynostosis.
    25753363 Bone, 2015 July : 76169-76 PMCID:PMC4546839
  • Maga AM, Navarro N, Cunningham ML, Cox TC
    Quantitative trait loci affecting the 3D skull shape and size in mouse and prioritization of candidate genes in-silico.
    25859222 Frontiers in physiology, 2015 Mar 26 : 692 PMCID:PMC4374467
  • Speltz ML, Collett BR, Wallace ER, Starr JR, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham M, Kapp-Simon K
    Intellectual and academic functioning of school-age children with single-suture craniosynostosis.
    25713274 Pediatrics, 2015 March : 135(3)e615-23 PMCID:PMC4338322
  • Leslie EJ, O'Sullivan J, Cunningham ML, Singh A, Goudy SL, Ababneh F, Alsubaie L, Ch'ng GS, van der Laar IM, Hoogeboom AJ, Dunnwald M, Kapoor S, Jiramongkolchai P, Standley J, Manak JR, Murray JC, Dixon MJ
    Expanding the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of popliteal pterygium disorders.
    25691407 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2015 March : 167A(3)545-52 PMCID:PMC4423539
  • Smith JD, Hing AV, Clarke CM, Johnson NM, Perez FA, Park SS, Horst JA, Mecham B, Maves L, Nickerson DA, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Cunningham ML
    Exome sequencing identifies a recurrent de novo ZSWIM6 mutation associated with acromelic frontonasal dysostosis.
    25105228 American journal of human genetics, 2014 Aug 7 : 95(2)235-40 PMCID:PMC4129399
  • Smith JD, Hing AV, Clarke CM, Johnson NM, Perez FA, Park SS, Horst JA, Mecham B, Maves L, Nickerson DA, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics., Cunningham ML
    Exome sequencing identifies a recurrent de novo ZSWIM6 mutation associated with acromelic frontonasal dysostosis.
    25105228 American journal of human genetics, 2014 Aug 7 : 95(2)235-40 PMCID:PMC4129399
  • Gordon CT, Cunniff CM, Green GE, Zechi-Ceide RM, Johnson JM, Henderson A, Petit F, Kokitsu-Nakata NM, Guion-Almeida ML, Munnich A, Cunningham ML, Lyonnet S, Amiel J
    Clinical evidence for a mandibular to maxillary transformation in Auriculocondylar syndrome.
    24677549 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2014 July : 164A(7)1850-3
  • Keppler-Noreuil KM, Sapp JC, Lindhurst MJ, Parker VE, Blumhorst C, Darling T, Tosi LL, Huson SM, Whitehouse RW, Jakkula E, Grant I, Balasubramanian M, Chandler KE, Fraser JL, Gucev Z, Crow YJ, Brennan LM, Clark R, Sellars EA, Pena LD, Krishnamurty V, Shuen A, Braverman N, Cunningham ML, Sutton VR, Tasic V, Graham JM Jr, Geer J Jr, Henderson A, Semple RK, Biesecker LG
    Clinical delineation and natural history of the PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum.
    24782230 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2014 July : 164(7)1713-33
  • Lam I, Cunningham M, Speltz M, Shapiro L
    Classifying Craniosynostosis with a 3D Projection-Based Feature Extraction System.
    25343146 Proceedings / IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2014 May : 2014215-220 PMCID:PMC4205084
  • Lam I, Cunningham M, Speltz M, Shapiro L
    Classifying Craniosynostosis with a 3D Projection-Based Feature Extraction System.
    25343146 Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2014 May : 2014215-220 PMCID:PMC4205084
  • Gordon CT, Cunniff CM, Green GE, Zechi-Ceide RM, Johnson JM, Henderson A, Petit F, Kokitsu-Nakata NM, Guion-Almeida ML, Munnich A, Cunningham ML, Lyonnet S, Amiel J
    Clinical evidence for a mandibular to maxillary transformation in Auriculocondylar syndrome.
    24677549 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2014 Mar 26
  • Kim SD, Yagnik G, Cunningham ML, Kim J, Boyadjiev SA
    MAPK/ERK Signaling Pathway Analysis in Primary Osteoblasts From Patients With Nonsyndromic Sagittal Craniosynostosis.
    23566293 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2014 Jan. : 51(1)115-9 PMCID:PMC3708983
  • Lam I, Cunningham M, Birgfeld C, Speltz M, Shapiro L
    Quantification of skull deformity for craniofacial research.
    25570069 Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2014 : 2014758-61 PMCID:PMC4288006
  • Cox TC, Luquetti DV, Cunningham ML
    Perspectives and challenges in advancing research into craniofacial anomalies.
    24142870 American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics, 2013 Nov. : 163(4)213-7
  • Kido Y, Gordon CT, Sakazume S, Ben Bdira E, Dattani M, Wilson LC, Lyonnet S, Murakami N, Cunningham ML, Amiel J, Nagai T
    Further characterization of atypical features in auriculocondylar syndrome caused by recessive PLCB4 mutations.
    23913798 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2013 Sept. : 161(9)2339-46
  • Luquetti DV, Cox TC, Lopez-Camelo J, Dutra Mda G, Cunningham ML, Castilla EE
    Preferential associated anomalies in 818 cases of microtia in South America.
    23554119 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2013 May : 161A(5)1051-7 PMCID:PMC3634880
  • Luquetti DV, Cox TC, Lopez-Camelo J, Dutra Mda G, Cunningham ML, Castilla EE
    Preferential associated anomalies in 818 cases of microtia in South America.
    23554119 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2013 May : 161A(5)1051-7 PMCID:PMC3634880
  • Gordon CT, Vuillot A, Marlin S, Gerkes E, Henderson A, AlKindy A, Holder-Espinasse M, Park SS, Omarjee A, Sanchis-Borja M, Bdira EB, Oufadem M, Sikkema-Raddatz B, Stewart A, Palmer R, McGowan R, Petit F, Delobel B, Speicher MR, Aurora P, Kilner D, Pellerin P, Simon M, Bonnefont JP, Tobias ES, García-Miñaúr S, Bitner-Glindzicz M, Lindholm P, Meijer BA, Abadie V, Denoyelle F, Vazquez MP, Rotky-Fast C, Couloigner V, Pierrot S, Manach Y, Breton S, Hendriks YM, Munnich A, Jakobsen L, Kroisel P, Lin A, Kaban LB, Basel-Vanagaite L, Wilson L, Cunningham ML, Lyonnet S, Amiel J
    Heterogeneity of mutational mechanisms and modes of inheritance in auriculocondylar syndrome.
    23315542 Journal of medical genetics, 2013 March : 50(3)174-86
  • Menendez L, Kulik MJ, Page AT, Park SS, Lauderdale JD, Cunningham ML, Dalton S
    Directed differentiation of human pluripotent cells to neural crest stem cells.
    23288320 Nature protocols, 2013 Jan 3 : 8(1)203-12
  • Luquetti DV, Hing AV, Rieder MJ, Nickerson DA, Turner EH, Smith J, Park S, Cunningham ML
    "Mandibulofacial dysostosis with microcephaly" caused by EFTUD2 mutations: expanding the phenotype.
    23239648 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2013 Jan. : 161A(1)108-13 PMCID:PMC3535578
  • Gallagher ER, Evans KN, Hing AV, Cunningham ML
    Bathrocephaly: a head shape associated with a persistent mendosal suture.
    21970727 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2013 Jan. : 50(1)104-8
  • Collett BR, Gray KE, Starr JR, Heike CL, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Development at age 36 months in children with deformational plagiocephaly.
    23266929 Pediatrics, 2013 Jan. : 131(1)e109-15 PMCID:PMC3529956
  • Yagnik G, Ghuman A, Kim S, Stevens CG, Kimonis V, Stoler J, Sanchez-Lara PA, Bernstein JA, Naydenov C, Drissi H, Cunningham ML, Kim J, Boyadjiev SA
    ALX4 gain-of-function mutations in nonsyndromic craniosynostosis.
    22829454 Human mutation, 2012 Dec. : 33(12)1626-9 PMCID:PMC3495992
  • Justice CM, Yagnik G, Kim Y, Peter I, Jabs EW, Erazo M, Ye X, Ainehsazan E, Shi L, Cunningham ML, Kimonis V, Roscioli T, Wall SA, Wilkie AO, Stoler J, Richtsmeier JT, Heuzé Y, Sanchez-Lara PA, Buckley MF, Druschel CM, Mills JL, Caggana M, Romitti PA, Kay DM, Senders C, Taub PJ, Klein OD, Boggan J, Zwienenberg-Lee M, Naydenov C, Kim J, Wilson AF, Boyadjiev SA
    A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis near BMP2 and within BBS9.
    23160099 Nature genetics, 2012 Dec. : 44(12)1360-4
  • Lindhurst MJ, Parker VE, Payne F, Sapp JC, Rudge S, Harris J, Witkowski AM, Zhang Q, Groeneveld MP, Scott CE, Daly A, Huson SM, Tosi LL, Cunningham ML, Darling TN, Geer J, Gucev Z, Sutton VR, Tziotzios C, Dixon AK, Helliwell T, O'Rahilly S, Savage DB, Wakelam MJ, Barroso I, Biesecker LG, Semple RK
    Mosaic overgrowth with fibroadipose hyperplasia is caused by somatic activating mutations in PIK3CA.
    22729222 Nature genetics, 2012 Jun 24 : 44(8)928-33 PMCID:PMC3461408
  • Collett BR, Heike CL, Atmosukarto I, Starr JR, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Longitudinal, three-dimensional analysis of head shape in children with and without deformational plagiocephaly or brachycephaly.
    22082953 The Journal of pediatrics, 2012 April : 160(4)673-678.e1 PMCID:PMC3290708
  • Nelsen LM, Shields KE, Cunningham ML, Stoler JM, Bamshad MJ, Eng PM, Smugar SS, Gould AL, Philip G
    Congenital malformations among infants born to women receiving montelukast, inhaled corticosteroids, and other asthma medications.
    22000568 The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2012 Jan. : 129(1)251-4.e1-6
  • Hing AV, Mefford HC, Cunningham ML
    New developments in genetic diagnosis: implications for the craniofacial surgeon.
    22337411 The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 2012 Jan. : 23(1)212-6
  • Stamper BD, Park SS, Beyer RP, Bammler TK, Cunningham ML
    Unique sex-based approach identifies transcriptomic biomarkers associated with non-syndromic craniosynostosis.
    22654505 Gene regulation and systems biology, 2012 : 681-92 PMCID:PMC3362332
  • McCarthy JG, Warren SM, Bernstein J, Burnett W, Cunningham ML, Edmond JC, Figueroa AA, Kapp-Simon KA, Labow BI, Peterson-Falzone SJ, Proctor MR, Rubin MS, Sze RW, Yemen TA, Craniosynostosis Working Group
    Parameters of care for craniosynostosis.
    21848431 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2012 Jan. : 49 Suppl1S-24S
  • Luquetti DV, Heike CL, Hing AV, Cunningham ML, Cox TC
    Microtia: Epidemiology and genetics.
    22106030 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2011 Nov.
  • Fairfield H, Gilbert GJ, Barter M, Corrigan RR, Curtain M, Ding Y, D'Ascenzo M, Gerhardt DJ, He C, Huang W, Richmond T, Rowe L, Probst FJ, Bergstrom DE, Murray SA, Bult C, Richardson J, Kile BT, Gut I, Hager J, Sigurdsson S, Mauceli E, Di Palma F, Lindblad-Toh K, Cunningham ML, Cox TC, Justice MJ, Spector MS, Lowe SW, Albert T, Donahue LR, Jeddeloh J, Shendure J, Reinholdt LG
    Mutation discovery in mice by whole exome sequencing.
    21917142 Genome biology, 2011 Sep 14 : R86
  • Vissers LE, Cox TC, Maga AM, Short KM, Wiradjaja F, Janssen IM, Jehee F, Bertola D, Liu J, Yagnik G, Sekiguchi K, Kiyozumi D, van Bokhoven H, Marcelis C, Cunningham ML, Anderson PJ, Boyadjiev SA, Passos-Bueno MR, Veltman JA, Smyth I, Buckley MF, Roscioli T
    Heterozygous mutations of FREM1 are associated with an increased risk of isolated metopic craniosynostosis in humans and mice.
    21931569 PLoS genetics, 2011 Sept. : e1002278 PMCID:PMC3169541
  • Hochheiser H, Aronow BJ, Artinger K, Beaty TH, Brinkley JF, Chai Y, Clouthier D, Cunningham ML, Dixon M, Donahue LR, Fraser SE, Hallgrimsson B, Iwata J, Klein O, Marazita ML, Murray JC, Murray S, de Villena FP, Postlethwait J, Potter S, Shapiro L, Spritz R, Visel A, Weinberg SM, Trainor PA
    The FaceBase Consortium: a comprehensive program to facilitate craniofacial research.
    21458441 Developmental biology, 2011 Jul 15 : 175-82
  • Parhizkar N, Saltzman B, Grote K, Starr J, Cunningham M, Perkins J, Sie K
    Nasopharyngeal airway for management of airway obstruction in infants with micrognathia.
    20815716 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2011 July : 478-82
  • Purushothaman R, Cox TC, Muga AM, Cunningham ML
    Facial suture synostosis of newborn Fgfr1(P250R/+) and Fgfr2(S252W/+) mouse models of Pfeiffer and Apert syndromes.
    21538817 Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology, 2011 July : 603-9
  • Collett BR, Starr JR, Kartin D, Heike CL, Berg J, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Development in toddlers with and without deformational plagiocephaly.
    21727278 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2011 July : 653-8
  • Evans KN, Sie KC, Hopper RA, Glass RP, Hing AV, Cunningham ML
    Robin sequence: from diagnosis to development of an effective management plan.
    21464188 Pediatrics, 2011 May : 936-48
  • Milunsky JM, Maher TM, Zhao G, Wang Z, Mulliken JB, Chitayat D, Clemens M, Stalker HJ, Bauer M, Burch M, Chénier S, Cunningham ML, Drack AV, Janssens S, Karlea A, Klatt R, Kini U, Klein O, Lachmeijer AM, Megarbane A, Mendelsohn NJ, Meschino WS, Mortier GR, Parkash S, Ray CR, Roberts A, Roberts A, Reardon W, Schnur RE, Smith R, Splitt M, Tezcan K, Whiteford ML, Wong DA, Zori R, Lin AE
    Genotype-phenotype analysis of the branchio-oculo-facial syndrome.
    21204207 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2011 Jan. : 22-32
  • Stamper BD, Park SS, Beyer RP, Bammler TK, Farin FM, Mecham B, Cunningham ML
    Differential expression of extracellular matrix-mediated pathways in single-suture craniosynostosis.
    22028906 PloS one, 2011 : e26557
  • Cunningham ML, Horst JA, Rieder MJ, Hing AV, Stanaway IB, Park SS, Samudrala R, Speltz ML
    IGF1R variants associated with isolated single suture craniosynostosis.
    21204214 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2011 Jan. : 91-7 PMCID:PMC3059230
  • Horst JA, Wang K, Horst OV, Cunningham ML, Samudrala R
    Disease Risk of Missense Mutations using Structural Inference from Predicted Function.
    20887259 Current protein & peptide science, 2010 Nov 4
  • Lam DJ, Jensen CC, Mueller BA, Starr JR, Cunningham ML, Weaver EM
    Pediatric sleep apnea and craniofacial anomalies: a population-based case-control study.
    20824784 The Laryngoscope, 2010 Oct. : 2098-105
  • Mefford HC, Shafer N, Antonacci F, Tsai JM, Park SS, Hing AV, Rieder MJ, Smyth MD, Speltz ML, Eichler EE, Cunningham ML
    Copy number variation analysis in single-suture craniosynostosis: multiple rare variants including RUNX2 duplication in two cousins with metopic craniosynostosis.
    20683987 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2010 Sept. : 2203-10
  • Starr JR, Lin HJ, Ruiz-Correa S, Cunningham ML, Ellenbogen RG, Collett BR, Kapp-Simon KA, Speltz ML
    Little evidence of association between severity of trigonocephaly and cognitive development in infants with single-suture metopic synostosis.
    20644427 Neurosurgery, 2010 Aug. : 408-15; discussion 415-6
  • Perkins JA, Manning SC, Tempero RM, Cunningham MJ, Edmonds JL Jr, Hoffer FA, Egbert MA
    Lymphatic malformations: review of current treatment.
    20493348 Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2010 June : 795-803, 803.e1
  • Speltz ML, Collett BR, Stott-Miller M, Starr JR, Heike C, Wolfram-Aduan AM, King D, Cunningham ML
    Case-control study of neurodevelopment in deformational plagiocephaly.
    20156894 Pediatrics, 2010 March : e537-42
  • Collett BR, Stott-Miller M, Kapp-Simon KA, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Reading in children with orofacial clefts versus controls.
    19509183 Journal of pediatric psychology, 2010 March : 199-208 PMCID:PMC2902832
  • Dana A, Buchanan KM, Goss MA, Seminack MM, Shields KE, Korn S, Cunningham ML, Haupt RM
    Pregnancy outcomes from the pregnancy registry of a human papillomavirus type 6/11/16/18 vaccine.
    19935016 Obstetrics and gynecology, 2009 Dec. : 1170-8
  • Heike CL, Cunningham ML, Hing AV, Stuhaug E, Starr JR
    Picture perfect? Reliability of craniofacial anthropometry using three-dimensional digital stereophotogrammetry.
    19935311 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2009 Oct. : 1261-72
  • McKinney CM, Cunningham ML, Holt VL, Leroux B, Starr JR
    A case-control study of infant, maternal and perinatal characteristics associated with deformational plagiocephaly.
    19523080 Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, 2009 July : 332-45
  • Hing AV, Click ES, Holder U, Seto ML, Vessey K, Gruss J, Hopper R, Cunningham ML
    Bilateral lambdoid and sagittal synostosis (BLSS): a unique craniosynostosis syndrome or predictable craniofacial phenotype?
    19396832 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2009 May : 1024-32
  • Atmosukarto I, Shapiro LG, Cunningham ML, Speltz M
    Automatic 3D Shape Severity Quantification and Localization for Deformational Plagiocephaly.
    21103039 Proceedings of SPIE, 2009 Jan 1 : PMCID:PMC2947834
  • Ploplys EA, Hopper RA, Muzaffar AR, Starr JR, Avellino AM, Cunningham ML, Ellenbogen RG, Gruss JS
    Comparison of computed tomographic imaging measurements with clinical findings in children with unilateral lambdoid synostosis.
    19116566 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2009 Jan. : 300-9
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Starr JR, Lin HJ, Kapp-Simon KA, Sze RW, Ellenbogen RG, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML
    New severity indices for quantifying single-suture metopic craniosynostosis.
    18797362 Neurosurgery, 2008 Aug. : 318-24; discussion 324-5
  • McKinney CM, Holt VL, Cunningham ML, Leroux BG, Starr JR
    Maternal and infant characteristics associated with prone and lateral infant sleep positioning in Washington state, 1996-2002.
    18534224 The Journal of pediatrics, 2008 Aug. : 194-8, 198.e1-3
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Starr JR, Lin HJ, Kapp-Simon KA, Sze RW, Ellenbogen RG, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML
    New severity indices for quantifying single-suture metopic craniosynostosis.
    18797362 Neurosurgery, 2008 Aug. : 318-24; discussion 324-5
  • McKinney CM, Cunningham ML, Holt VL, Leroux B, Starr JR
    Characteristics of 2733 cases diagnosed with deformational plagiocephaly and changes in risk factors over time.
    18333652 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2008 March : 208-16
  • Sanchez-Lara PA, Graham JM Jr, Hing AV, Lee J, Cunningham M
    The morphogenesis of wormian bones: a study of craniosynostosis and purposeful cranial deformation.
    18000970 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2007 Dec 15 : 3243-51
  • Toth K, Collett B, Kapp-Simon KA, Cloonan YK, Gaither R, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML, Dawson G, Starr J, Speltz ML
    Memory and Response Inhibition in Young Children with Single-Suture Craniosynostosis.
    17899471 Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence, 2007 Sep 26 : 1-14
  • Zhang H, Somerman MJ, Berg J, Cunningham ML, Williams B
    Dental anomalies in a child with craniometaphysial dysplasia.
    18027777 Pediatric dentistry, 2007 Sept. : 415-9
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Starr JR, Lin HJ, Kapp-Simon KA, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Severity of skull malformation is unrelated to presurgery neurobehavioral status of infants with sagittal synostosis.
    17760493 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2007 Sept. : 548-54
  • Zhang H, Somerman MJ, Berg J, Cunningham ML, Williams B
    Dental anomalies in a child with craniometaphysial dysplasia.
    18027777 Pediatric dentistry, 2007 Sept. : 415-9
  • Starr JR, Kapp-Simon KA, Cloonan YK, Collett BR, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Presurgical and postsurgical assessment of the neurodevelopment of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: comparison with controls.
    18459881 Journal of neurosurgery, 2007 Aug. : 103-10
  • Cunningham ML
    Is cleft lip and palate ever isolated? Phenotype is in the eye of the beholder.
    17679666 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2007 Aug. : 811-2
  • Starr JR, Kapp-Simon KA, Cloonan YK, Collett BR, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML
    Presurgical and postsurgical assessment of the neurodevelopment of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: comparison with controls.
    18459881 Journal of neurosurgery, 2007 Aug. : 103-10
  • Speltz ML, Kapp-Simon K, Collett B, Keich Y, Gaither R, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML
    Neurodevelopment of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: presurgery comparisons with case-matched controls.
    17440368 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2007 May : 1874-81
  • Seto ML, Hing AV, Chang J, Hu M, Kapp-Simon KA, Patel PK, Burton BK, Kane AA, Smyth MD, Hopper R, Ellenbogen RG, Stevenson K, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML
    Isolated sagittal and coronal craniosynostosis associated with TWIST box mutations.
    17343269 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2007 Apr 1 : 678-86
  • Kapp-Simon KA, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML, Patel PK, Tomita T
    Neurodevelopment of children with single suture craniosynostosis: a review.
    17186250 Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2007 March : 269-81
  • Cunningham ML
    Three-dimensional ultrasonography is superior to 2-dimensional ultrasonography in the detection of orofacial clefts during the second trimester of pregnancy.
    17174252 The journal of evidence-based dental practice, 2006 Dec. : 278-9
  • Hatch NE, Hudson M, Seto ML, Cunningham ML, Bothwell M
    Intracellular retention, degradation, and signaling of glycosylation-deficient FGFR2 and craniosynostosis syndrome-associated FGFR2C278F.
    16844695 The Journal of biological chemistry, 2006 Sep 15 : 27292-305
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Sze RW, Starr JR, Lin HT, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML, Hing AV
    New scaphocephaly severity indices of sagittal craniosynostosis: a comparative study with cranial index quantifications.
    16526927 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2006 March : 211-21
  • Cunningham ML, Seto ML, Hing AV, Bull MJ, Hopkin RJ, Leppig KA
    Cleidocranial dysplasia with severe parietal bone dysplasia: C-terminal RUNX2 mutations.
    16463420 Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology, 2006 Feb. : 78-85
  • Tempero RM, Hannibal M, Finn LS, Manning SC, Cunningham ML, Perkins JA
    Lymphocytopenia in children with lymphatic malformation.
    16415437 Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery, 2006 Jan. : 93-7
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Shapiro LG, Meila M, Berson G, Cunningham ML, Sze RW
    Symbolic signatures for deformable shapes.
    16402621 IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence, 2006 Jan. : 75-90
  • Pollack PS, Shields KE, Burnett DM, Osborne MJ, Cunningham ML, Stepanavage ME
    Pregnancy outcomes after maternal exposure to simvastatin and lovastatin.
    16163683 Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology, 2005 Nov. : 888-96
  • Sze RW, Hopper RA, Ghioni V, Gruss JS, Ellenbogen RG, King D, Hing AV, Cunningham ML
    MDCT diagnosis of the child with posterior plagiocephaly.
    16247160 AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2005 Nov. : 1342-6
  • Collett B, Breiger D, King D, Cunningham M, Speltz M
    Neurodevelopmental implications of "deformational" plagiocephaly.
    16222180 Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, 2005 Oct. : 379-89
  • Kapp-Simon KA, Leroux B, Cunningham M, Speltz ML
    Multisite study of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: preliminary report of presurgery development.
    16001919 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2005 July : 377-84
  • Ratisoontorn C, Seto ML, Broughton KM, Cunningham ML
    In vitro differentiation profile of osteoblasts derived from patients with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome.
    15781003 Bone, 2005 April : 627-34
  • Yeung LC, Cunningham ML, Allpress AL, Gruss JS, Ellenbogen RG, Zerr DM
    Surgical site infections after pediatric intracranial surgery for craniofacial malformations: frequency and risk factors.
    15792512 Neurosurgery, 2005 April : 733-9; discussion 733-9
  • Lin HJ, Ruiz-Correa S, Shapiro LG, Cunningham ML, Sze RW
    A symbolic shaped-based retrieval of skull images.
    16779317 AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium, 2005 : 1030
  • Speltz ML, Kapp-Simon KA, Cunningham M, Marsh J, Dawson G
    Single-suture craniosynostosis: a review of neurobehavioral research and theory.
    15491988 Journal of pediatric psychology, 2004 Dec. : 651-68
  • Hing AV, Syed N, Cunningham ML
    Familial acromelic frontonasal dysostosis: autosomal dominant inheritance with reduced penetrance.
    15264282 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2004 Aug 1 : 374-82
  • Hu S, Michels DA, Fazal MA, Ratisoontorn C, Cunningham ML, Dovichi NJ
    Capillary sieving electrophoresis/micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography for two-dimensional protein fingerprinting of single mammalian cells.
    15253641 Analytical chemistry, 2004 Jul 15 : 4044-9
  • Ngo AV, Sze RW, Parisi MT, Sidhu M, Paladin AM, Weinberger E, Seidel KD, Cunningham ML
    Cranial suture simulator for ultrasound diagnosis of craniosynostosis.
    15105977 Pediatric radiology, 2004 July : 535-40
  • Ngo AV, Sze RW, Parisi MT, Sidhu M, Paladin AM, Weinberger E, Seidel KD, Cunningham ML
    Cranial suture simulator for ultrasound diagnosis of craniosynostosis.
    15105977 Pediatric radiology, 2004 July : 535-40
  • Heinloth AN, Irwin RD, Boorman GA, Nettesheim P, Fannin RD, Sieber SO, Snell ML, Tucker CJ, Li L, Travlos GS, Vansant G, Blackshear PE, Tennant RW, Cunningham ML, Paules RS
    Gene expression profiling of rat livers reveals indicators of potential adverse effects.
    15084756 Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2004 July : 193-202
  • Schecter A, Lucier GW, Cunningham ML, Abdo KM, Blumenthal G, Silver AG, Melnick R, Portier C, Barr DB, Barr JR, Stanfill SB, Patterson DG Jr, Needham LL, Stopford W, Masten S, Mignogna J, Tung KC
    Human consumption of methyleugenol and its elimination from serum.
    15121510 Environmental health perspectives, 2004 May : 678-80
  • Connolly JP, Gruss J, Seto ML, Whelan MF, Ellenbogen R, Weiss A, Buchman SR, Cunningham ML
    Progressive postnatal craniosynostosis and increased intracranial pressure.
    15060342 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2004 Apr 15 : 1313-23
  • Ehret FW, Whelan MF, Ellenbogen RG, Cunningham ML, Gruss JS
    Differential diagnosis of the trapezoid-shaped head.
    14697075 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2004 Jan. : 13-9
  • Cai J, Goodman BK, Patel AS, Mulliken JB, Van Maldergem L, Hoganson GE, Paznekas WA, Ben-Neriah Z, Sheffer R, Cunningham ML, Daentl DL, Jabs EW
    Increased risk for developmental delay in Saethre-Chotzen syndrome is associated with TWIST deletions: an improved strategy for TWIST mutation screening.
    14513358 Human genetics, 2003 Dec. : 68-76
  • Sze RW, Parisi MT, Sidhu M, Paladin AM, Ngo AV, Seidel KD, Weinberger E, Ellenbogen RG, Gruss JS, Cunningham ML
    Ultrasound screening of the lambdoid suture in the child with posterior plagiocephaly.
    12879318 Pediatric radiology, 2003 Sept. : 630-6
  • Cunningham ML, Perry RJ, Eby PR, Gibson RL, Opheim KE, Manning SC
    Primary pulmonary dysgenesis in velocardiofacial syndrome: a second patient.
    12910501 American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2003 Aug 30 : 177-9
  • Jaeger A, Kapur R, Whelan M, Leung E, Cunningham M
    Cleft-palate lateral synechia syndrome: insight into the phenotypic spectrum of Fryns syndrome?
    12962292 Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology, 2003 June : 460-6
  • Simon GE, Cunningham ML, Davis RL
    Outcomes of prenatal antidepressant exposure.
    12450956 The American journal of psychiatry, 2002 Dec. : 2055-61
  • Conway K, Gibson R, Perkins J, Cunningham ML
    Pulmonary agenesis: expansion of the VCFS phenotype.
    12400071 American journal of medical genetics, 2002 Nov 15 : 89-92
  • Sze RW, Paladin AM, Lee S, Cunningham ML
    Hemifacial microsomia in pediatric patients: asymmetric abnormal development of the first and second branchial arches.
    12034632 AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2002 June : 1523-30
  • Bonadio J, Cunningham ML
    Genetic approaches to craniofacial tissue repair.
    12081863 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2002 June : 48-57

• Research Funding

  Grant Title	Grantor	Amount	Award Date
  Long-Term Outcomes in Children with Positional Plagiocephaly/Brachycephaly	NIH NICHD	$2,461,904	2014 - 2019
  Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis: Phenotype/Genotype Study	NIH NIDCR	$96,470 Subcontract	2014 - 2016
  Ontology-Based Integration, Visualization and Exploration of Craniofacial Data	NIH NIDCR	$375,507 Subcontract	2014 - 2019