CURRICULUM VITAE DR. ASHOK AGARWAL Director, Andrology Laboratory and Reproductive Tissue Bank Director, Center for Reproductive Medicine Professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Staff, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, and Obstetrics/ Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute, Clinico-Pathology and Immunology Center for Reproductive Medicine Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A19.1, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA Tel: 216-444-9485, Fax: 216-445-6049 E-mail: Agarwaa@ccf.org Website: http://www.ClevelandClinic.org/ReproductiveResearchCenter As of September 1st, 2010 Curriculum Vitae 2 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., HCLD 130 West Juniper Lane Moreland Hills, OH 44022 Tel: (216) 831-2730 Citizen: License: Education: 1975 B.S 1977 M.S 1983 Ph.D 1995 United States of America 1994 - Certified High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director in Andrology (HCLD), American Board of Bioanalysis, St. Louis, MO. License No. 6700 Banaras Hindu University, India Banaras Hindu University, India; Major: Reproductive Biology Banaras Hindu University, India Executive Program in Practice Management, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Postdoctoral Training: 1984-1985 Research Fellow, Surgical Research Laboratory; Harvard Medical School, Boston 1986 Research Associate, Harvard Program in Urology; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Research Fellowships: 1977-1979 Junior Research Fellow, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India 1979-1983 Senior Research Fellow, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India 1984-1986 Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, New York. Awarded for advanced research in Reproductive Biology Academic Appointments: 1984-1986 Research Associate, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston 1988-1991 Instructor, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and Research Fellow, Division of Urology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston 1991-1992 Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1993-Present Staff, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland 1993-Present Staff, Department of Clinico-Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland 1997-Present Staff, Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland 2001-Present Staff, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland 2004-Present Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Hospital Appointments: 1987-1988 Laboratory Director, Newton Andrology and Cryopreservation Center, Newton, MA 1988-1991 Laboratory Director, Andrology Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 1989-1992 Laboratory Coordinator, Andrology Division, Reproductive Endocrinology Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 1991-1992 Director, Male Infertility Research, Urology Research Laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 1993-Present Director, Andrology Laboratory & Reproductive Tissue Bank; Director, Andrology-Oncology Research Laboratory, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 1999-Present Director, Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological Institute and Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Curriculum Vitae 3 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Membership in Professional Societies: (Since:) 1984 American Society for Reproductive Medicine 1984 American Society of Andrology 1987 American Association of Tissue Banks 1990 Society for Basic Urologic Research 1993 American Urological Association 1993 Society for the Study of Male Reproduction 1994 Asian Society of Andrology 1994 European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology 1994 American Association of Bioanalysis 1996 Society for Male Reproduction and Urology Committee Memberships: (Since:) 1998 International Affairs Committee, American Association of Tissue Banks 1999 Andrology Laboratory Committee, American Society of Andrology 1999-2003 Delegate at Large, SMRU Board 1999-2000 Awards Committee, American Society of Andrology 2001-2002 Co-Chairman Awards Committee, American Society of Andrology 2001 Advisory Board, Fertile Hope, New York 2003 Member, Abstract Review Committee, SMRU, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Research Interests: Andrology and Male Infertility; Female Infertility; Lipid Peroxidation, Reactive Oxygen Species and Apoptosis; Sperm Cryopreservation, Erectile Dysfunction Awards/Honors/Moderator: 1993 1994 2001 2002 2003 2007 2008 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Vth International Congress of Andrology, June 2-6, Tokyo, Japan Paper Nominated for Poster Award, 10th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology, June 27-29, Brussels, Belgium Concurrent Session Moderator – Male Reproduction and Urology Session, October 23, 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Concurrent Session Moderator – Male Reproduction and Urology Session, October 15, 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Concurrent Session Moderator, SMRU, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, October 20 SCSA Research Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 16, 2007 CCF Innovation Award, 2007: Supplementation of L Carnitine in the Culture Media Causes a Significant Decrease in DNA Damage and Improves Embryo Quality - A Novel Finding” Case number 07109 Research Grants: 1 1986 WHO Grant (Special Programme for Research in Human Reproduction) (Co-Investigator), Grant #8506 2 1988 Research Grant from Brigham Surgical Group Foundation, Boston (Principal Investigator), Grant #658 3 1988 NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant (Principal Investigator), Grant #791180 4 19891991 Rockefeller Foundation Research Grant (Principal Investigator), Grant #RF 88044, allocation 66 and RF 90034, allocation 74 ($73,320) 5 1993 The Relationship Between Reactive Oxygen Species in Semen and Male Infertility, RPC #4252 ($2,400) 6 1995 Effect of Motility Stimulants on Human Sperm after Cryopreservation, RPC #4925 ($5,000) 7 1995 The Effect of Peritoneal Reactive Oxygen Species on Fertility in Patients with Endometriosis, RPC #5090 ($5,150) Curriculum Vitae 4 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 8 1995 Maximizing Semen Quality in Spinal Cord Injured Men, RPC #5269 ($16,032) 9 1995 Improving Post-Thaw Semen Quality in Cancer Patients, RPC #5489 ($15,758) 10 1996 Assessment of Human Sperm Function after Cryopreservation in Processed and Unprocessed Semen, RPC #5490 ($7,702) 11 1996 Seminal Reactive Oxygen Species in Men with Varicocele, and the Effect of In Vitro Antioxidant Supplementation, RPC #5549 ($9,866) 12 1997 Designing an Algorithm to Predict Fertilizing Capacity of Spermatozoa Using Biochemical and Functional Assays, RPC #5765 ($8,256.30) 13 1997 The Effects of Mycoplasmas on the Semen Analysis and the Function of spermatozoa, RPC #5825 ($13,530) 14 1997 The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and Total Antioxidant Capacity in Persistent Infertility Following Vasectomy Reversal, RPC #6036 ($6,816) 15 1998 Outcome of Pregnancy and the Role of ROS and total Antioxidant Status in the Follicular Fluid, RPC #6147 ($10,000) 16 1998 Impact of Oxidative Stress and IL-6 on Fertility in Varicocele Patients, RPC#6206 ($10,868) 17 1999 Predicting Fertilization in an IVF Program by Use of Mannose Receptor Assay, RPC#6238 ($22,000) 18 1999 Changes in Frequency of Sperm Chromosomal Anomalies after Chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and Hodgkin’s Disease: A Longitudinal Study, RPC#6265 ($23,864) 19 1999 Role of Viagra in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Patients following: 1) Radical Prostatectomy; 2) Radiation Therapy, Sponsored by: Pfizer Inc. (Co-investigator) ($125,000) 20 1999 Randomized Prospective Study of Adjuvant Androgen Ablation in Radical Prostatectomy Patients at High Risk for Disease Recurrence, Sponsored by: TAP Holdings Inc., #M97-786 (Co-investigator) 21 19992001 Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Pathophysiology of Varicoceles and Effects on Antioxidant Therapy Along or in Combination with Varicocele Repair on Sperm Function and Pregnancy Outcome (Perceptor for the American Foundation for Urologic Disease Research Scholar Program fellowship awarded to Dr. Rakesh Sharma under my supervision) 22 1999 Role of Cytokines and Oxidative Stress on Fertility in Laparoscopically Retrieved Peritoneal Fluid from Patients with Endometriosis, RPC#6329 (Co-investigator) ($98,268) 23 1999 The Role of Oxidative Stress in Assisted Reproduction, RPC#6362 ($11,922) 24 1999 25 2000 26 2000-01 Assessment of PureSperm for Sperm Preparation, Nidacon International AB, Sweden ($15,000) 27 2001 Co-Culture with Vero Cells and Granulosa Cells for In Vitro Maturation of Human Immature Oocytes in an IVF Program, RPC #6724 ($4,492) 28 2001 Mechanism of Nuclear DNA Damage in Mature Sperm from Infertile Men, RPC#6770 ($9,030) 29 2001 Levocarnitine Fumerate and Acetyl-L-Carnitine Combined Supplementation in Subfertile Males with High Reactive Oxygen Species, Sigma-Tau Health Sciences, Inc. (Protocol STHS 01-01), IRB#4562 ($86,000) 30 2001 Indexing Bladder Tumor Marker, NMP22 with Hematuria Atypical cytology, and Voided Cytology Results Comparing Its Screening and Monitoring Capabilities, Matritech (Co-investigator) ($25,000) 31 2002 Oxidative Stress Mediated Sperm DNA Damage in Infertility Patients – Possible Role of Apoptosis, RPC#07025 ($21,698.30) Role of Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in Different Subsets of Ejaculated Spermatozoa, RPC#6387 (approved w/o funding) Relevance of Leukocytes on Semen Parameters, Oxidative Stress, and DNA Damage in Semen of Infertile Patients, RPC#6560 ($8,600) Curriculum Vitae 5 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 32 2002 Abortive Apoptosis and its Role in Male Infertility, RPC#07060 ($25,000) 33 2002 Hemosiderin Laden Macrophages in the Diagnosis of Endometriosis and Protective Effect of Antioxidant and Anti-TNF (alpha) Antibody on Embryo Development, RPC#07235 ($25,000) 34 2002 Phase III Diagnostic Study of Blue Light Fluorescent Cystoscopy with Reconstituted Hexyl 5Aminolevulinate (Hexvix®) Versus White Light Cystoscopy for the Detection of Carcinoma In Situ in Patients with Bladder Cancer. (Co-investigator) ($50,000) 35 2002 Early Use of Vacuum Constriction Device (VCD) Following Radical Prostatectomy (RP) Facilitates Early Sexual Activity and Potentially Earlier Return of Erectile Function. Erec Aid System, Timm Medica (Coinvestigator) ($10,000) 36 2003 Combination Therapy [Sildenafil Citrate + MUSE (PGE1)] for Management of Sildenafil Citrate following Radical Prostatectomy. Vivus, Menlo Park, CA (Co-investigator) ($10,000) 37 2003 Early MUSE Treatment Following Radical Prostatectomy to Facilitate Early Sexual Activity and Potentially an Earlier Return of Erections. Vivus, Menlo Park, CA (Co-investigator) ($50,000) 38 2004 Assessment of Fertilizing Potential of Mouse Germ Cells Matured In Vitro, RPC#07531 ($24,852.72) 39 2004 Role of Sildenafil Citrate in the Management of Erectile Dysfunction Following I-125 Seed Insertion for Localized Prostate Cancer. Pfizer Inc. (Co-investigator) ($40,000) 40 2004 Role of Sildenafil Citrate in Management of Sexual Dysfunction Following Radical Cystectomy. Pfizer, Inc. (Co-investigator) ($50,000) 41 2004 Characterization of Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species in Human Spermatozoa, RPC#07549, IRB#6967 ($23,659.50) 42 2004 Autotransplantation Of Frozen-Thawed Whole Sheep Ovaries With Microvascular Anastomosis: Assessment Of Oocyte Maturation, Fertilization, And Embryo Development. (Co-investigator) RPC#07688 ($24,916) 43 2004 Assessing the Quality of Cryopreserved Testicular Biopsy Tissue, It’s Relation to Etiology of Infertility and Outcomes of Assisted Reproduction, Chart Review, IRB#7622 44 2004 Varying Patterns of Semen Analysis in Men Evaluated for Infertility: A Retrospective Review, Chart Review, IRB#7644 45 2004 Correlation of Apoptotic Markers with Sperm Fertilization Potential, RPC#07812, IRB#7546 46 2004 Demographics of Male Patients Seeking Intervention for Infertility, Chart Review, IRB#6519 47 2005 Alterations in the Cytoskeleton of Mouse Oocyte Induced by Cryopreservation and Oxidative Stress, RPC# 07832 ($22,274.08) 48 2005 Recovery of Spontaneous Erectile Function after Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy With or Without Intracavernous Injections of Alprostadil as an Add-on Treatment to Sildenafil: Prospective study, IRB#7654 49 2005 Comparison Protocol for Human Semen Samples: SQA-V versus Microscopic Assessment, IRB#8045 50 2005 Does Peritoneal Fluid of Patients with Endometriosis and Idiopathic Infertility Affect the Spindle Structure iIn Metaphase II Oocytes? The Role Of Oxidative Stress. RPC#07993 ($24,925.23) 51 2005 Utility of PARP Alterations Following Apoptotic and Oxidative DNA Damage in Human Spermatozoa. (Co-Invesigator) RPC#1067, IRB#8530 ($23,822.60) 52 2005 A Novel Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST5mu) Knockout Mouse Model for Studying Oxidative Stress. RPC#1066/ARC#08077 ($24,997.40) 53 2006 Alterations in the Cytoskeleton of Mouse Oocyte Induced by Cryopreservation and Oxidative Stress RPC# 07832/ARC# 07658 ($22,274.00) 54 2006 Effect of Post-Katrina Contaminants From Lake Pontchartrain on Male Reproductive System. RPC# 1011/ARC# 0810 ($24,624.00) 55 2006 Ovarian Transplantation: Assessment of Vascular Injury. RPC # 1122 ARC# 08197 Curriculum Vitae 6 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 56 2006 Role of L Carnitine as Antioxidant, Anti-Apoptotic and Anti-Tumor Necrosis α in Mouse Embryo Cultures. RPC # 1135 ($24,681) 57 2006 Effects of Electromagnetic Waves Exposure from Cell Phones on Semen Quality. IRB # 06-423 58 2007 Is Poor Sperm Motility Associated with Defects in RhoGTPase in Infertile Men? RPC # 2007-1024 ($24,981.00) 59 2007 Role of Oxidative Stress In Embryonic Fragmentation – Implications of Fragment Removal In Assisted Reproduction RPC# 2007-1053 ($17,969) 60 2007 Antioxidant Profiles of Bovine Antral Follicle. RPC # 2007-1042, ($25,000.00) 61 2007 Optimizing Human Sperm Preparation Techniques For Selecting Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Based High Quality Spermatozoa In Assisted Reproductive Procedures. RPC #, 2007-1057, IRB # 07-949 ($ 24,998.00 ) 62 2007 Defining Sperm DNA Damage In Infertile Men With Varicocele And Its Correlation With Oxidative Stress. RPC 2007-1101 IRB # 08-095 ($25,000.00) 63 2008 Efficacy of L Carnitine before sperm processing for assisted reproduction techniques in reducing sperm DNA damage, RPC # 2008-1007, IRB # 08-225 ($23,694.00) 64 2008 Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) from cellular phones on human ejaculated semen, RPC 08-1025, IRB # 08-231 ($24,931.97) 65 2008 Smoking and Semen Parameters: Is the effect of smoking on male fertility a reversible process? RPC 081033 $23,180.16 (under review) 66 2009 Role of Curcumin in Reducing Oxidative Stress Induced Sperm Damage, RPC # 2009-1040 $24, 907.24 67 2009 Development and Validation of a Novel Sperm Vitrification System using the Ohio-Cryo Vitrification Device, RPC # 2009-1038 $24,752.00 68 2009 Chart Review: Examining the Relationship between Varicocele and Sperm Morphology in Infertile Men, IRB 09-550 69 2009 Comparative Study of Sperm Vitrification and Slow Freezing, IRB 09-127 70 2009 Comparison of Temperature Regulated vs. Non-Regulated Bench-Top Centrifuge for Sperm Quality Improvement, IRB 09-128 71 2009 Noninvasive Separation of Healthy Undamaged Human Spermatozoa by Magnetically Activated Cell Sorting Technique (MACS) Based on their Iron Content, IRB 09-510 72 2009 Evaluation of Vaginal Lubricants on Sperm Motility, Viability and Sperm DNA Fragmentation, IRB 09-619 73 2009 Chart Review: Incidence and Distribution of Semen Abnormalities in Relation to Physical and Social Factors in a Population of Infertile Men in the Greater Cleveland Area, IRB 09-561 74 2009 Evaluation of Semen Quality among Minority Men (African-American) in Cleveland with a History of Infertility, IRB 09-826 75 2009 Testing New Techniques for Selection of Genetically Intact Spermatozoa Using Molecular Marker Expression, US Agency for International Development, $199,225.00 (Co-PI). Under review 76 2009 Protein Markers for Fertilization and Embryo Development, Mississippi State University, R15, NICHHD (Collaborator), Under review 77 2009 Maternal and Cord blood levels of Arginase, Nitric Oxide Synthase Activities and Antioxidant Status in Normal Pregnancy, Preeclampsia and Misscarriage. Tabuk University/ Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia, $155,987.50 (Collaborator), Under review 78 2010 Analyses of Catalase (CAT) Gene for Mutations/Polymorphisms among Male Infertility Men Exhibiting Oxidative Stress. RPC 2010-1036, $21,620.00 79 2010 Development of a Novel Alternative to Onsite Collection of Semen Samples in Men Seeking Infertility Treatment. Curriculum Vitae Patents: 7 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Method and Apparatus for Predicting Male Infertility; Semen Quality Score for Predicting Fertility Editorial Board Member: 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2010 2011 2011 Reviewer: Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Andrology Editorial Board Member, National Journal of Andrology Editorial Board Member, Reproductive BioMedicine Online Editorial Board Member, Reproductive Biology & Endocrinology Editorial Board Member, International Brazilian Journal of Urology Editor-in-Chief, Reproductive Science Journal Editorial Board Member, Fertility and Sterility Editorial Board Member, Andrologia Editorial Board Member, Clinics Editorial Board Member, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Embryology Editorial Board Member, Human Fertility Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Fertility and Sterility Editorial Board Member, Journal of Reproductive Stem Cell Biotechnology Editorial Board Member, Bulgarian Medicine Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Biotechnology and Bio Sciences The American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Andrologia, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Asian Journal of Andrology, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Biochemical Genetics, Biology of Reproduction, Chemico-Biological Interaction, Clinica Chimica Acta, Drugs in R&D, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, European Surgical Research, European Urology, Fertility and Sterility, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Human Molecular Genetics, Human Reproduction, Human Reproduction Update, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Indian Journal of Medical Science, International Brazilian Journal of Urology, International Journal of Andrology, International Journal of Fertility, International Journal of Impotence Research, Journal of Andrology, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Journal of Biosciences, Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Journal of Urology, Lancet, Leukemia and Lymphoma, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Redox Report, Reproduction, Reproductive Toxicology, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, Reproductive Biomedicine Online, Theriogenology and Urology. Ph.D./M.D. Candidates Supervised: 1995-96 1996-97 1998-99 1998-99 1998-00 1999-00 1999-02 1999-03 2001-02 2006-08 2006-08 2009-10 Dr. Sandro Esteves, University of Campinas Medical School, Campinas, Brazil – Ph.D. Degree 2002 Dr. Jorge Hallak, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil- Ph.D. Degree 1999 Dr. Eleonora Pasqualotto, Seamta Casa Hospital, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – Ph.D. Degree 2002 Dr. Fabio Pasqualotto, Seamta Casa Hospital, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – Ph.D. Degree 2002 Dr. Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan – Ph.D. Degree 2002 Dr. Ayman M.M. Mahran, Assiut University, Egypt - M.D. Degree 2000 Dr. Ramadan A. Saleh, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt - M.D. Degree 2002 Dr. Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt - M.D. Degree 2002 Dr. Mohamed Hafez Moustafa, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt – M.D. Degree 2003 Dr. Reda Mahfouz, Menoufiya University, Cairo, Egypt – MD Degree 2008 Dr. Hussein Abdelrazik, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, – MD Degree 2008 Dr. Saleem Bani-Hani, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH – Ph. D. 2010 Research Fellows Supervised: 1 1993-94 Mohammad Shekarriz, M.D., Department of Urology, University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany 2 1993, 9697, 2001 Rajinder Singh Sidhu, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Medical, College Amritsar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India 3 1995 Sumita Sinha, Ph.D., School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India Curriculum Vitae 8 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 4 1995-96 Sandro C. Esteves, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Campinas Medical School, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil – Research conducted for PhD Thesis 5 1995-96 Yongjin Wang, M.D., Department of Urology, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia 6 1996-97 Jorge Hallak, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil – Research conducted for PhD Thesis 7 1996-97 Benjamin Hendin, M.D., Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 8 1997-98 Lakshmi V. Pandrangi, M.D., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India 9 1998-99 Fabio Pasqualotto, M.D., Department of Urology, Seamta Casa Hospital, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – Research conducted for PhD Thesis 10 1998-99 Eleonora Pasqualotto, M.D., Department of Gynecology, Seamta Casa Hospital, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – Research conducted for PhD Thesis 11 1998-99 Sumita Kedia, M.D., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India 12 1998-00 Hiroshi Kobayashi, M.D., Department of Urology, Tokyo Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan – Research conducted for PhD Thesis 13 1999 Kjersten L. Larson, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brooking, SD 14 1999 Nam-Cheol Park, M.D., Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea 15 1999-00 Ayman M. Mahran, M.D., Department of Dermatology & Andrology, Assiut University, Egypt – Research conducted for MD Thesis 16 1999-00 Mamta Singh, M.D., Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India 17 1999-00 Enrique Gil Guzman, M.D., Hospitil de Especialdades del Centro Medical Nacionals XXI, Mexico City, Mexico 18 1999-00 Mamta Thukral, M.D., Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India 19 1999-00 Hamdy Azab, M.D., Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Cairo University, Egypt 20 1999-02 Ramadan Abdou Saleh, M.D., Department of Dermatology & Andrology, Sohag Valley University, Egypt – Research conducted for MD Thesis 21 1999-03 22 2000 23 2000-01 24 2000-01 Xia Wang, M.D., Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan 25 2001 Salah El-Din Shaker Abdel Hafez, M.D., Assist. Prof. of Urology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt 26 2001 Huang Yi, M.D., Division of Urology and Andrology, Third Hospital of Beijing University, Beijing, China 27 2000-02 Navid Esfandiari, Ph.D., Dept. of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Behehshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 28 2001-02 Jaswinder Chauhan, M.D., University of Sint Eustacius, Gardner, MA 29 2001-02 Saba Khayal, M.D., Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir, India 30 2000-02 Pavithra Ranganathan, M.D., Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India 31 2001-02 Mohamed Hafez Moustafa, M.D., Histology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt – Research conducted for MD Thesis 32 2001-02 Mehmet Oder, M.D., Department of Urology, SSK Bezm-I Alem Valide Sultan Gureba Foundation Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Mohamed Ali Bedaiwy, M.D., Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Assiut University, Egypt – Research conducted for MD Thesis Engin Kandirali, M.D., University of Istanbul, Department of Urology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Turkey Saad Al-Dujaily, Ph.D., IVF Center, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq Curriculum Vitae 9 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 33 2002 Namita Kattal, M.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 34 2002-03 Akshay Kumar Gupta, M.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 35 2002-03 Edgar Lopez Cruz, M.D., Urologist, Staff Member, Surgery Department, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (I.M.S.S.), Hospital General de Zona # 32, Universidad Nacional Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico 36 2002-03 Mohammad-Reza Moein, M.D., Department of Urology, Rahnemoon Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi Medical University, Yazd, Iran 37 2001-03 Rupesh Raina, M.D., King George Medical College, Lucknow, India 38 2002-03 Wayne Kuang, M.D., Resident in Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 39 2002-03 Javier Noriega, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Gynecology Department, La Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia 40 2003 Sreedhar Rama, M.D., Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 41 2003 Kubilay Inci, M.D., Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 42 2003 Shamel Hashem, M.D., Cairo University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt 43 2003-04 Shyam S.R. Allamaneni, M.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 44 2003-04 Xiaoyan Zhang, M.D., Fujian Maternity and Children Health Hospital, Fujian, People’s Republic of China 45 2004-05 Tore Yavuzsen, M.D., Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at SSK Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Hospital, Izmir, Turkey 46 2004-05 Ravindra kumar Guruswamy, M.D., Madras Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, India 47 2004-05 Caihong Ma, M.D., Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China 48 2003-05 Kiran P. Nallella, M.D., Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India 49 2004-05 Won-Jun Choi, M.D., Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea 50 2004-05 Kalyana C. Nandipati, M.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 51 2002-06 Tamer Mahmoud Said, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Andrology, Alexandria Medical School, Alexandria, Egypt 52 2004-06 Sushil A. Prabakaran, M.D., Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia 53 2004-06 2004Present Jashoman Banerjee, M.D., Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta, India 54 Sajal Gupta, M.D., Lady Harding Medical College, University of Dehli, New Delhi, India 55 2005-06 Sudeep Bansal, M.D., Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (Manipal Academy of Higher Education), India 56 2005-06 Arjun T. Sundaram, M.D., Vinayaka Mission's Medical College, Karaikal, Pondicherry University, India 57 2006-07 Sameera Mirza Madan, M.D., Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 58 2006-07 Samina Naeem Khalid, M.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Reproductive Endocrinology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 59 2006-07 Marcello Cocuzza, M.D., The Center for Human Reproduction. Department of Urology. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 60 2006-07 Hyndhavi T. Chowdary, M.D., Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences of the Rajiv Gandhi Universtiy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India 61 2006-07 Rajeshri Koli, M.D., Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College Bombay, India 62 2006-07 Maria Bykova, Master of Science.,Krasnoyarsk State University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Curriculum Vitae 63 64 2006-07 2006-07 10 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Cherry Kamel, MD, Department of Pharmacology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt Rajesh Kumar Jha, Ph.D., Division of Molecular Reproduction and Endocrinology, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India Gihan K. Mansour, M.D., Suez Canal University Medical School, Egypt 65 2005-07 66 2007 Neena Malhotra, M.D., Department of Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 67 200-08 Kartikeya Makker, MD, Smt. N.H.L Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India 68 2006-09 69 2006-09 70 2006-09 Hussein Abdelrazik, M.D., Department of Dermatology and Andrology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt 71 2007-08 Nisarg Desai, MD, Smt. N.H.L Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India 72 2007-09 Alex Varghese, Ph.D., Molecular Research & Investigation Centre, Kolkata, India 73 2008-09 Vaishali Kale, MS, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 74 2009-11 Aparna Thiyagarajan, MS, Manipal University, India 75 2010-11 Arozia Moazzam, MD, Ph.D., Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 76 2010present Francielli Lunardi, BS, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, UECE, Fortaleza, Brazil Reda Mahfouz, M.D., Department of Pathology, Menoufyia University, Cairo, Egypt Amr Farouk Abdel Kader, M.D., Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Alexandria University, Egypt Male Infertility Fellows- Co-Supervisor on Research Projects: 1 1994-95 Mariano Tolentino, M.D., Department of Urology, New York Hospital, New York, NY 2 1995-96 Osvaldo F. Padron, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL 3 1996-97 Dominick J. Carbone, Jr., M.D., Division of Urology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA 4 1997-98 Peter Kolettis, M.D., Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 5 1998-99 James Daitch, M.D., Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 6 1999-00 Ajay Nangia, M.D., Department of Urological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA 7 2000-01 Cathy Naughton, M.D., Division of Urology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 8 2002-03 Paul R. Shin, M.D., University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 9 2003-04 Sijo Parekattil, M.D., Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY Medical Students Supervised: 1 1994 Craig T. Curtis, Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 2 1995 Sreenivas N. Vemulapalli, Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 3 1996 Anuj Shah, Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 4 1999 Sanjay Raisone, NEOUCOM, Kent State University, OH 5 1999 Sumit Bapna, NEOUCOM, University of Akron, OH 6 2001 P. William Conrad, III, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 7 2001 Heather Klepacz, Northeastern Ohio University, College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 8 2001 Crystal Thomas, Northeastern Ohio University, College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH Curriculum Vitae 11 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 9 2001 Ilian Bandaranayake, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 10 2002 Asha Shah, NEOUCOM, Rootstown, OH 11 2003 Eric Massanyi, NEOUCOM, Rootstown, OH 12 2004 Patrick Teloken, FFF CMPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil 13 2004 Christian Kriegel, Leipzig University, Liepzig, Germany 14 2004 Thomas Baumann, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany 15 2005 Manja Rasch, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany 16 2003,06 Lucky Sekhon, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland 17 2007 Eric Goldberg, Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 18 2007 Kerstin Ponicke, Leipzig University, Liepzig, Germany 19 2007 Mohamed Ahmed, Assiut Medical School, Assiut, Egypt 20 2008 Furquan Pathan, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Malaysia 21 2008 Ang Wen Jeat, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Malaysia 22 2008 Hanife Yilmaz, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey 23 2008 Audrey Choi, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 24 2008 Deborah Eapen, Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 25 2010 Laura Bukavina, NEOUCOM, Rootstown, OH Pre-Med/Graduate Students Supervised: 1 1993,94 Sunil Kachoria, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2 1996,97 Brijesh M. Patel, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 3 1997 Michael Keresztes, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 4 1997,98 Meena Srivastava, University of Ohio, Athens, OH 5 1997,98 Vicki Sekhon, University of McMaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 6 Christina Petrauskis, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA 8 1998 1998-00, 02 1998 9 1999,00 Rachel Starkey, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 10 1999 James Chae, Case Western Reserve University, OH 11 1999 Anuradha Munshi, University of Akron, OH 12 1999 Michael Falcone, Health Science Program, Vanier, Montreal, Canada 13 2001 Andrew Meyer, Marietta College, Marietta, OH 14 2003 Nina Cunningham, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 15 2003 Lucky Sekhon, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 16 2004 Amanda George, University of Michigan, MI 17 2005 Di He, BSE, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, GA 18 2005-06 Natalie Krajcir, Wittenberg University, OH 19 2007 Rani Shah, Youngstown State University, OH 20 2007 Andrew Luu, Hofstra University, Long Island, NY 21 2007 Aparna Thiyagrajan, Manipal University, India 7 Kush Goyal, University of Michigan, MI Ajay Patel, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH Curriculum Vitae 12 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 22 2008 Amir Arsalan, College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 23 2008 Dinah Chen, Princeton University, NJ 24 2008 Katie Fenner, St. Mary's, Notre Dame, IN 25 2008 Taesoo Kim, Huntington University, Huntington, IN 26 2008 Devna Mangrola, Scripps College, Claremont, CA 27 2008 Lauren Metterle, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 28 2008 Katherine O'Flynn O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 29 2008 Sarah Posillico, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 30 2008 Rishi Agarwal, Duke University, Durham, NC 31 2008 Samarprit Rai, Weill Cornell Medical Collge, Qatar 32 2008 Cresandra Corbin, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 33 2009 Sarah Brickner, University of Akron, OH 34 2009 Whitney Burns, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 35 2009 Stephanie Cabler, University of Notre Dame, IN 36 2009 Chin-Kun Baw, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 37 2009 Adrianan Braga, Metodista University, Sao Paulo, Brazil 38 2009 Jamila Bahrainwala, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 39 2009 Kathryn Coyne, University of Notre Dame, IN 40 2009 Cecilia Anna Holden, King Collge, Briston, TN 41 2009 Satish Kumar, Pondicherry University, India 42 2009 Shiva Kothari, Duke University, Durham, NC 43 2009 Ye Sul Kim, Brown University, Providence, RI 44 2009 Jooyeon Lee, University of Toronto, Canada 45 2009 Kim Ly, Univ North Texas, Denton, TX 46 2009 Marian Malik, University of Nottingham, UK 47 2009 Chandra Sekaran Sambamurthy, Pondicherry University, India 48 2009 Samer Susan, CASE, Cleveland, OH 49 2009 Suyavaran Arun, Pondicherry University, India 50 2009 Matthew Wright, CASE, Cleveland, OH 51 2009 Aaron Thompson, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN 52 Puja Thakkar, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 53 2008 2010 54 2010 David Joseph Benjamin, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 55 2010 Tahir Beydola, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 56 2010 Laura Bukavina, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 57 2010 Katherine Carney, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 58 2010 Mary Francispillai, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 59 2010 Sheila Gokul, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 60 2010 Monica Mary Gray, University of Akron, Akron, OH 61 2010 Akshay Gupta, Lehigh University, Bethelehem, PA 62 2010 Garrett J Hack, Kent State University, Kent, OH Kelsey Devine Avery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Curriculum Vitae 13 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 63 2010 Laura L Huang, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 64 2010 Nathan Iyer, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 65 2010 Julia Ellis Kahana, Brown University, Providence, RI 66 2010 Anthony Hisham Kashou, Binghamton University, SUNY New York, Binghamton NY 67 2010 Christopher Knoedler, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 68 2010 Christopher J Kondray, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 69 2010 Walter Lee, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 70 2010 Katherine Lofgren, Smith College, Northampton, MA 71 2010 Corey Garnett Meador, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 72 2010 Mitali Rakhit, Columbia University, New York, NY 73 2010 Nathan Reynolds, Western Michigan University, MI High School Students Supervised: 1. 1995 Tina Oy Kaye, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 2. 1996-97 William Matlock, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 3. 1996-97 Melvin Lewis, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 4. 1997-98 Ky Vuong, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 5. 1997-98 Jason Johnson, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 6. 1998-99 Steveland Arnold, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 7. 2000 Antonio Blasini, University Circle Summer Program, Cleveland, OH 8. 2000-01 Lucas Moyett, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 9. 2001 Brittany Paige, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 10. 2001-02 Kemetta McBride, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 11. 2001-02 Kiyahana Willis, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 12. 2002 Caresse Cortes, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 13. 2002 LaTasha Miller, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 14. 2002-03 Jocelyn Wimbley, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 15. 2002-03 Sir Joaquim Jacobs, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 16. 2003 Brittany Smith, John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 17. 2003-04 Ricardo Worthen, Jr., John Hay High School, Cleveland, OH 18. 2004 Quyntrell Johnson, Cleveland State University, OH 19. 2004-05 Rishi Agarwal, Orange High School, Moreland Hills, OH 20. 2005 Alex Khrestian, Benedictine High School, Cleveland, OH 21. 2007 Michalynn Thompson, Success Tech Academy, Cleveland, OH 22. 2007 Thomas Lynch, University School, Cleveland, OH 23. 2008 Cyril Machuuanchery, Saint Ignatius High School, Cleveland, OH 24. 2009 Alex Lawrence, Avon High School, Avon, OH 25. 2009 Curtis Lockhart, Bay Village High School, Cleveland, OH 26. 2010 Rahul Singh, University School, Hunting Valley, OH Curriculum Vitae 14 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Observer Supervised 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2007 2007 2007 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 Deepika Sharma, M.D., Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, India Frances Monette Bragais, M.D., University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines Jakob Lackner, MD, Department of Urology, Vienna, Austria Maria Enciso, Atónoma University, Madrid, Spain Stefan Du Plessis, Ph.D.,University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Rekha Rani, MD, New Delhi, India Antonio Jose Tavares Paula, M.D., Souza Aguiar Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aline Oliveira de Souza, B.S., Hospital Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Brazil Nilopher Surti, MD, Pramukhswami Medical College, Anand, Gujarat, India Joelle Safi, MD, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon Aline Azevedo, MS, Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil Mahmood Abdulkarim, MD, Urologist, Basrah University, Iraq Amanda Alvarez, MD, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Rajender Singh, PhD, Central Drug Research Institute, India Fatemeh Abbasi, MD, Atieh private Hospital, Tehran, Iran Alaa Hamada, MD, Urologist, Iraq Research Volunteers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 2005-06 2005-06 2005-06 2007 2007-08 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 Shweta Bhatt, B.S.E., Case Western Reserve University – Cleveland, OH Parminder S. Singh, M.D., Kuban State Medical Academy, Krasnodar, Russia Rasha A. Nimeri, M.D., Cairo Univeristy, Egypt Elena S. Georgescu, MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania Rand Mouradi, MS, Electrical Engineering Department, Cleveland State University Anjali Chandra, MD, St Matthews University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman Islands, B.W.I. Shubhangi Kesavan, MD, Mumbai Andrew Luu, Hofstra University, Long Isaland, NY Anjali Chandra, MD, St. Mathews University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman Islands James Savia, BA (Med Student), St. Mathews University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman Islands Vanessa Stanich, CSU, Cleveland Reecha Sharma, MD, Cleveland Aspinder Singh, BS, Ohio State University Teaching: Invited Lectures/Visiting Professor: 1. 1988 2. 1989 3. 1990 4. 1991 Laboratory Assessment of Male Infertility. Urology Resident Seminar Series, Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston Male Infertility Testing. 1st Annual Infertility Forum, Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston Update on Male Infertility. 2nd Annual Infertility Forum, Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston Recent Advances in Sperm Processing. 3rd Annual Infertility Forum, Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston Curriculum Vitae 15 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. New Techniques of Sperm Processing. 4th Annual Infertility Forum, Countway Medical Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston Male Infertility: Role of Clinical Andrology Laboratory, 23rd Annual Advances in Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mar 11-12 5. 1992 6. 1993 7. 1993 Introduction to Andrology, Pathology Resident Lecture Series, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Jun 8th 8. 1993 Introduction to Andrology, Urology Resident Conference, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Oct 23rd 9. 1993 Infertility: Clinical Usefulness of the Andrology Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Nov 10th 10. 1993 Infertility: Current Concepts in Gamete Cryopreservation, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Nov 10th 11. 1993 Advances in the Andrology Laboratory, Evaluating and Treating Infertility, Warren, OH, Nov 18th 12. 1994 13. 1994 14. 1994 15. 1994 16. 1995 17. 1995 Reactive Oxygen Species and Fertilizing Capacity of Spermatozoa, 8th Journees Nationales de Periconceptologie, Marseille, France, May 19-21 Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Male Infertility, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, India, Nov 17th Micromanipulation in Male Infertility, Academic Medical Forum, Ranchi, India, Dec 26th Reactive Oxygen Species and Male Infertility. Department of Biochemistry, K.G. Medical College, Lucknow, India, Dec 30th Cryopreservation: Current Concepts, 25th Annual Advances in Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mar 15-16 Can We Trust the Results of Hamster Egg Penetration Test in Treatment of Idiopathic Male Infertility? Advances in the Management of Infertility, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Oct 25th 18. 1996 Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species in Male Infertility. Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, Cleveland, Mar 21-24 19. 1997 New Markers for the Laboratory - Evaluation of Idiopathic Male Infertility. Texas Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, Cleveland, Apr 26-27 20. 1998 Introduction to Andrology, Pathology Residents Conference, Oct 29 21. 1999 22. 1999 23. 1999 24. 1999 Role of Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility. The Scientific Meeting for AUA/EAU Visitors, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, May 10 The Role of Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility. Department of Urology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jun 8 Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility: Reality or Fiction? Department of Urology, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jun 9 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility. Department of Urology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jun 10 25. 1999 Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species in Male Infertility, Meeting of French Club Perspective Urologie, Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Sep 2 26. 1999 Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species in Male Infertility, Visit of the Punch Club, Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Sep 7 27. 1999 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: Cleveland Clinic Experience, conjoint Annual Meeting of the ASRM/CFAS ’99, Toronto, Canada, Sep 29 28. 1999 Semen Analysis: Principles and Clinical Significance, Alexandria 5th International Congress of Dermatology, Andrology, and STD’s, Alexandria, Egypt, Oct 7 29. 1999 30. 1999 31. 1999 32. 1999 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: Fact or Fiction, Alexandria 5th International Congress of Dermatology, Andrology, and STD’s, Alexandria, Egypt, Oct 7 Sperm Banking in Patients with Cancer, Karthekeya Medical Research & Diagnostic Centre, Mumbai, India, Dec 13 Leukocytospermia and Male Infertility, Karthekeya Medical Research & Diagnostic Centre, Mumbai, India, Dec 13 Role of Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility, Institute for Research in Reproduction, Mumbai, India, Dec 14 Curriculum Vitae 33. 1999 34. 1999 16 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Role of Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility: An Update, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 23 Male Infertility: Role of Oxidative Stress, Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medicine, New Delhi, India, Dec 27 35. 2000 Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Infertility: An Update, Warsaw, Poland, Mar 13 36. 2000 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: Cleveland Clinic Experience, Poznan, Poland, Mar 14 37. 2000 Sperm Banking in Patients with Cancer, Poznan, Poland, Mar 16 38. 2000 An Update on Semen Banking in Patients with Cancer, Dept. of Urology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, May 25 39. 2000 Semen Banking in Patients with Cancer: 20 Year Experience, Plenary Lecture, IIIrd Asian and Oceanic Congress of Andrology, Chiba, Japan, May 26 40. 2000 Male Infertility: Role of Oxidative Stress, Dept. of Urology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, May 29 41. 2000 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: Fact or Fiction?, Pusan Section of Korean Andrological Society and Pusan Urological Forum, Pusan, Korea, May 30 42. 2000 Understanding the Role of Oxidative Stress in Human Reproduction, Moonhwa Hospital, Pusan, Korea, May 31 43. 2000 44. 2000 45. 2000 46. 2000 47. 2000 Understanding the Role of Oxidative Stress in Human Reproduction, Korean Society of Fertility and Sterility, Seoul, S. Korea, Jun 2 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: Fact or Fiction?, Dept. of Urology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, Jun 3 Semen Banking in Cancer Patients, 18th Venezuelan Urological Congress, Valencia, Venezuela, Jul 23 Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Infertility: An Update, 18th Venezuelan Urological Congress, Valencia, Venezuela, Jul 23 Varicocele, Infertility, and Assisted Reproduction, 18th Venezuelan Urological Congress, Valencia, Venezuela, Jul 25 48. 2000 Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility, 18th Venezuelan Urological Congress, Valencia, Venezuela, Jul 25 49. 2000 Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in New Millennium, Government Medical College, Amritsar and Physicians Forum, Amritsar, Punjab, India, Oct 8 50. 2000 Sperm Maturity: Implications in Male Infertility, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Oct 11 51. 2000 Review of Standard and Advanced Laboratory Tests in Andrology, Annual Conference of Bihar Urological Society, Kanke, Ranchi, India, Oct 13-15 52. 2000 53. 2000 54. 2001 55. 2001 56. 2001 57. 2001 58. 2001 59. 2001 Mechanism of Oxidative Stress, Roundtable Talk at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Oct 21-25, 2000, San Diego, CA Clinical Infertility Laboratory Testing, Teaching Conference, Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Nov 6 Therapeutic Sperm Banking, OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH, Mar 6 Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, and Human Infertility: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice – An Overview, Center for Fertility and Andrology Care, Kamal Shaheer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, Sep 5 Oxidative Stress and Infertility: From Research Lab to Clinical Practice (Plenary Lecture), Egyptian Fertility & Sterility Society Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, Sep 6 Leukocytospermia and Male Infertility: An Update, Egyptian Fertility & Sterility Society Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, Sep 7 Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility: The Latest Story from Cleveland, First Mansoura International Conference on Andrology & Sexology, Mansoura, Egypt, Sep 7 Oxidative Stress and Human Infertility: An Overview for Novices and Experts, Department of Histology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Sep 8 Curriculum Vitae 17 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 60. 2001 Oxidative Stress in Leukocytospermia, Roundtable Lecture at 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Oct 23 61. 2001 Understanding the Role of Oxidative Stress in Human Reproduction: An Overview, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey, Nov 7 62. 2001 Current Concepts in Laboratory Evaluation of Male Infertility, 4th National Andrology Congress, Turkish Society of Andrology, Ankara, Turkey, Nov 7-9 63. 2001 Oxidative Stress & Sperm Chromatin Damage, 4th National Andrology Congress, Turkish Society of Andrology, Ankara, Turkey, Nov 7-9 64. 2001 Quality Control in the Andrology Laboratory: An Overview, Pre-Congress Residential Workshop for Embryologists, Global Conference on Gynecologic Endoscopy, Infertility & ART, Goa, India, Dec 6 65. 2001 Semen Banking in Cancer Patients; Pre-Congress Residential Workshop for Embryologists, Global Conference on Gynecologic Endoscopy, Infertility & ART, Goa, India, Dec 6 66. 2001 Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in Human Sperm: The Cleveland Clinic Story, Global Conference on Gynecologic Endoscopy, Infertility & ART, Goa, India, Dec 7 67. 2001 Diagnosing Male Infertility in the Twenty-First Century, Symposium on Technology & Family Welfare, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, Dec 9 68. 2001 Male Infertility Evaluation in an Andrology Laboratory: Principles, Protocols, and Clinical Significance, Basic and Recent Development in Infertility Management, Varanasi, India, Dec 16 69. 2001 Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage - The Cleveland Clinic Story, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 17 70. 2001 Oxidative Stress and Sperm Chromatin Damage – New Tools to Assess Human Sperm Function, Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Dec 24 71. 2002 Oxidative Stress and Chromatin Damage in Human Sperm: Latest Results from Cleveland Clinic, SigmaTau Health Sciences Symposia on “Carnitines and Infertility, Pomezia, Italy, Apr 19 72. 2002 73. 2002 74. 2002 75. 2002 76. 2002 77. 2002 78. 2002 Utilization Rate of Cryopreserved Sperm from Oncological Patients: Cleveland Clinic Experience, Serono Symposia on “Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients”, Taormina, Italy, Apr 21 Congress on Advances in Infertility and Sexual Dysfunction, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 1315 Oxidative Stress and Its Role in Human Reproduction, Symposia on Human Reproduction, Campinas, Brazil, Jul 6 DNA Damage in Human Spermatozoa: ART Implications, Symposia on Human Reproduction, Campinas, Brazil, Jul 6 Reactive Oxygen Species in Male Infertility, 39th Mexican Society for Reproductive Medicine, Acapulco, Mexico, Jul 28-30 Screening and Monitoring the Role of NMP22 in Bladder Cancer, 6th Asian Congress of Urology, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, Aug 15th Latest Advances in Male Infertility Diagnosis: Seminal Oxidative Stress and Sperm DNA Damage, Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Aug 20th 79. 2002 Management of Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy, 13th Annual Japanese Society for Impotence Research, Osaka, Japan, Sep 6-7 80. 2002 Assessing DNA Damage in Human Spermatozoa: Current Status and Implications for the Future, SMRU Symposia, Seattle, WA, Oct 14th 81. 2002 ProXeed: Implications in Male Infertility Treatment, Sigma-tau Symposia, Seattle, WA, Oct 15th 82. 2002 83. 2002 84. 2002 85. 2002 Assisted Reproduction Treatment Outcome in Cancer Patients, Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Andrology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, October 29th Newer Options in Medical Management of Male Infertility, In: New Horizon in Andrology and Reproduction, Andrology Symposia Series, Egyptian Society of Andrology, Hurghada, Egypt, Oct 31-Nov 1 Impact of Oxidative Stress and Sperm Chromatin Damage on Human Sperm Function - Latest Findings, Bologna, Italy, November 14th Human Infertility: Historical Perspectives From The Middle Ages To The Space Age, CME Program, King George Medical College, Lucknow, India, Dec 20th Curriculum Vitae 86. 2002 87. 2002 88. 2002 89. 2003 90. 2003 91. 2003 92. 2003 93. 2003 18 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Molecular Pathogenesis of Male Infertility: Role of Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and Apoptosis, Center for Advanced Study, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 26th History of Human Infertility - A Journey Through The Ages, International Congress on “Recent Advances in Management of Human Infertility, Taj Ganges Hotel, Varanasi, India, Dec 28th Male Infertility Evaluation In The Twenty-First Century, International Congress on “Recent Advances in Management of Human Infertility, Taj Ganges Hotel, Varanasi, India, Dec 29th Human Infertility: from Middle Ages to Space Age, Era’s Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow, India, Jan 2 DNA Damage and Human Fertility: Clinical Importance, San Diego Reproductive Endocrinology Society Meeting, CA, Mar 5 The History of Human Infertility, 5th National Andrology Meeting of the Turkish Society of Andrology, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 5 A Practical Algorithm in Laboratory Evaluation of Male Infertility, 5th National Andrology Meeting of the Turkish Society of Andrology, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 5 Does Sperm Chromatin Damage Affect the Outcome of Assisted Reproduction, 5th National Andrology Meeting of the Turkish Society of Andrology, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 5 94. 2003 DNA Damage and Human Fertility: Clinical Importance, Denver Reproductive Society, Denver, CO, Jun 12 95. 2003 Sperm DNA Damage and Human Fertility: Clinical Importance, 16th Annual UCLA In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Course, Santa Barbara, CA, Jul 15 96. 2003 Clinical Significance of Seminal Oxidative Stress, Roundtable, 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, TX, Oct 11-15 97. 2003 Current Status of Semen Banking in Patients with Cancer, XX National Congress of the Italian Society of Andrology, Capri, Italy, Oct 25-28 98. 2003 Laboratory Research in Male Infertility at the Cleveland Clinic: An Overview, Advanced Urology Preceptorship, Glickman Urological Institute, Nov 4 99. 2003 Semen Analysis and Sperm Morphology, Teleconference - American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Nov 13 100. 2003 Introduction to Laboratory Andrology, Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Management, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 16 101. 2003 History of Human Infertility - A Journey Through the Ages, Refresher Course in Zoology for University and College Teachers, Academic Staff College, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 16 102. 2003 Sperm Chromatin Damage and Human Infertility, Refresher Course in Zoology for University and College Teachers, Academic Staff College, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 17 103. 2003 104. 2004 105. 2004 106. 2004 107. 2004 108. 2004 109. 2004 110. 2004 111. 2004 Human Infertility: A Historical Account from Middle Ages to Space Age, Annual Meeting of Delhi Urology Society, New Delhi, India, Dec 21 Reproductive Potential In Patients With Cancer: Need For Semen Banking, Avesina Research Center, Tehran, Iran, Feb 23 Is Testing for Oxidative Stress and Sperm DNA Damage Important in Male Infertility Patients? Evidence Based Medicine, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran, Feb 24 Disruption of Spermatogenesis by the Cancer Disease Process. In: Parenthood After Cancer: Today’s Options and Tomorrow’s Hopes: A Multidisciplinary Conference, Houston, TX, Mar 5-7 Male Infertility Research at the Cleveland Clinic: A Brief Overview. GUI International Medical Board Meeting, Glickman Urological Institute, May 14 Research in Male Infertility at the Cleveland Clinic. Advanced Urology Preceptorship, Glickman Urological Institute, Jun 8 Advances in the Evaluation of Male Infertility, International Seminar on Reproductive Medicine & ART, Beijing, China, Sep 26-28 Preservation of Reproductive Potential in Cancer Patients, International Seminar on Reproductive Medicine & ART, Beijing, China, Sep 26-28 M35 - Role of Sperm DNA Integrity Testing in Human Assisted Reproduction: Evidence-based Medicine, Roundtable, 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 16-20 Curriculum Vitae 112. 2004 113. 2005 114. 2005 115. 2005 116. 2005 117. 2005 118. 2005 119. 2005 120. 2005 121. 2005 122. 2005 123. 2005 19 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Sperm Anomalies Affecting Embryo Development, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 16-20 Role of Oxidants and Anti-Oxidants in Male Infertility Management, King George Medical College, Lucknow, India, Feb 1 Understanding Human Infertility: A Journey Through Time, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, Feb 2 Evaluation of Human Sperm Dysfunction in the 21st Century, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Feb 3 History of Human Infertility: A Journey Through Time, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, India, Feb 5 Recent Advances in Male Infertility Management, Urological Society of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India, Feb 5 Role of Oxidants and Anti-Oxidants in Assisted Reproduction: Evidence Based Medicine, Residency Towers, Chennai, India, Feb 6 Role of Oxidants in Male Infertility, Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, India, Feb 7 Infertility Evaluation, Therapy and Basic Science, Take Home Message, Plenary Session, 100th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, San Antonio, TX Preservationof Fertility in Cancer patients: Evidence Based Medicine, Bulgarian Association of Urologists, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jul 1-3 Laboratory Evaluation of Male Infertility: Cleveland Clinic Guidelines, Bulgarian Association of Urologists, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jul 1-3 Oxidants and Anti-oxidants in ART: Evidence Based Medicine, Bulgarian Association of Urologists, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jul 1-3 124. 2005 Therapeutic Effects of Antioxidants in Male Infertility – Evidence Based Medicine, International Symposium on Antioxidants, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 26 125. 2005 M25 - Testing of Sperm DNA Integrity in Human Assisted Reproduction: The Latest Evidence, Roundtable, Conjoint Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 61st Annual Meeting and the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society 51st Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Oct 15-20 126. 2006 Oxidative Stress and Male Infertiltiy. Male Infertiltiy and A.R.T., Rome, Italy. Oct 6-7. 128. 2006 Selection of Non-Apoptotic Spermatozoa as a New Tool for Enhancing Assisted Reproduction Outcomes. Male Infertiltiy and A.R.T., Rome, Italy. Oct 6-7 Oxidative Stress, DNA Fragmentation and Male Infertility: An Evidence Based Review. Institut Marques, Barcelona, Spain. Oct 9. 129. 2006 Magnetic Cell Separation Technique: A New Tool To Select Non-Apoptotic Spermatazoa. Institut Marques, Barcelona, Spain, Oct 9th 130. 2006 Oxidative stress in Male Infertility, Ob Gyn Society, Manipal University, India?? 131. 2007 Semen Analysis and Abnormal Sperm Mophology, ASCP Teleconference, September 28th, Course 6136 132. 2007 Fertility Preservation in Men and Women with Cancer: A Recent Update, CME on Andrology and Infertility, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. March 18th 133. 2007 Oxidative Insult, Genomic Damage and Male Infertility: An Evidence Based Review. CME on Andrology and Infertility, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. March 18th 134. 2007 Cell Phone and Fertility: Dissecting the Relationship. CME on Andrology and Infertility, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. March 18th 135. 2007 Understanding the Relationship between Oxidative Stress and Male Fertility: An Evidence Based Review. Annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Immunology. Toronto, Canada, May 16th 136. 2007 The Forgotten Gamete - Finding the best sperm for IVF and ICSI: 20th Annual In vitro Fertilization & Embryo Transfer - A comprehensive update. Santa Barbara, CA July 16th 127. 2006 Curriculum Vitae 20 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 137. 2007 What an Andrologist/ Urologist should know about free radicals and why.Barcelona, Spain, September 20th 138. 2007 Beyond The Semen Analysis: Advances In Diagnostic Testing For Male Factor. Reproductive Medicine Symposium, Cleveland Clinic, September 28th 139. 2007 Oxidative Stress in Human Reproduction. Endocrinology Scientific Exchange Program, EMD Serono, Rockland, MA, December 19th 140. 2008 141. 2008 Role of Oxidants & Antioxidants in Male Infertility: An Evidence Based Review, USICON, Chennai, India, January 18th. Advances in the Evaluation and Treatment of Male Factor Infertility, Krishna IVF Center, Vizag, India, January 19th. 142. 2008 Fertility preservation in Cancer Patients: An Update, Endocrine Grand Rounds, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, February 1st 143. 2008 Rationale and Evidence of Sperm DNA damage Testing in ART. Plenary Lecture at annual meeting of Indian Society for Assieted Reproduction, Bhubaneswar, India May 28th – 30th 144. 2008 145. 2008 146. 2008 147. 2008 148. 2008 149. 2008 Evaluation of Male Infertility: Current Concepts and Future Advances, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India, March 31st Physiology and Pathophysiology of Oxidative Stress in Male Reproduction, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, March 31st Laboratory Evaluation of Male Infertility: Cleveland Clinic Approach, Bangalore Assisted Conception Center, Bangalore, India, March 31st Beyond Semen Analysis: New Tests for Andrology Laboratories, American Association of Bioanalysis, Las Vegas, May 16th Moleculat Methods for Selection of Best Sperm for IVF/ ICSI, American Association of Bioanalysis, Las Vegas, May 16th The Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in Sperm: Their Role in Reproduction, ART Meeting, Rome, Italy, June 7, 2008 150. 2008 Pathophysiology of Oxidative Stress in Male Reproductive Function, University of Florence, Florence, Italy,June 11th 151. 2008 Efficacy of Antioxidant Treatment in Male and Female Infertility: Evidence Based Medicine, 9th Congress in Reproductive Biological Medicine, Royan Istitute, Tehran, Iran, August 27 – 29th 152. 2008 Sperm DNA Damage Testing in Assisted Reproductive Techniques: Evidence Based Medicine, 9th Congress in Reproductive Biological Medicine, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran, August 27 – 29th 153. 2008 International Reproductive Medicine Symposium, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, September 5 – 6th 154. 2008 Oxidative Stress and Female Reproduction, Indian Fertility Society, New Delhi, India, October 1st 155. 2008 Recent Advances in Preservation of Male Infertility, Asian Congress of Urology, New Delhi, India, October 2nd 156. 2008 Relationship of Sperm DNA Damange with Male Infertility: An Evidence Based Review, Asian Congress of Urology, New Delhi, India, October 2nd 157. 2008 Beyond Semen Analysis: New Tests to Identify Sperm Defects, Embryology Academy for Research and Training, Mumbai, India, October 3rd 158. 2008 Antioxidant in Treatment of Infertility: An Evidence Based Update, Embryology Academy of Research and Training, Mumbai, India, October 4th 159. 2008 Pathophysiology of Male Reproduction: Impact of Oxidative Stress and Sperm Chromatin Damage – Evidence Based Medicine, Reproductive Medicine Symposia, Ancona, Italy, October 18 th 160. 2008 161. 2008 162. 2008 Radio Frequency Cell Phone Radiation and Male Fertility: Researching the True Relationship, University of Pisa, October 20th Damage to the Sperm DNA: An Analysis Based on Evidence, Brazilian Society of Human Reproduction, Sao Paulo, November 28th Free Radicals: Influencing Infertility – Yes, Brazilian Society of Human Reproduction, Sao Paulo, November 29th Curriculum Vitae 163. 2008 164. 2009 165. 2009 166. 2009 167. 2009 168. 2009 169. 2009 170. 2009 171. 2009 172. 2009 173. 2009 174. 2009 21 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Impact of Andrology Lab in Male Infertility – Present and Future, State University of Rio de Janeiro, December 1st Oxidative Stress: A Common Factor in Male infertility, Update in Andrology 2009 Congress, Ankara, Turkey, February 27-28th Evaluation and Selection of Best Sperm for IVF/ ICSI, Update in Andrology 2009 Congress, Ankara, Turkey, February 27-28th Danger to Male Gamete by Oxidants, Genomic Insult and Radiofrequency Waves, Maya Center, Ankara, Turkey, March 2nd Relationship of Reactive Oxygen Species to Infertility, International Symposium on Human Reproduction, Fortaleza, Brazil, March 26-27 Research In Human Reproduction, International Symposium on Human Reproduction, Fortaleza, Brazil, March 26-27 Fertilization, Embryonic Development and ICSI, Frontiers in Reproductive Endocrinology Course, Arlington, VA, March 25-28th Analysis of Sperm Function and Integrity” 22nd Annual UCLA IVF-ET Course, Santa Barbara, CA, July 12-15th Relevance of Oxidative Stress in the Clinical Management of Infertile Men, Lecture Organized by Andrology Solutions, London, UK, November 17th Oxidants and Antioxidants in Male infertility, In: Modern Perspectives in Male Infertility, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, November 18th Role of Antioxidant in the Treatment of the Male, In British Andrology Society Annual Meeting, Belfast, UK, November 19th Negative Effects of Free Radical and Oxidative Stress on Sperm DNA Fragmentation.In Congress of Italian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turin, Italy 175. 2010 Alexandria Forum for Women's Health, Alexandria, Egypt 23-25 March 2010 a. Routine and Advanced Methods for the Laboratory Evaluation of Infertile Male b. Impact of Free Radicals on Male and Female Fertility: Management Strategies) 176. 2010 Oxidative Stress in Male and Female Infertility: Recent Advances and Recommendations. In: Fertility & Antioxidants, Lyon, France, April 29-30, 2010 177. 2010 Oxidants and Antioxidants in Natural and Assisted Reproduction: Latest Overview. 47th Annual Congress of the Mexican Association of Reproductive Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico, July 21-24, 2010 178. 2010 Hôspital Cochin, Paris, France, April 28, 2010 a. Importance of Routine and Advanced Andrology Tests in Male Infertility Evaluation b. Role of Oxidants and Antioxidants in Male Infertility 179. 2010 Workshop on Subfertility and Office Reproductive Medicine, December 16-18, 2010, Dubai a. The New WHO standards for the Assessment of Semen b. Modern Perspectives on Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility c. Lifestyle Issues in Infertility d. Sperm Preparation for Intrauterine Insemination: An Overview Post-Graduate Course/Laboratory Workshops Directed 1993 1995 1999 2002 2002 2002 Course Director: Infertility: Current Management and Future Perspective, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Nov 10th Course Director: Advances in the Management of Infertility, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Oct 25th Course Director: 1st Annual Course on Semen Analysis and Basic Sperm Function Tests, Jun 11-13th, Associacao Instituto Sapientiae, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sponsored by Serono Laboratories Director of Andrology Workshop “Current Laboratory Techniques in Infertility”, Department of Urology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 12th Director, First Korean Andrology Laboratory Workshop, Pusan, Korea, Sep 4th Director of First Andrology Laboratory Workshop on Sperm Preparation Techniques for Assisted Reproduction, Androfert, Campinas, Brazil, Jul 4th Curriculum Vitae 2003 2004 22 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Director, Andrology Laboratory Workshop, Turkish Society of Andrology, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 3-4 Director, First Andrology Laboratory Workshop, Yazd, Iran, Feb 21-22 Workshops/PG Courses Attended: 1987 1989 1990 1990 1993 1993 1994 1997 2010 Embryo Cryopreservation Workshop, University of Georgia, Athens, Jan 17-18 Evaluation and Management of Infertile Male. AUA Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, May 9th Diagnostic and Surgical Therapies in Male Reproduction: What's Old and What's New in Male Infertility and Impotency. Regional Postgraduate Course, American Fertility Society, Mar 16-18 Office Evaluation of Infertility, AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 15th Hand-on Workshop Advanced Diagnostic Methods in Andrology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, Apr 8-9 Accreditation of Andrology and ART Laboratories; Understanding the Legislation, Administration, and Implementation, AFS 26th Annual Postgraduate Course, Montreal, Canada, Oct 9-10 Embryology & Andrology Review Course, American Association of Bioanalysis, Chicago, IL, Aug 27-28 Andrology in the Nineties, Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Norfolk, VA, Mar 13-14 Workshop on Intrauterine Insemination, Dubai UAE, December 18, 2010 Candidates Supervised for Hands-on Training in Andrology & IVF/ICSI: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 Mary Robert, MBBS, MD, DGO. Al Salama Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Eman Geneidi, MD. Ganin Fertility Center, Maadi-Nile Cornich, Cairo, Egypt. Sarah Al-Khalifa, BS. Medical Services, Bahrain Defence Force, Bahrain. Harjot Kaur Chahal, MD. Nular Hospital, Punjab, India. Karuna Sharma, MD. Mohammad Dossary Hospital, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Pratima Sekhar, MD. Sai Kiran Hospital, Hyderabad, India. Sameera Mizra Madan, M.D., Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Samina Khalid, M.D., Rawalpindi, Pakistan Lori Broener, B.S. The Women’s Center at Aurora Bay Care Medical Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin Madhu Singh, M.D., Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. Georgetown, Guyana Xueyu Xiang, Ph.D. Arizona Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Tucson, Arizona Arozia Akram Moazzam, M.D. Islamabad, Pakistan Vaishali Suryakant Kale, BHMS, Albany, NY Amanda Setti, BS, University of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil Barbara Scheetz, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA Pallavi Khanna, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India Gita Khanna, MD, Lucknow, India Nirmala Agrawal, MD, Hyderabad, India HM Puttapa, MD, Shimoga, India Preethi Abraham, MD, Doha, Qatar Chris Agboghoroma, MD, Abuja, Nigeria Harry Beauvais, MD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Luciana Lopes, Sao Paulo, Brazil Carla Silva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Angelica Zuccolotto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Wirla Munhoz, MD, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bruna Barros, Sao Paulo, Brazil Aline Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil Fu Nan Wang, Hacienda Heights, CA Ayodele Cole Benson, MD, Abuja, Nigeria Christina Anagnostopoulou, Athens, Greece Andreea Mustata, MD, Bucharest, Romania Curriculum Vitae 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 23 Anwar Nasser Al-Harban, Kuwait Israel Maldonado Rosas, MS, Mexico Jessica Lazcono Torres, MS, Mexico Daniel de Matos, Ph.D., Rockland, MA Shital Rajesh Punjabi, Ahmedabad, India Jaime Mendiola – Olivares, Ph.D, Alicante, Spain Kiran Bijlani, MD, Bahrain Madhuma Shilahar, Dhule, India Amit Gupta, MD, India Surveen G Sindhu, MD, New Delhi, India Lina Garcia, MTCP, San Juan, Puerto Rico Desta Gelagay, BS, Hawthorne, CA Luis A. Murrain Jr., D.O., Bronx NY Darlaine Dorval, M.D., Haiti Carmen Luminita Mirzan, M.D., Bucharest, Romania Wirla Pontes Munhoz, B.S., Sao Paulo, Brazil Ana Paula Alcantara Gonçalves Kessler Porto, B.S., Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gabriela Bianchi Parise, B.S., Sao Paulo, Brazil. Lidia Regina Zanatta de Oliveira, M.S., B.S., Goiania, Brazil. Franciele Osmarini Lunardi, B.S., Ceara, Brazil. Heloisa Lopes Lavorato, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Betty John, Dubai E Lakshmi Prasuna, Vishakapatnam, India. Nilofar A. Poonawala, India Sunitha Soundarapandian, Madurai, India Rizwan Malik, MD, Terre Haute, IN Rajul Tyagi, MD, Lucknow, India Asifa Ehsani, MD, Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston, MA Mohamed Hjjo, MD, Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston, MA Vessela Borisova Nikolova, PhD, Sofia, Budapest Romil Stanislavov, PhD, Sofia, Budapest Amanda Alvarez, MD, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Sarita Oberoi, MD, Gurgaon, India Anna Friusch, MD, Mexico City, Mexico Eva Vega Hernandez, MD, Mexico City, Mexico Christopher Danga, BS, Abuja, Nigeria Nataliya Savateyeva, M.D., Astana, Kazakhstan Gulnara Utepova, M.D., Astana, Kazakhstan Leila Chalova, M.D., Astana, Kazakhstan Susana Cordoba, CT, ASCP, Munson Medical Center, Michigan Lisa Fradl, CT, ASCP, Munson Medical Center, Michigan Aijaz Anjum, MD, New York, US Kelly J Porter, HTL, ASCP, NJ Shilla Chakrabarty, PhD, Webster, TX Marilia J Pieretti B.S. Sao Paolo, Brazil Midna Torres, BS (MT), Winterhaven Hospital, FL Janis Roman, BS (MT), Winterhaven Hospital, FL Canan Aslan, Istanbul, Turkey Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 82. 2010 24 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Carolina Sellitto, PhD, Naples, Italy Laboratory Inspector for the College of American Pathologists Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009 2010 2010 2010 Reproductive Genetics Institute. Chicago, IL. October 19, 2006 Center for Reproductive Health and Gynecology. Beverly Hills, CA. March 30, 2007 Fertility Centers of New England. Reading, MA and Portsmouth, NH, May 31 – June 1 Aurora Fertility Service, West Allis, WI, August 15 Hinsdale Center for Reproduction, Hinsdale, IL, November 2 Reproductive Medicine Clinic, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, March 11 Fertility CARE, Winter Park, FL, June 30 Duke Fertility Center, Durham, NC, September 16 Fertility Center at MBMC, Saint Louis, MO, November 2009 Zouves Fertility Center, Foster city, CA, April 15 Greenville Hospital, Greenville, SC, July 2010 New York Fertility Institute, New York, NY, November 2010 Books: Editing 10 new books and Guest Editor on 3 Special issues of a Journal. 1. Special Issue of Current Women’s Health Reviews “Current Concepts in Female Infertility Management” Volume 1, Guest Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal, Bentham Science Publishers. Vol 6 (2), May 2010. 2. Special Issue of Current Women’s Health Reviews “Current Concepts in Assisted Reproduction and Fertility Preservation” Volume 2, Guest Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal, Bentham Science Publishers. Vol. 6 (3), August 2010 3. Special Issue of Open Reproductive Science Journal “Advances in Andrology and Male Infertility” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves (Brazil), Bentham Science Publishers. (In Progress) 4. Andrology Laboratory Manual, Editors: Kamini Rao, Ashok Agarwal and MS Srinivas, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 2010 - Published 5. Fertility Preservation: Emerging Technologies and Clinical Applications, Editors: Emre Seli, MD (Yale University) and Ashok Agarwal, Humana Press (a division of Springer Science + Business Media) In Production 6. Sperm Chromatin: Biological and Clinical Applications in Male Infertility and Assisted Reproduction, Editors: Armand Zini (McGill University) and Ashok Agarwal, Humana Press (a division of Springer Science + Business Media) In Production 7. Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization: Advanced Methods and Novel Devices, Editors: Zsolt Peter Nagy (Atlanta), Alex Varghese (India), and Ashok Agarwal, Humana Press (a division of Springer Science + Business Media) In Production 8. Male Infertility and the Role of Antioxidants, Editors: Sijo Parekattil (University of Florida) and Ashok Agarwal, Humana Press (a division of Springer Science + Business Media) In Production 9. Oxidative Stress and Male Infertility, Editors: Ashok Agarwal, John Aitken (Australia), and Juan Alvarez (Spain), Humana Press (a division of Springer Science+ Business Media Science), In Progress 10. Oxidative Stress and Women's Health, Editors: Drs. Ashok Agarwal, Botros Rizk (Alabama), and Nabil Aziz (UK), Humana Press (a division of Springer Science+ Business Media Science), In Progress 11. Male Infertility Practice, Editors: Botros Rizk (Alabama), Nabil Aziz (UK), Ashok Agarwal, and Edmund Sabanegh, Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, In Progress 12. Practical Guide to Quality Management Systems, Editors: Fabíola Bento (Brazil), Sandro Esteves, (Brazil) and Ashok Agarwal, Humana Press (a division of Springer Science + Business Media) In Progress Curriculum Vitae 25 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 13. Advances in Endometriosis. Editors: Sajal Gupta, Ashok Agarwal, and Botros-Rizk (Alabama), Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, In Progress 14. Special Issue of Frontiers in Bioscience: Current Opinions in Andrology and Male Reproductive Biology: Role of Clinical Andrology Laboratories in Fertility Management. Editor: Ashok Agarwal, Frontiers in Bioscience Pub, NY, In Progress PUBLICATIONS Original Peer Review Articles: 1982-1989: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Agarwal, A. (1982). Histochemical studies on the epididymis of two Indian bats. Life Sci Adv 1:245-250. Agarwal, A. and Dominic, CJ. (1984). Effect of cyproterone acetate on the epididymis of the Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti Wroughton. Arch Biol 95:199-214. Agarwal, A. (1984). Biochemical composition of mammalian epididymis: A comparative study. Life Sci Adv 3:114-120. Agarwal, A., and Dominic, CJ (1986). Effect of alpha-chlorohydrin on the epididymis of the Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti Wroughton. Acta Eur Fertil 17:51-58. Hoffer, AP., Agarwal, A., Meltzer, P., Herlihy, P., Naqvi, R., Lindberg, M.C., Matlin, S.A. (1987). Ultrastructural, fertility and spermicidal studies with isomers and derivatives of gossypol in male hamsters. Biol Reprod 37:909924. Agarwal, A. (1988). Effect of uni-& bilateral vasectomy on the epididymis of Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti Wroughton. Arch Biol 99:17-32. Hoffer, AP., Agarwal, A. Meltzer, P., Naqvi, R, Matlin, SA. (1988). Antifertility, spermicidal and ultrastructural effects of gossypol and derivatives administered orally and by intratesticular injections. Contraception 37:301331. Agarwal, A., and Hoffer, AP. (1989). Ultrastructural studies on the development of the blood epididymis barrier in immature rats. J Androl 10:425-431. Agarwal, A. (1989). Antifertility and ultrastructural effects of optical isomers of gossypol administered intratesticularly in rats. Acta Eur Fertil 20:379-386 1991: 10. 11. 12. Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R (1991). Acrosin activity in patients with idiopathic infertility. Arch Androl 27:97101. Agarwal, A., Manglona, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1991). Filtration of spermatozoa through L4 membrane: a new method [see comments]. Fertil Steril 56:1162-1165. Agarwal, A., and Newton, R.A. (1991). The effect of cancer on semen quality after cryopreservation of sperm. Andrologia 23:329-332. 1992: 13. 14. 15. 16. Loughlin, K.R., and Agarwal, A. (1992). Use of theophylline to enhance sperm function. Arch Androl 28:99-103. Agarwal, A., Manglona, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1992): Improvement in semen quality and sperm fertilizing ability after filtration through L4 membrane, comparison of results with swim-up technique. J Urol 147:1539-1541. Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1992). Effect of Sp-cAMP on sperm motility in patients with unexplained infertility. Andrologia 24:53-55. Agarwal, A. (1992). Treatment of immunological infertility by sperm washing and intrauterine insemination. Arch Androl 29:207-213. Curriculum Vitae 17. 18. 26 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Agarwal, A., Ozturk, E., and Loughlin, K.R. (1992): Comparison of semen analysis between two Hamilton-Thorn semen analyzers. Andrologia 24:327-329. Agarwal, A. (1992): Immunological infertility: sperm washing/IUI. Adv Contracept 8:7-8. 1993: 19. 20. Agarwal, A., Ozturk, E., Ikemoto, I., Loughlin, K.R. (1993): Semen analysis: comparison of semen analysis between four computer-assisted semen analyzers. Mol Androl 5:301-310. Ikemoto, I., Ozturk, E., Loughlin, K.R., Agarwal, A. (1993): Effect of Micro-cell on motion parameters of washed human sperm. Mol Androl 5:93-100. 1994: 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Ikemoto, I., Agarwal, A., Fanning, L., and Loughlin, K.R. (1994): Improvement in membrane integrity and acrosin levels of human sperm by use of L4 membrane. Arch Androl 32:89-93. Agarwal, A., Ozturk, E., Loughlin, K.R. (1994): Effect of temperature on sperm motion parameters. Mol Androl 6:1-4. Ikemoto, I., Ozturk, E., Loughlin, K.R., Agarwal, A. (1994): Microcell chamber and washed human spermatozoa. Arch Androl 32:77-78. Agarwal, A., Ikemoto, I., Loughlin, K.R. (1994): Levels of reactive oxygen species before and after sperm preparation: comparison of swim-up and L4 filtration methods. Arch Androl 32:169-174. Agarwal, A. and Shekarriz, M. (1994): Reactive oxygen species and fertilizing capacity of spermatozoa. Contracept Fertil Sex 22:327-330. Ikemoto, I., Fanning, L., Loughlin, K.R., Agarwal, A. (1994): Sperm acrosin levels in semen: comparison between ACCU-SPERM and Kennedy's methods. Andrologia 26:271-276. Agarwal, A., Ikemoto, I., Loughlin, K.R. (1994): Relationship of sperm parameters to levels of reactive oxygen species in semen specimens. J Urol 152:107-110. Agarwal, A., Ikemoto, I., Loughlin, K.R. (1994): Effect of sperm washing on reactive oxygen species level in semen. Arch Androl 33:157-162. 1995: 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 1996: Shekarriz, M., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1995): Effect of time and sperm concentration on reactive oxygen species formation in human semen. Arch Androl 34:69-75. Shekarriz, M., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1995): Incidence and level of seminal reactive oxygen species in normal men. Urology 45:103-107. Agarwal, A., Sidhu, R.K., Shekarriz, M., Thomas, A.J., Jr. (1995): Optimum abstinence time for cryopreservation of semen in cancer patients. J Urol 154:86-88. Shekarriz, M., Tolentino, M.V, Jr., Ayzman, I., Lee-J.C., Thomas A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1995): Cryopreservation and semen quality in patients with Hodgkin's disease. Cancer 75:2732-2736. Prakash, P., Ozturk, E., MacLaughlin, D.T., Schiff, I., Loughlin, K.R., Agarwal, A. (1995): Interlaboratory, interprotocol comparison of indirect immunobead assay for sperm-associated antibodies in serum. Arch Androl 34:133-139. Shekarriz, M., Sharma, R.K., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1995): Positive myeloperoxidase staining (Endtz Test) as an indicator of excessive reactive oxygen species formation in semen. J Assist Reprod Genet 12:70-74. Shekarriz, M., Dewire, D.M., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1995): A method of human semen centrifugation to minimize the iatrogenic sperm injuries caused by reactive oxygen species. Eur Urol 28:31-35. Agarwal, A., Tolentino, M.V, Jr., Sidhu R.K., Ayzman, I. Lee, J.C., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Shekarriz, M. (1995): Effect of cryopreservation on semen quality in patients with testicular cancer. Urology 46:382-389. Curriculum Vitae 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 27 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Agarwal, A., Shekarriz, M., Sidhu, R.K., Thomas, A.J., Jr. (1996): Value of clinical diagnosis in predicting the quality of cryopreserved sperm from cancer patients. J Urol 155:934-938. Sharma, R.K., Tolentino, M.V., Jr., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1996): Optimal dose and duration of exposure to artificial stimulants in cryopreserved human spermatozoa. J Urol 155:568-573. Sharma, R.K., Tolentino, M.V., Agarwal, A. (1996): Sperm kinematics of cryopreserved normozoospermic specimens after artificial stimulation. Urology 47:77-81. Sharma, R.K. and Agarwal, A (1996): Sperm quality improvement in cryopreserved human semen [see comments]. J Urol 156:1008-1012. Sharma, R.K., and Agarwal, A. (1996): Role of reactive oxygen species in male infertility (Review article). Urology 48:835-850. Esteves, S.C., Sharma, R.K., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1996): Suitability of the hypo-osmotic swelling test for assessing the viability of cryopreserved sperm. Fertil Steril 66:798-804. 1997: 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. Sharma, R.K., Kohn, S., Padron, O.F., Agarwal, A. (1997): Effect of artificial stimulants on cryopreserved spermatozoa from cancer patients. J Urol 157:521-524. Padron, O.F., Sharma, R.K., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1997): Effects of cancer on spermatozoa quality after cryopreservation-a 12 year experience. Fertil Steril 67:326-331. Sharma, R.K. and Agarwal, A. (1997): Influence of artificial stimulation on unprocessed and Percoll-washed cryopreserved sperm. Arch Androl 38:173-179. Sharma, R.K., Padron, O.F., Agarwal, A. (1997): Usefulness of the acrobead test in evaluating human acrosome function in fresh and cryopreserved sperm. J Urol 157:1692-1696. Padron, O.F., Brackett, N.L., Sharma, R.K., Lynne, C.M., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1997): Seminal reactive oxygen species, sperm motility and morphology in men with spinal cord injury. Fertil Steril 67:1115-1120. Sidhu, R.S., Sharma, R.K., Kachoria, S., Curtis, C., Agarwal, A. (1997): Reasons for rejecting potential donors from a sperm bank program. J Assist Reprod Genet 14:354-360. Sharma, R.K., Vemulapalli, S., Kohn, S., Agarwal, A. (1997): Effect of centrifuge speed, refrigeration medium, and sperm washing medium on cryopreserved spermatozoa quality after thawing. Arch Androl 39:33-38. Wang, Y., Sharma, R.K., Agarwal, A. (1997): Effect of cryopreservation and sperm concentration on lipid peroxidation in human semen. Urology 50:409-413. Wang, Y., Sharma, R.K., Agarwal, A. (1997): Effect of lipid peroxidation on cryopreserved semen quality in patients with testicular or nontesticular cancer. Urology 50:414-417. Carbone, D.J., Jr., Seifarth, K., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1997): Improved motile sperm recovery by a hyperosmotic Percoll gradient. J Assist Reprod Genet 14:394-397. Sharma, R.K. and Agarwal, A. (1997): Artificial stimulation of cryopreserved human spermatozoa by sodium nitroprusside, 2-chloroadenosine and 2-deoxyadenosoine. Eur Urol 32:344-352. Sharma, R.K., Padron, O.F., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Agarwal, A. (1997): Factors associated with the quality before freezing and after thawing of sperm obtained by microsurgical epididymal aspiration. Fertil Steril 68:626-631. Agarwal, A., Ikemoto, I., Loughlin, K.R., (1997): Prevention of testicular damage by free radical scavengers. Urology 50:759-763. Wang, Y., Sharma, R.K., Falcone, T., Goldberg, J., Agarwal, A. (1997): Importance of reactive oxygen species in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis or idiopathic infertility. Fertil Steril 68:826-830. Sidhu, R.S., Wang, Y., Agarwal, A. (1997): Creatine Kinase level and lipid peroxidation rate in human spermatozoa from patients with cancer. J Assist Reprod Genet 14:538-542. Sidhu, R.S., Sharma, R.K., Agarwal, A. (1997): Effects of cryopreserved semen quality and timed intrauterine insemination on pregnancy rate and gender of offspring in a donor insemination program. J Assist Reprod Genet 14:531-537. Sharma, R.K., Seifarth, K., Agarwal, A. (1997): Comparison of single- and two-layer Percoll separation for selection of motile spermatozoa. Int J Fertil Womens Med 42:412-417. Curriculum Vitae 28 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 1998: 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. Sidhu, R.S., Sharma, R.K., Lee, J.C., Agarwal, A. 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Curriculum Vitae 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. 39 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Georgescu E, Goldberg J, du Plessis S, Agarwal A (2008): Present and future fertility preservation strategies for female cancer patients.Obstet Gynecol Surv 63: 725-32. Zalata A, Hassan A, Nada H, Bragais F, Agarwal A, Mostafa T (2008): Follicle stimulating hormone receptor polymorphism and seminal anti-Mϋllerian hormone in fertile and infertile men. Andrologia 40: 392-397. Jha, R., Agarwal, A, Mahfouz, R, Paasch, U, Grunewald, S, Sabanegh, E, Yadav. S, Sharma, R. (2008): Determination of Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) homologues in human ejaculated sperm and its correlation with sperm maturation. Fertil Steril Epub 2008. Mahfouz, RZ, Sharma, R, Kerstin P, Jha, R, Paasch, U, Grunewald, S, Agarwal, A (2008): Evaluation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage (cleaved-PARP) in ejaculated human sperm fractions after induction of apoptosis. Fertil Steril Epub Mahfouz, R, Sharma, R, Sharma, D, Sabanegh, E, Agarwal, A (2008): Diagnostic value of the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in human seminal plasma. Fertil Steril Epub 2008. Mansour, G, Abdelrazik, H, Sharma, R, Radwan, E, Falcone, T, Agarwal, A, (2008): L-carnitine supplementation reduces oocyte cytoskeleton damage and embryo apoptosis induced by incubation in peritoneal fluid from patients with endometriosis. Fertil Steril Epub 2008. Abdelrazik, H., Sharma, R., Mahfouz, R., Agarwal, A. (2008): L Carnitine (LC) decreases DNA damage and improves the in vitro blastocyst development rate in mouse embryos. Fertil Steril Epub. Paasch, U, Agarwal, A, Gupta, AK, Sharma, RK, Grunewald, S, Thomas, AJ, Jr, Glander, H-J (2008): Superparamagnetic depletion of ejaculated human spermatozoa with apoptotic changes. Anals NYAS (In Press) Mahfouz R, Sharma R, Said TM, Erenpreiss J, Agarwal A. (2008): Association of sperm apoptosis and DNA ploidy with sperm chromatin quality in human spermatozoa. Fertil Steril (Epub). Varghese, AC, du Plessis SS, Agarwal A (2008): Male gamete survival at stake: causes and solutions. RBM online (In Press). Mansour, G., Aziz, N., Sharma, R., Falcone, T., Goldberg. J., Agarwal, A. (2008): The impact of peritoneal fluid from healthy women and women with endometriosis on sperm DNA and its relationship to the sperm deformity index. Fertil Steril (In Press). Mahfouz RZ, Sharma R, Lackner J, Aziz N, Agarwal A (2008): Evaluation of chemiluminescence and flowcytometry as tools in assessing production of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion in human spermatozoa. Fertil Steril (In Press). Ghabili K, Shoja MM, Agutter PS, Agarwal A (2008): Hypothesis: Intracellular acidification contributes to infertility in varicocele. Fertil Steril,(Epub) , Grunewald S, Paasch U, Glander H, Reinhardt M, Agarwal A, Said T, Blumenauer V (2008): Increased sperm chromatin decondensation in selected non-apoptotic spermatozoa of patients with male infertility. Fertil Steril (In Press) Gil-Villa A, Cardona-Maya W, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Cadavid A (2008): Role of male factor in early recurrent embryo loss: Do antioxidants have any effect? Case Report, Fertil Steril (In Press). Agarwal A, Desai N, Makker K, Varghese A, Mouradi M, Sabanegh E, Sharma R (2008): Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) from cellular phones on human ejaculated semen: An in vitro pilot study. Fertil Steril (Epub). 2009 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. Agarwal A, Sharma RK, Desai NR, Prabakaran S, Tavares A, Sabanegh E.(2009) Role of oxidative stress in pathogenesis of varicocele and infertility. Urology. 2009 Mar; 73(3):461-9. Epub 2009 Jan 23. Review Kader, A, Agarwal, A, Abdelrazik, H, Sharma, R, Ahmady, A, Falcone, T. (2009): Evaluation of post-thaw DNA integrity of mouse blastocysts following ultra-rapid and slow freezing. Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 91, Issue: 5, May, 2009. pp. 2087-2094 Makker K, Agarwal A, Sharma R. (2009): Oxidative stress and male infertility: current update. Indian Journal of Medical Research 2009 Apr; 129(4):357-67. Review Combelles CM, Gupta S, Agarwal A. (2009) Could oxidative stress influence the in-vitro maturation of oocytes? Reprod Biomed Online. 2009 Jun; 18(6):864-80. Review. Varghese AC, Nagy ZP, Agarwal A. (2009) Current trends, biological foundations and future prospects of oocyte and embryo cryopreservation. Reprod Biomed Online. 2009 Jul; 19(1):126-40. Review. 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Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S43–S47 Surti,N.,Chandra, A., Sharma,R.,Agarwal, A.(2009): Significance of oxidative stress in human reproduction. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S28–S42 Fernández, J. L.,Vélez de la Calle, J F, Dioleyda Cajigal, M. T., Agarwal, A,Gosálvez, J.(2009) Sperm DNA integrity and male infertility:current perspectives. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S55–S62 Lampiao, F, Agarwal, A, Du Plessis, S. (2009): The role of insulin and leptin in male reproduction. Arch Med Sci 2009; 5, 1A: S48–S54 Mahfouz, R., Mangrola D, Sharma, R., Agarwal, A. (2009): Potential roles of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in male reproduction. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S92–S98 Mahfouz, R., Sharma, R., Agarwal, A. (2009): The diagnostic and therapeutic applications of flow cytometry in male infertility. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S99–S108 Gupta, S., Choi, A., Chandra, A., Agarwal, A. (2009): Newer treatment modalities in endometriosis: systematic review. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S184–S195 Botha, M., Kruger, T F, Agarwal, A., Plessi S. (2009): Fertility sparing surgery for female cancer patients complimenting cryotechniques. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S174–S183 Sajal, S., Sharma, D., Khanna, P., Agarwal, A. (2009): Ovarian reserve testing: systematic review of the literature. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S143–S150 Gupta, S., Chen, D., O’Brien, K., Metterle, L., Agarwal, A. (2009): Adolescent PCOS: pathophysiology and implications of the disease. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S115–S131 Gupta, S., Metterle, L., Thakar, P., Agarwal, A. (2009): Ovulation induction in PCOS. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S132–S142 Gupta, S., Surti, N., Metterle, L., Chandra, A., Agarwal, A. (2009): Antioxidants and female reproductive pathologies: an evidence based review. Arch of Med Sci. 2009; 5, 1A: S151–S173 Varghese, AC, Bragais, FM, Mukhopadhyay, D., Kundu, S., Pal, M, Bhattacharyya, AK, Agarwal, A (2009): Human sperm DNA integrity in normal and abnormal semen samples and its correlation with sperm characteristsics. Andrologia 2009 41, 207–215 Gupta, S. Aziz, N., Sekhon, L., Agarwal, R, Mansour, G., Li, J., Agarwal, A. (2009): Lipid peroxidation in preeclampsia: A systematic review. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009;64, 11 Gupta, S., Malhotra, N, Sharma, D, Chandra, A. Agarwal, A, (2009): Oxidative stress and its role in female infertility and assisted reproduction: International Journal of Fertility and Sterility 2009; 2(4):147-164 Kader A, Sharma R, Falcone T, Agarwal A. (2009): Vitrification of isolated mice blastomeres using a cryotip loading device. RB & E 2009; 7:17 Kader A, Sharma R, Falcone T, Agarwal A. (2009): Mouse blastocyst pre-vitrification intervention and DNA integrity. Fertil Steril 2009 Venkatesh S, Mir R, Kumar M, Kumar R, Gupta N, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Dada R. (2009): Clinical significance of reactive oxygen species in semen of infertile Indian men. Andrologia 2009; 41, 251–256 Gil-Villa A, Cardona-Maya, W, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Cadavid A. (2009): Assessment of sperm factors possibly involved in early recurrent pregnancy loss. Fertil Steril.2009 Kefer, J., Agarwal, A., Sabanegh, E. (2009): Role of antioxidants in the treatment of male infertility. International Journal of Urology. 2009 May;16(5):449-57 Grunewald, S, Sharma, RK, Paasch, U, Glander, H-J, Agarwal, A. (2009): Impact of caspase activation in human spermatozoa. 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JARG 27(8), 509-515 Kothari S, Thompson A, Agarwal A, and du Plessis SS. (2010). Free radicals: Their beneficial and detrimental effects on sperm function. Indian J Exp Biol 48,425-35 Lackner JE, Agarwal A, Mahfouz R, du Plessis SS, and Schatzl G (2010): The association between leukocytes and sperm quality is concentration dependent. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 8, 12. Agarwal A, Burns WR, Dada R and Sabanegh E (2010) Male infertility and testicular cancer – points of common causality. Eur Urol Rev, 5(1), 56–9 Agarwal A, du Plessis SS, Cabler S and Sabanegh E (2010) Fertility fears – fate of the fat. Eur Urol Rev 5(1), 60–4 du Plessis SS., McAllister D., Luu A., Savia J., Agarwal A., & Lampiao F (2010). Effects of H2O2 exposure on human sperm motility parameters, reactive oxygen species levels and nitric oxide levels. Andrologia. 42, 206– 210 Sekhon L, Gupta S, Kim Y, Agarwal A (2010): Female infertility and antioxidants. In: Current concepts in female infertility management, Current Women's Health Reviews, (Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal) 6(2), 84-96 Lee J, Baw C, Gupta S, Aziz N, and Agarwal A (2010): Role of oxidative stress in polycystic ovary syndrome. In: Current concepts in female infertility management, Current Women's Health Reviews, (Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal) 6(2), 96-108 Ly K, Safi J, Aziz N, and Agarwal A (2010): Evidence based management of infertile patients with recurrent implantation failure. In: Current concepts in assisted reproduction and fertility preservation, Current Women's Health Reviews, (Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal) 6(3), 200-218. Kader A, Baw C, Ly K, and Agarwal A (2010): Single blastocyst transfer: The contemporary experience. In: Current concepts in assisted reproduction and fertility preservation, Current Women's Health Reviews, (Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal) 6(3), 219-226. Gupta S, Sekhon L, Kim Y, and Agarwal A (2010): The role of oxidative stress and antioxidants in assisted reproduction. In: Current concepts in assisted reproduction and fertility preservation, Current Women's Health Reviews, (Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal) 6(3), 227-238. Flechner S, Berber E, Askar M, Stephany B, Agarwal A, and Milas M (2010): Allotransplantation of cyropreserved parathyroid tissue for severe hypocalcemia in a renal transplant recipient. American Journal of Transplantation 10, 2061-65. Coyne K, Kader A, Falcone T, and Agarwal A (2010): Creating a standard of care for fertility preservation. In: Current concepts in assisted reproduction and fertility preservation, Current Women's Health Reviews, (Editors: Sajal Gupta and Ashok Agarwal) 6(3), 261-266. Kader A, Falcone T, Sharma R, Mangrola D, and Agarwal A (2010): Slow and ultrarapid cryopreservation of biopsied mouse blastocysts and its effect on DNA integrity index. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 27 (8), 509-15. Samplaski M., Agarwal A, Sharma R, and Sabanegh E (2010). A new generation of diagnostic tests for infertility: A review of specialized semen tests. International Journal of Urology 17(10), 839-847 Burns WR, Sabanegh E, Dada R, Rein B, and Agarwal A (2010): Is male infertility a forerunner to cancer? Review Article. International Braz J Urol ,36 (5): 527-536 Bedaiwy MA, Mahfouz R, Goldberg JM, Sharma RK, Falcone T, AbdElhafez MF, Agarwal A (2010): Relationship of reactive oxygen species levels in day 3 culture media with the outcome of IVF/ICSI cycles. Fertil Steril 94: 2037-42. Mahfouz R, Sharma R, Thiyagarajan A, Kale V, Gupta S, Sabanegh E, Agarwal A (2010) Semen characteristics and sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men with low and high levels of seminal reactive oxygen species. Fertil Steril 94: 2141-6. 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Review Article. RBMO 21: 456-62. Rahman S, Malhotra N, Kumar S, Roy KK, and Agarwal A (2010): A randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of single versus double intrauterine insemination in unexplained infertility. Fertil Steril 94: 2913-5. Cabler S, Agarwal A, Flint M, and du Plessis SS (2010): Obesity: modern man's fertility nemesis. Review Article. Asian Journal of Andrology 12: 480-9. Agarwal A, Sharma R, Kale V, Thiyagarajan A, Gupta S, Sharma RK (2010). Effect of Spermfuge during centrifugation on sperm quality. Journal of Clinical Embryology 13 (4): 43-46 Gupta S, Sharma R, Agarwal A, and Ahamdy A (2010): Recovery, preparation, utilization and storage of spermatozoa from normal and abnormal semen and from testicular tissue. Journal of Reproductive and Stem Cell Biotechnology 1(2) : 150-168 Sekhon L and Agarwal A (2010): The role of antioxidant therapy in the treatment of male infertility. Human Fertility 13(4): 217–225 Venkatesh S, Kumar M, Sharma A, Kriplani A, Ammini AC, Talwar P, Agarwal, A, and Dada R (2010) Oxidative stress and ATPase6 mutation is associated with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). Arch Gyn 282 (3) : 313-8 Buldreghini E, Mahfouz RZ, Vignini A, Mazzanti L, Ricciardo-Lamonica G, Lenzi A, Agarwal A, Balercia G (2010) Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) Gene (GLU298ASP Variant) in infertile men with asthenozoospermia. J Androl 31 (5) : 482-8 Tomova A, Deepinder F, Robeva R, Lalabonova H, Kumanov P, and Agarwal A (2010). Growth and development of male external genitalia: a cross-sectional study of 6200 boys. Arch Ped & Adol Med 164 (12) : 1152-7 Agarwal A, Burns W, Dada R, and Sabanegh E (2010): Male infertility and testicular cancer: points of common causality. Review Article. US Urology (In Press) Lee J, Dada R, Sabanegh E, Carpi A, and Agarwal A (2010) Role of genetics in azoospermia. Urology 2010 Dec 30 Epub Sharma R, Sabanegh E, Mahfouz R, Gupta S, Thiyagarajan A, and Agarwal A (2010): TUNEL as a test for sperm DNA damage in the evaluation of male infertility. Urology 76 (6) : 1380-6 2011 380. 381. 382. 383. 384. 385. Mancini M, Carmignani L, Agarwal A, Ciociola F, Pasqualotto F, Castiglioni MF, Piediferro G, and Colpi GM (2011) Antegrade subinguinal sclerotization with temporary clamping of the spermatic cord: A new surgical technique for varicocele. Urology 77 (1) : 223-6 Sarkar O, Bahrainwala J, Chandrasekaran S, Kothari S, Mathur P, and Agarwal A (2011): Impact of inflammation on male fertility. Frontiers of Biosciences. 1(3) : 89-95 Sekhon L and Agarwal A (2011): Oxidative stress and antioxidants for idiopathic oligoasthenoteratospermia: Is it justified? Indian Journal of Urology - review (In Press) Singh R, Gray M, Lee W, and Agarwal A (2011) Thyroid, spermatogenesis, and male infertility. Frontiers in Bioscience (In Press) Gupta S, Choi A, Czerniak S, Hollick E, Paolella L, Agarwal A, and Combelles C (2011) Total antioxidant capacity and catalase activity of follicular fluid during bovine folliculogenesis. Reproduction, Fertility and Development (In Press) Rein B, Gupta S, Dada R, Safi J, Michener C and Agarwal A: Potential markers for detection and monitoring of ovarian cancer. Journal of Oncology (In Press) Curriculum Vitae 386. 387. 388. 389. 390. 391. 392. 393. 394. 395. 396. 397. 398. 399. 43 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Esteves S, Miyaoka R and Agarwal A: An update on the clinical assessment of the infertile male. CLINICS (In Press) Agarwal A, Singh A and Hamada A: Cell phones and male infertility: review of recent innovations in technology and consequences, International Brazilian Journal of Andrology Submitted Esteves S and Agarwal A: Novel concepts in male infertility. International Braz J Urol Vol. 37 (1): 000-000, January - February, 2011 (In Press) Mathur PP, Francispillai M, Selvaraju V, and Agarwal A. NF-kB in male reproduction: A boon or a bane? In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. ( In Press) Singh R and Agarwal A Thyroid in testicular development spermatogenesis and male infertility. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. ( In Press) Mathur PP, Huang L, Anthony Kashou A, and Agarwal A. Environmental Toxicants and Testicular Apoptosis. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves. Bentham Science Publishers ( In Press) Kashou A & Agarwal A Oxidants and antioxidants in the pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. ( In Press) du Plessis SS, Kashou A, Gupta A, and Agarwal A. Is there a link between exercise and male factor infertility? In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. ( In Press) Esteves S and Agarwal A (2011) Impact of new WHO guidelines on the diagnosis and practice of male infertility. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. Esteves S and Agarwal A. What is new in the clinical assessment and treatment of the infertile male? In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Drs. Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteve,. Bentham Science Publishers. du Plessis SS, Kashou A, and Agarwal A (2010) Proteomics: A look into the human spermatozoa. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. Singh R, Avery K, and Agarwal A. The role of epigenetic factors in spermatogenesis and male infertility. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Drs. Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers Sabanegh E, Agarwal A, Sharma R, French D, Deepinder F, and Hamada A.The Natural History of Seminal Leukocytes in Men Seeking Infertility Evaluation, Journal of Clinical Embryology. Submitted Singh R, Meador C, and Agarwal A: Small RNA in Spermatogenesis and Male Infertility. . Frontiers in Bioscience (In Press) In Preparation: 400. Gupta S, Chowdary H, Nimeri R, Krajcir N, and Agarwal A (2011) Menopause: the role of oxidative stress and antioxidants. Review Article. Menopause 401. Agarwal A and Singh A (2010). Investigating the effects of cell phone radiation on male fertility: evidence for the laboratory. In: Current Opinions in Andrology and Male Reproductive Biology: Role of Clinical Andrology Laboratories in Fertility Management. Special Issue of Frontiers in Bioscience 402. Agarwal A and Singh A (2010).Role of sperm DNA integrity testing in clinical andrology laboratories. In: Current Opinions in Andrology and Male Reproductive Biology: Role of Clinical Andrology Laboratories in Fertility Management. Special Issue of Frontiers in Bioscience 403. du Plessis SS, Kashou A, Benjamin D, and Agarwal A (2010). The role of cytoplasmic droplets in the clinical evaluation of male infertility. Current Opinions in Andrology and Male Reproductive Biology: Role of Clinical Andrology Laboratories in Fertility Management. Special Issue of Frontiers in Bioscience 404. du Plessis SS, Gokul S, and Agarwal A (2010) Semen hyperviscosity: causes, consequences, and cure. In: Current Opinions in Andrology and Male Reproductive Biology: Role of Clinical Andrology Laboratories in Fertility Management. Special Issue of Frontiers in Bioscience Curriculum Vitae 44 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 405. Singh A, and Agarwal A The Role of sperm chromatin integrity & DNA damage on male infertility: In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. 406. Singh A, and Agarwal A. Cell phones and their Impact on male infertility: Fact or fiction. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, “Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health” Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. Chapter in Books: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Manglona, A., Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1991): Improvement in sperm morphology and removal of round cells in semen after filtration of ejaculates through L4 membrane. In: II International Congress on Therapy in Andrology, Pisa, Italy, (Editors: G.F. Menchini Fabris & D. Canale), Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, pp 187-191. Agarwal, A., Manglona, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1991): Improvement in semen quality after filtration through the L4 membrane, comparison of results with swim up technique. In: II International Congress on Therapy in Andrology, Pisa, Italy, (Editors: G.F. Menchini Fabris & D. Canale), Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, pp. 199-202. Agarwal, A., Manglona, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1991): Improvement in sperm fertilizing ability after filtration through the L4 membrane: comparison of results with swim-up technique. In: II International Congress on Therapy in Andrology, Pisa, Italy, (Editors: G.F. Menchini Fabris & D. Canale), Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, pp. 211-214. Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1991): Effect of Sp-cAMP on sperm motility in patients with unexplained infertility. In: II International Congress on Therapy in Andrology, Pisa, Italy, (Editors: G.F. Menchini Fabris & D. Canale), Monduzzi Editore. Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1992). Measurement of acrosin activity in a group of patients with unexplained infertility. In: Diagnosing Male Infertility: New Possibilities and Limits, Prog Reprod Biol Med, (Editor: G.N. Colpi), Karger, Basel, Vol. 15, pp 57-61. Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1992): Effect of sperm washing with theophylline on human spermatozoa fertilizing ability. In: Diagnosing Male Infertility: New Possibilities and limits, Prog Reprod Biol Med, (Editor: G.N. Colpi), Karger, Basel, Vol. 15, pp 62-65. Agarwal, A., and Loughlin, K.R. (1994): The use of the L4 filter in sperm preparation. In: Treating Male Infertility: New Possibilities, (Editor: G.N. Colpi and M. Balerna), Karger, Basel, Vol. 16, pp 76-86. Agarwal, A., Hamamah, S. and Shekarriz, M. (1994): Reactive oxygen species and fertilizing capacity of spermatozoa. Contracept Fertil Sex 22:327-330. Padron, O.F. and Agarwal, A. (1998): The use of diagnostic ultrasonography in the evaluation of infertile males. In: Transvaginal Sonography in Infertility, (Editor: Gautam Allahbadia), Rotunda Medical Technologies (P) Ltd., Mulund, Mumbai, India. Pasqualotto, E. and Agarwal, A. (1998): Effect of male factor on pregnancy outcome on patients undergoing intrauterine insemination. In: Intrauterine Insemination, (Editor: Gautam Allahbadia), Rotunda Medical Technologies (P) Ltd., Mumbai, India, Chapter 12, pp 117-127. Agarwal, A. and Sharma, R.K. (1999): Male infertility: an overview. In: Comparative Endocrinology and Reproduction, (Editors: K.P. Joy, A. Krishna, C. Haldar, Banaras Hindu University, India), Narosa Publishing House, pp. 278-284. Agarwal, A. and Saleh, R.A. (2002): The role of oxidants in male infertility: rationale, significance, and treatment. In: Urologic Clinics of North America: Male Infertility - 2002 (Editors: L.I. Lipshultz and C. Niederberger), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA, Vol. 29, Issue 4, November 2002, pp. 817-827. Agarwal, A. and Sharma, R.K. (2003): Prediction of ART outcome in male factor infertility patients by a new semen quality score. In: Art and Science of ART, (Editors: G. Allahbadia and R. Basuray), Jaypee Brothers Medical Publications, New Delhi, India, Chapter 32, pp. 222-234. Agarwal, A. and Saleh, R.A. (2003): Oxidative stress and DNA damage in human sperm: the Cleveland Clinic Story. In: Art and Science of ART, (Editors: G. Allahbadia and R. Basuray), Jaypee Brothers Medical Publications, New Delhi, India, Chapter 39, pp. 267-281. Agarwal, A. (2003): Significance of oxidative stress and sperm chromatin damage in male infertility. In: Male Fertility and Lipid Metabolism, (Editors: S. De Vriese and A. Christophe), AOCS Press, Champaign, IL, Chapter 13: pp. 157-183. Paasch, U., Agarwal, A., Gupta, A.K., Sharma, R. K., Grunewald, S., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Glander, H (2003): Apoptosis signal transduction and the maturity status of human spermatozoa. In: Apoptosis: From signaling Curriculum Vitae 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 45 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. pathways to therapeutic tools (Editors: Marc Diederich), RSL/ Center Universitaire de Luxembourg, pp 486 – 488. Agarwal, A. (2003): Understanding the role of oxidative stress and sperm chromatin damage in male infertility. In: Current Views on Fertility Management (Editors: A. Krishna, S.K. Singh, and V. Tripathi), Banaras Hindu University Press, Varanasi, India, Chapter 2. Agarwal, A. (2003): Cryopreservation of semen specimen for men with testicular cancer. In: Current Views on Fertility Management (Editors: A. Krishna, S.K. Singh, and V. Tripathi), Banaras Hindu University Press, Varanasi, India, Chapter 7. Agarwal, A., and Said, T.M. (2004): Sperm chromatin assessment: In: Textbook of ART, 2nd Edition, (Editors: D.K. Gardner, A. Weissman, C.M. Howles, and Z. Shoham), Taylor & Francis Group, plc, London, UK, Chapter 7, pp. 93-106. Agarwal, A., and Said, T.M. (2006): Impact of sperm chromatin damage on assisted reproduction outcome: In: Contemporary Perspectives on Assisted Reproductive Technology, (Editors: G. Allahbadia and R. Merchant), Elsevier, New York, NY. pp. 296-306. Agarwal, A., and Allamaneni, S.S.R. (2006): Oxidative stress and human reproduction. In: Oxidative Stress, Disease and Cancer (Editor: K.K. Singh), Imperial College Press, London, UK. Chapter 23, pp. 687-703. Agarwal, A., and Allamaneni, S.S.R. (2007): Artificial insemination. In: Clinical Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, (Editors: T. Falcone and W. Hurd), Mosby, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Chapter 36, pp. 539-548 Agarwal, A., and Said, T.M. (2006): Fertility issues in the hematologic malignancies. In: Clinical Malignant Hematology, (Editors: M.A. Sekeres, M.E. Kalaycio and B.J. Bolwell), McGraw-Hill Professional, New York, NY. Chapter 108, pp 1171-1178. Sharma R. Cocuzza, M, Abdelrazek, H, Agarwal, A (2008): Oxidative stress measurement in patients with male or female factor infertility. In: Handbook of Chemilumiescent Methods in Oxidative Stress Assessment. (Ed: Popov, I and Lewin, G) Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India, pp: 195-218. Gupta, S, Aziz, N, and Agarwal, A (2008): The impact of oxidative stress on female reproduction and ART: an evidence based review. In: Textbook of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction. (Editors: Botros Rizk; Juan A. Garcia-Velasco; Hassan Sallam; Antonis Makrigiannakis), Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 2008. pp 178-186. Agarwal, A and Aziz, N. (2008): Evaluation of sperm damage beyond the WHO criteria. In: Textbook of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction (Editors: Botros Rizk; Juan A. Garcia-Velasco; Hassan Sallam; Antonis Makrigiannakis), Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK, 2008. pp 484-485. Makker, K, Varghese, A., Sharma, RK, Agarwal, A. (2008): Interactions between reactive oxygen species and male germ cells. In: Biology of Male Germ Cells (Editors: Hans-Juergen Glander and Uwe Paasch) B, pp 273 – 310. Agarwal, A, Erenpreiss J, Sharma, R (2009): Sperm chromatin assessment. In: Textbook of ART, 3rd Edition. (Editor: R. Peden) Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. Chapter 6, pp. 67 – 84 Agarwal, A and Fnu Deepinder. (2009): Determination of seminal oxidants. In: Infertility in the Male, 4th Edition, (Editors: S. Howards, L. Lipshultz, and C. Niederberger). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, Chapter 39, pp 618- 632 Agarwal, A, Varghese, AC, Sharma, R (2009): Markers of oxidative stress and sperm chromatin integrity. In: Molecular Endocrinology, Methods Mol Bio (Editors: Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, Thomas E Curry) Humana Press Inc., NY, 590:377-402. Pasqualotto F, Pasqualotto E, Agarwal A (2009): Male germ cell cryobanking. In: A comprehensive manual of cryobiology for assisted reproduction and stem cells (editors: Pankaj Talwar). Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi. Chapter 15, pp 211 - 222 Agarwal A., Said, T. (2009): Tests for sperm antibodies. In: Immune Infertility (Editors: Walter Kraus, Rajesh Naz), The Springer Publishing Company, New York. Chapter 3.2, pp 155 – 164. Varghese C, Deepinder F, Chandra A, Jeat A, Pathan F, Agarwal A (2010): Anatomy and physiology of male gametogenesis. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. Chapter 1, pp 3-9 Kundu S, Bhattacharya A, Varghese A, Chakravarty B, Agarwal A (2010): Sperm- cervical mucus interaction test and its importance in the management of infertility. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. Chapter 12, pp 122 - 126 Curriculum Vitae 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 46 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Varghese A, Nandi P, Mahfouz R, Athayde K, and Agarwal A (2010): Human sperm cryopreservation. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Chapter 21, pp 196 - 208 Athayde K and Agarwal A (2010): Setting up an Andrology laboratory. Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Chapter 16, pp 157 - 164 Athayde K, Varghese A, and Agarwal A (2010): Quality management of the Andrology laboratory. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Chapter 17, pp 165 - 172 Mendiola J, Torres-Cantero A, and Agarwal A (2010): Lifestyle and environmental factors effect on male infertility: An evidence based review. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Chapter 10, pp 93 - 106 Varghese A, Pathan F, Jeat A., and Agarwal A. (2010): Semen analysis. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. Chapter 11, pp 107 – 121. Pasqualotto F, Lara L, Pasqualotto E, Agarwal A (2010): Surgically retrieved sperm samples. In: Andrology Laboratory Manual (Editors: Kamini Rao, Agarwal, A, Srinivas M S) Jaypee Brothers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Chapter 20, pp 188 - 195 Gupta S., Chandra A., Kesavan S., and Agarwal A (2010): Oxidative stress and pathogenesis of endometriosis. In: Endometriosis: Current Management and Future Trends. (Editors: Garcia-Velasco, Juan, Botros- Rizk) Jaypee Medical Publishers, New Delhi Chapter 5, pp 31 -39. Agarwal A, Deepinder F, Sabanegh, E. (2010): Male Infertility. In: Evidence-based Urology (Editors: Roger R. Dmochowski, Philipp Dahm), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford Chapter 16, pp 146-56. Gupta S, Sekhon LH, Agarwal A (2010): Sperm banking: When, why and how? In: Male Infertility-Problems and Solutions (Editor: Edmund Sabanegh), Springer Science Business Media, NY, pg 107-119 Agarwal A and Said TM (2010): Interpretation of basic semen analysis and advanced semen testing. In: Male Infertility-Problems and Solutions (Editor: Edmund Sabanegh), Springer Science Business Media, NY, pg 1523 du Plessis SS, Lampiao F, Desai N, and Agarwal A (2010): Oxidative stress and reproductive function with special reference to environmental and occupational exposure. In: Environmental and Occupational Exposures: Reproductive Impairment (Editor: Sunil Kumar), Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Chapter 9, Pg 179-236 Susan S, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Dada R (2010): Overview of spermatogenesis. In: Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology (Editor: Shio Kumar Singh), Prentice Hall, India, (In Press) Safi J, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2010): Intra uterine insemination. In: Infertility (Editor: Emre Seli), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford (In Press) Sharma R, Aaron Thompson, Kothari S, Agarwal A (2010): A comprehensive overview - Oxidative stress in male reproduction. In: Free Radical Biomedicine (Editors: Kostas Pantopoulos and Hyman Schipper), Nova Science Publishers Inc (In Press) Gupta S, Brickner S, Shenoy R, and Agarwal A (2010): Oxidative stress in female reproduction. In: Free Radical Biomedicine (Editors: Kostas Pantopoulos and Hyman Schipper), Nova Science Publishers Inc (In Press) Sabanegh E and Agarwal A. (2010): Male Infertility. In: Campbell-Walsh Urology (Editors: Alan J. Wein, Louis R. Kavoussi, Alan W. Partin and Craig A. Peters), Elsevier Health (In Press) Flint M, McAlister DA, Agarwal A, and du Plessis SS (2010): Male accessory sex glands: structure and function. In: Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology (Editors: Shio Kumar Singh), Prentice Hall, India (In Press) Deepinder F and Agarwal A (2010): Laboratory evaluation of infertile male. In: Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology (Editor: Shio Kumar Singh), Prentice Hall, India (In Press) Agarwal A (2010): Physiology of fertilization. In: Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology (Editors: Shio Kumar Singh), Prentice Hall, India (In Press) Rao P, Agarwal A, and Sabanegh E (2010): Varicocele. In: Atlas of Small Surgery in Urology (Editors: Ricardo Matias and Luis Carlos F. Tajra), Sarvier, Brazil (In Press) Curriculum Vitae 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 47 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Gupta S, Shenoy R, Safi J, Gaglani A., and Agarwal A (2010): Oxidative stress and its role in endometriosismechanistic and therapeutic implications: a review. In: Clinical Infertility and Assisted Reproduction (Editors: Botros Rizk and Hassan Sallam) (In Press) Sandro E and Agarwal A (2010): Sperm retrieval techniques. In: Human Assisted Reproductive Technology: Future Trends in Laboratory & Clinical Practice (Editors: David Gardner, Botros Rizk & Tomasso Falcone), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (In Press) O’Flynn KO and Agarwal A (2010): The infertile male patient with a genetic cause. In: Assisted Reproduction Techniques (Editors: Khaldoun Sharif and Arri Coomarasamy), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. (In Press) Gupta S, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Ahmady A. (2010). Sperm banking via cryopreservation: a review of current clinical practices. In: Male Infertility Practice. Editors: Botros Rizk, Nabil Aziz, Ashok Agarwal and Edmund Sabanegh. Springer. In Production. Pasqualotto F and Agarwal A (2010): Radiation effects on spermatogenesis. In: Fertility Preservation in Men with Cancer. Editors: John P. Mulhall, Linda Applegarth, Bob Oates, and Peter Schlegel. Cambridge University Press (In Progress) Agarwal A, Gupta S, Chandra A, and Surti N (2010): Oxidative stress and assisted reproduction. In: Clinical Infertility and Assisted Reproduction. Editors: Botros Rizk and Hassan Sallam. Jaypee Brothers, New Delhi, India (In Press) du Plessis SS and Agarwal A (2010) Environmental insults on spermatogenesis. In: Biennial Reviews of Infertility Volume 2, Editors: Catherine Racowsky, Peter N. Schlegel, Bart C. Fauser, and Douglas T. Carrell. Springer (In Progress) Singh A and Agarwal A (2010) Sperm chromatin integrity & DNA damage. In: Antioxidants in the Medical and Surgical Management of Male Infertility. Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sijo Parekattil. Springer (In Progress) Meeting Abstracts (Posters and Oral Presentations): 1979-1989: 1. Agarwal, A (1979). Effect of alpha-chlorohydrin on the epididymis of squirrel, Funambulus pennanti, W. In: Third Annual Conference of the Federation of the Endocrine Society of India, Varanasi, p. 5. 2. Agarwal, A (1980). Histochemical studies on the epididymis of certain mammalian species. In: Proc. 67th session of ISCA, Part III, No. 47, p.112. 3. Agarwal, A (1980). Effect of uni- & bilateral vasectomy on the epididymis of the Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti, W. In: Symposium on Recent Advances in Experimental Zoology, Allahabad, No. 1. 4. Agarwal, A (1980). Histochemical studies on the epididymis of the musk shrew, Suncus murinus L. In: 5th All India Symposia on Comparative Animal Physiology, Pune, No. 17, p. 12. 5. Agarwal, A (1981). Effect of alpha-chlorohydrin on the biochemical composition of the epididymis of the squirrel, Funambulus pennanti W. In: Proceedings 68th Session of ISCA, No. 17, p. 6. 6. Agarwal, A, and Dominic, CJ (1981). Effect of cyproterone acetate on the epididymis of the Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti W. In: UGC Seminar on Reproductive Biology, No. 1. 7. Agarwal, A, Weston, CS, and Hoffer, AP (1985). epididymis. In: Biol Reprod 32:218. 8. Agarwal, A and Hoffer, AP (1985). Ultrastructural studies on the development of the blood-epididymis barrier in immature rats. In: J Androl (Supp) 6:90. 9. Agarwal, A (1985). Effect of alpha-chlorohydrin on the epididymis of the Indian palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti W. In: 41st Annual Meeting, American Fertility Society, Chicago, p. 141. 10. Agarwal, A, Hoffer, AP, Meltzer, P, Navy, R, and Weston, CS (1986). Effect of gossypol derivatives on testis ultrastructure and sperm motility. In: XII World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Singapore. 11. Newton, RA, Garnick, M, Agarwal, A, and Boyack, T (1987). The effect of cancer on male reproductive function. In: International Conference on Reproduction and Human Cancer, Bethesda, p. 72. Ultrastructure of intranuclear splinter bodies in donkey Curriculum Vitae 48 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 12. Agarwal, A and Loughlin, KR (1989). Hamster egg penetration test: Use in evaluation and treatment of male infertility. In: Symposium on Fertilization in Mammals, Serono Symposia USA, Newton, MA, p. 71. 13. Agarwal, A (1989). Effect of (-) gossypol on the rat testis: A light and electron-microscopic study. In: American Fertility Society, 45th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Abstract #P-191, Nov 13-16 (Prize Poster). 1990: 14. Agarwal, A (1990). Antifertility and ultrastructural effects of optical isomers of gossypol administered intratesticularly in rats. In: American Society of Andrology, 15th Annual Meeting, Apr 6-9, Columbia, SC, Abstract #56. 15. Agarwal, A and Loughlin, K.R. (1990). Effect of sperm washing with theophylline on human spermatozoal fertilizing ability. In: American Urological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 13-17. J. Urol. (Supp). 143, P. 381A, Abstract #769. 16. Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, and Mutter, G (1990). Quantitation and differentiation of round cells in semen: A new approach. In: American Fertility Society, 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Oct 13-18, Abstract #143. 17. Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, and Mutter, G (1990). Comparison of two computerized semen analysis: Cell-soft and Hamilton-Thorn. In: New England Section of the American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, Oct 21-28, Abstract #P13. 18. Agarwal, A and Loughlin, KR (1990). A new approach to round cell quantitation and differentiation in semen. In: New England Section of American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, Oct 20-28, Abstract #P12. 19. Agarwal, A and Loughlin, KR (1990). Effect of sperm washing with theophylline on human spermatozoa fertilizing ability. In: New England Section of American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, Oct 20-28, Abstract #23. 20. Agarwal, A and Loughlin, KR (1990). Measurement of acrosin activity in a group of patients with unexplained infertility. In: New England Section of American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, Oct 2028, Abstract #22. 1991: 21. Manglona, A, Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1991). Improvement in sperm morphology and removal of round cells in semen after filtration of ejaculates through L4 membrane. In: American Society of Andrology, 16th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Apr 27-30, J Androl (Supp) P. 55, Abstract #121. 22. Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1991). Acrosin activity in patients with idiopathic infertility. In: American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Jun 2-6, J Urol (Supp) P. 326A, Abstract #454. 23. Manglona, A, Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1991). Improvement in semen quality after filtration through L4 membrane, comparison of results with swim-up technique. In: American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Jun 2-6, J Urol (Supp) P. 326A, Abstract #455. 24. Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1991). Effect of Sp-cAMP on sperm motility in patients with unexplained infertility. In: New England Section of American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Dixville Notch, NH, Oct 7-9, Abstract #P07. 25. Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1991). Improvement in sperm morphology and removal of round cells in semen after filtration of ejaculates through L4 membrane. In: New England Section of American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Dixville Notch, NH, Oct 7-9, Abstract #P08. 26. Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1991). Effect of Sp-cAMP on sperm motility in patients with unexplained infertility. In: American Fertility Society 47th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Oct 19-24, Abstract #P039. 1992: 27. Prakash, P, Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, McLaughlin, DT, Schiff, I, and Loughlin, KR (1992). Interlaboratory comparison of indirect immunobead test (IBT) for sperm associated antibodies using two different protocols. In: American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Mar 28-30, Abstract #26, P-24. Curriculum Vitae 49 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 28. Ikemoto, I, Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1992). The role of free radical scavengers in testicular damage as measured by LDH-X activity. In: American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Mar 28-30, Abstract #150, P-55. 29. Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, and Loughlin, KR (1992). Use of Microcell in semen analysis: Comparison with Makler counting chamber. In: 4th International Meeting of Andrology: Treating male infertility new possibilities, Bellagio, Italy, Jun 4-6. 30. Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, and Loughlin, KR (1992). Comparison of semen analysis parameters among four computer-assisted semen analysis systems. In: NEAUA, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Sep 13-16, Oral Presentation, Abstract #28. 31. Agarwal, A, Ikemoto, I, and Loughlin, KR (1992). Prevention of testicular damage by free radical scavengers. In: NEAUA, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Sep 13-16. 32. Prakash, P, Agarwal, A, and Loughlin, KR (1992). Indirect immunobead test (IBT) for sperm associated antibodies; interlaboratory comparison of results using two different protocols. In: NEAUA, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Sep 13-16. 33. Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, and Loughlin, KR (1992): Effect of temperature on motion parameters of human spermatozoa. In: 4th International Meeting of Andrology: Treating Male Infertility New Possibilities, Bellagio, Italy, Jun 4-6. 34. Agarwal, A (1992): Prevention of testicular damage by free radical scavengers. In: The American Fertility Society, 48th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov 2-4, Abstract #P-285. 35. Agarwal, A and Loughlin, KR (1992): Effect of Sp-cAMP on sperm motility in patients with unexplained infertility. Clinical Digest Series. 1993: 36. Loughlin, KR, Ikemoto, I, and Agarwal, A (1993): Correlation of sperm penetration assay scores with human sperm acrosin activity. In: American Society of Andrology, 18th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Apr 15-19, Abstract #70. 37. Agarwal, A, Ozturk, E, Loughlin, KR, and Ikemoto, I (1993): Effect of Microcell chamber on washed human sperm parameter. In: American Society of Andrology, 18th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Apr 15-19, Abstract #56. 38. Agarwal, A, Ikemoto, I, Ozturk, E, Merck, L, Chen, Z, MacLaughlin, DP, Schiff, I, Loughlin, KR, and Prakash, P (1993): Comparison of sperm morphology results between two andrology laboratories. In: American Society of Andrology, 18th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Apr 15-19, Abstract #141. 39. Agarwal, A, Fanning, L, Loughlin KR, and Ikemoto, I (1993): Human sperm acrosin levels: comparison of Kennedy and Accu-sperm methods. In: American Society of Andrology, 18th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Apr 15-19, Abstract # 155. 40. Agarwal, A, Ikemoto, I, and Loughlin KR (1993): Correlation of reactive oxygen species levels in semen with the sperm parameters. In: American Urological Association, 88th Annual Meeting, May 15-20, San Antonio, TX, Oral Presentation, Abstract #697. 41. Ikemoto, I, Agarwal, A, and Loughlin KR (1993): Prevention of testicular damage by oxygen free radical scavengers. In: American Urological Association, 88th Annual Meeting, May 15-20, San Antonio, TX, Oral Presentation, Abstract #698. 42. Loughlin, KR, Ikemoto I, Fanning, L and Agarwal, A (1993): Levels of reactive oxygen species before and after sperm processing: comparison of swim-up and L4 filtration methods. In: American Urological Association, 88th Annual Meeting, May 15-20, San Antonio, TX, Abstract #1051. 43. Agarwal, A, Ikemoto, I, and Loughlin, KR (1993): Effect of Sperm washing on reactive oxygen species levels in semen. In: 5th International Congress of Andrology, Tokyo, Japan, Jun 2-6, Abstract #244 (Prize Poster). 44. Loughlin, KR, Ikemoto, I, and Agarwal, A (1993): Correlation of sperm penetration assay scores with human sperm acrosin activity. In: 5th International Congress of Andrology, Tokyo, Japan, Jun 2-6, Abstract #3. 45. Loughlin, KR, Ikemoto, I, and Agarwal, A (1993): Improvement in human sperm acrosin levels and membrane integrity by use of L4 membrane. In: Society for Basic Urological Research, 7th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 14-15, Oral Presentation. Curriculum Vitae 46. 50 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. Agarwal, A, Ikemoto, I, and Loughlin KR (1993): The relationship of semen parameters with levels of reactive oxygen species in semen specimens. In: American Society of Andrology, 18th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Apr 15-19, Abstract #42. 1994: 47. Shekarriz, M, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A (1994): Is there an optimum method of centrifugation of semen for sperm separation as determined by the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS)? In: American Urological Association, 89th Annual Meeting, Oct 14-19, San Francisco, CA, J Urol 151(5):199A-555A, Abstract #151. 48. Shekarriz, M, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A (1994): Is there a normal level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human semen. In: American Society of Andrology, 19th Annual Meeting, Mar 4-7, Springfield, IL, J Androl JanFeb Suppl:10-57, Abstract #105. 49. Shekarriz, M, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A (1994): Is there an optimum method of centrifugation of semen for sperm separation as determined by the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS)? In: American Society of Andrology, 19th Annual Meeting, Mar 4-7, Springfield, IL, J Androl Jan-Feb Suppl:10-57, Abstract #104. 50. Agarwal, A and Shekarriz, M (1994): Reactive oxygen species in human semen. Periconceptologie, Marseille, France, May 19-21. 51. Agarwal, A, Shekarriz, M, Thomas, AJ, and Sidhu, RS (1994): Assessment of an optimum abstinence time for cryopreservation of semen in cancer patients. In: American Fertility Society, 50th Annual Meeting, Nov 5-10, San Antonio, TX, Abstract #116. 52. Shekarriz, M, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A (1994): The effect of time on reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in human semen. In: American Fertility Society, 50th Annual Meeting, Nov 5-10, San Antonio, TX, Abstract #114. 53. Shekarriz, M, Sidhu, RS, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A (1994): Effect of cryopreservation on semen quality in testicular cancer patients. In: American Fertility Society, 50th Annual Meeting, Nov 5-10, San Antonio, TX, Abstract #113. 54. Agarwal, A, Garlak, D, Thomas, AJ, and Shekarriz, M (1994): The influence of leukocytospermia on reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in semen. In: Xth Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Brussels, Belgium, Jun 25-29, Hum Reprod, Vol. 9(4), Abstract #270, P. 106 (Prize Poster). 55. Thomas, AJ, Shekarriz, M and Agarwal, A (1994): The effect of Hodgkin's disease on fertility. In: Xth Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Brussels, Belgium, Jun 25-29, Hum Reprod, Vol. 9(4), Abstract #271, P. 106. 56. Agarwal, A, Shekarriz, M, Thomas, AJ, and Sidhu, RS (1994): Assessment of an optimum abstinence time for cryopreservation of semen in cancer patients. 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Esteves, SC, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Jr, and Agarwal, A (1999): Sperm washing by swim-up promotes in vitro capacitation as assessed by hyperactivation in fresh and cryopreserved human spermatozoa. In: 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep 25-30, Abstract #75. 165. Esteves, SC, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Jr, and Agarwal, A (1999): Effectiveness of “swim-up technique” to recover functionally intact spermatozoa from cryopreserved specimens for assisted reproduction. In: 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep 25-30, Abstract #151. 166. Pasqualotto, FF, Sharma, RK, Potts, JM, Nelson, DR, Thomas, AJ, Jr, and Agarwal, A (1999): Prostatitis (NIH category III) is associated with seminal oxidative stress. In: 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep 25-30, Abstract #70, Oral Presentation. 167. 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In: 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Oct 21-25, Abstract # 1236 545. Varghese, AC, Kundu, S, Mukhopadhya, D, Bhattacharya, J, Bhattacharyya, AK, and Agarwal, A, (2006): Effect of N-acetyl glucosamine and β glycerophosphate supplementation in cryopreservation media on post thaw sperm functional characteristics. In: 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Oct 21-25, Abstract # 525 546. Damayandi, C, Varghese, AC, Mukhopadhaya, D, Bhattacharya, SM, Bhattacharyya, AK, and Agarwal, A (2006): Motility characteristics and DNA integrity of spermatozoa processed with different concentrations of reduced glutathione (GSH). In: 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Oct 21-25, Abstract # 746 547. Bhattacharya, J, Kundu, S, Varghese, AC, Bhattacharya, SM, Bhattacharyya, AK, and Agarwal, A (2006): A comparative study on TEST-Yolk buffer and human sperm preservation medium on post thaw characteristics of human sperm from pre-freeze specimens. In: 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Oct 21-25, Abstract # 695 548. Bhattacharyya, AK, Varghese, AC, Bhattacharya, SM, Ray, P, Bhattacharya, J, and Agarwal, A (2006): A computer assisted sperm motility based study on rapid vs. slow thawing temperatures on human sperm motility parameters. In: 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Oct 21-25, Abstract # 531 549. Pasqualotto, FF, Gupta, S, Umezu, FM, Pasqualotto, EB, Salvador, M, and Agarwal, A (2006): Relationship between Ilex paraguariensis (chimarrão) consumption and seminal antioxidants levels in infertile men. 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Aziz, N, Mahfouz, R, Jha, R,Sharma,R, Bykova, M, Agarwal, A (2007): Association of sperm morphology assessed by sperm deformity index (SDI) with Poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage inhibition: : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952262 575. Mahfouz, R, Aziz, N, Sharma, R, Bykova, M, Sabanegh, E, Agarwal, A (2007): Simultaneous evaluation of intracellular superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in different sperm fractions: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951640 576. Mahfouz, R, Aziz, N, Sharma, R, Abdelrazik, H, Bykova, M, Agarwal, A (2007): Comparing flowcytometry and chemiluminescence in assessing human sperm production of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in different sperm fractions: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951651 577. Mahfouz, R, Aziz, N, Sharma, R, Bykova, M, Sabanegh, E, Agarwal, A (2007): Assessment of intracellular human sperm reactive oxygen species after hydrogen peroxide exposure: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951660 578. Mahfouz, R, Aziz, N, Sharma, R, Abdelrazik, H, Sabanegh, E, Agarwal, A (2007): Assessment of sperm motility, viability and apoptosis in human spermatozoa after hydrogen peroxide exposure: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951672 579. Mahfouz, R, Sharma, R, Jianbo, L, Bykova, M, Sabanegh, E, Agarwal, A (2007): Diagnostic value of the total antioxidant capacity assay in human seminal plasma by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951844 580. Mahfouz, R, Agarwal, A , Said, T, Erenpreiss, J, Giwercman, A, Sharma R.(2007): Evaluation of fertility potential by Toluidine blue test and the sperm chromatin structure assay : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951126 Curriculum Vitae 85 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 581. Bykova, M, Athayde, K, Sharma, R, Jha, R, Sabanegh, E, Agarwal ,A (2007): Defining the reference value of seminal reactive oxygen species in a population of infertile men and normal healthy volunteers : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951754 582. Bykova, M ,Titova, N, Sharma, R, Agarwal, A (2007): Glutathione and glutathione-dependent enzymes in sperm and seminal plasma from infertile men : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. 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Mahfouz, R, Agarwal, A, Elsahfei, M, Kandil, S, Sharma, R, Amer, M, (2007): Effect of sperm chromatin integrity on the embryo quality following ICSI: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951425 590. Mahfouz, R, Agarwal, A, Sharma, R, Elsahfei, M, Fathi, A, Amer ,M (2007): Association of sperm chromatin status with early pregnancy loss and high order pregnancies after ICSI: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951467 591. Mahfouz, R, Elsahfei, M, Kandil, S, Sharma, R, Fathi, A, Agarwal, A (2007): Prediction of ICSI outcome by sperm chromatin parameters: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951469 592. Athayde, K, Cocuzza, M , Andrietta,J , Agarwal, A, Hallak, J, (2007): Normal values of creatine kinase and its correlation with semen parameters and clinical varicocele in a fertile population: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951762 593. Athayde, K, Cocuzza, M, Pagani, R, Agarwal, A, Sharma, R Hallak, J (2007): Age related decrease of reactive oxygen species in neat semen of healthy fertile men: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951771 594. Athayde, K, Cocuzza, M, Pagani, R, Agarwal, A, Sharma, S, Hallak, J. (2007): Impact of clinical varicocele on seminal reactive oxygen species levels in a fertile population and its correlation with varicocele grade and testis size: a prospective controlled study: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951775 595. Makker, K, Mahfouz, R, Gupta, S, Makker, R, Makker, G, Agarwal, A. (2007): Evaluation of pre- and postwash sperm parameters on intrauterine insemination outcome : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952271 596. Mansour, G, Goldberg, J, Agarwal, A, Sharma, R, Mahfouz, R Falcone, T. (2007) Correlation between sperm DNA damage, stage of endometriosis and the duration of infertility : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951315 Curriculum Vitae 86 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 597. Mansour, G, Radwan, E, Sharma, R, Agarwal, A, Falcone, T, Goldberg, J. (2007) DNA damage to embryos incubated in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis: role in infertility : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951318 598. Mansour, G, Sharma, R, Lotfy, G, Agarwal, A, Goldberg, J, Falcone, T. (2007) Endometriosis induced alterations in the mouse oocyte cytoskeleton : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951320 599. Mansour, G, Agarwal, A, Radwan, E, Sharma, R, Goldberg, J, Falcone, T (2007) DNA damage in metaphase II oocytes is induced by peritoneal fluid from endometriosis patients : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951322 600. Mansour, G, Falcone, T, Shahaat, A, Sharma, R, Goldberg, J, Agarwal, A. (2007) Response of immature and mature mouse cytoskeleton to endometriosis - Role of oxidative stress : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951325 601. Abdelrazik, H, Mansour, G, Falcone, T, Sharma, R, Goldberg, J, Agarwal, A (2007) Reduction in cytoskeleton damage by incubation of oocytes in peritoneal fluid supplemented with L-Carnitine : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951332 602. Mansour, G, Goldberg, J , Agarwal, A , Sharma, R, Mahfouz, R, Falcone, T. (2007) Sperm chromatin damage and its role in the pathogenesis of infertility in patients with endometriosis : : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951334 603. Mansour, G, Aziz, N, Falcone, T, Sharma, R, Mahfouz, R, Agarwal, A. (2007) The relationship between human sperm DNA damage and the sperm deformity index in sperms incubated in peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis. ; In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952023 604. Kader, A, Abdelrazik, H, Sharma, R, Falcone, T, Goldberg, J, Agarwal, A. (2007) Effect of zonal hatching on expanded and non-expanded blastocysts vitrification : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 950968 605. Kader, A, Abdelrazik, H, Sharma, R, Falcone, T, Goldberg, J, Agarwal, A (2007) Vitrification versus slow cryopreservation of expanded and non expanded blastocysts - Effect on DNA damage : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951090 606. Kader, A, Agarwal, A, Abdelrazik, H, Falcone, T, Goldberg, J, Sharma, R (2007) Improvement in expanded blastocyst vitrification outcome by the use of a pre-vitrification intervention and non-intervention technique : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951105 607. Kader, A, Agarwal, A, Abdelrazik, H, Falcone, T, Goldberg, J, Sharma, R. Routine use of blastocele aspiration of expanded blastocysts and assisted hatching of non-expanded blastocysts before vitrification : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951116 608. Kader, A, Agarwal, A, Sharma, R, Falcone, T, (2007) Quick isolation of mice primordial follicles improves the integrity of oocyte granulosa complex : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952044 609. Chowdary, H, Koli, R, Gupta, S, Sharma, R, Combelles, C, Agarwal, A, (2007) Dynamic changes in the catalase activity of bovine follicular fluid: correlation with the stages of antral folliculogenesis and follicle dominance : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951690 610. Gupta, S, Chowdary, H, Koli, R, Czerniak, S, Combelles, C, Agarwal, A, (2007) Association of catalase enzymatic activity in bovine follicular fluid with both the phases of folliculogenesis and the stages of the estrus cycle : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952191 611. Chowdary, H, Gupta, S, Holick, E, Paolella, L, Agarwal, A, Combelles, C. (2007) Production of antioxidants by cultured granulosa cells that originated from various stages of antral folliculogenesis in the bovine ovary : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952250 Curriculum Vitae 87 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 612. Koli, R, Chowdary, H, Gupta, S, Williams, J , Agarwal, A, Combelles, C, (2007) Correlation between the dynamics of total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity and the sizes of bovine antral follicles and follicle dominance : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952257 613. Mohamed A Bedaiwy, M, Mahfouz, R, Goldberg, J, Miller, K, Agarwal, A, Falcone, T (2007) Relationship of reactive oxygen species lvels in day 3 culture media with the outcome of IVF/ICSI cycles : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951142 614. Bedaiwy, M, Noriega, J, Gupta, S, Brainard, J, Agarwal, A,Falcone, T. (2007) Diagnostic value of Hemosiderin Laden macrophages in histologically proven endometriosis : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951141 615. Mansour, G, Radwan, E, Agarwal, A, Shahaat, A, Lotfy, G,Falcone, T, (2007) Clinical and quality of life in patients with stress incontinence treated by tension free vaginal tape-obturator procedure : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951853 616. Duenas, O, Gupta, S, Rico, H, Agarwal, A. (2007) Langerhans cell histiocytosis and diabetes insipidus during pregnancy: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951474 617. Duenas, O, Gupta, S, Rico, H, Agarwal, A (2007) Parvovirus B-19 associated hemophagocytic reactive syndrome during pregnancy: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951479 618. Deepinder, F, Kumanov, P, Robeva, R, Tomova, A, Puri, I, Agarwal, A (2007) Relationship of pubertal gynecomastia with varicocele and various parameters of growth: a seven year prospective study: In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 952013 619. Malik, S, Makker, K, Gupta, S, Sharma, R, Prakash, V, Agarwal, A, (2007) Role of Quantiferon gold assay in monitoring patients of genital tuberculosis response to anti-tubercular treatment : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951480 620. Malik, S, Gupta, S, Makker, K, Agarwal, A, Nagpal, S (2007) Clinical utility of PCR in the diagnosis and management of latent tubercular endometritis : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951485 621. Malik, S, Gupta, S, Makker, K, Sharma, R, Prakash, V, Agarwal, A (2007) Utility of Quantiferon gold test to corroborate the diagnosis of latent tubercular endometritis : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951490 622. Malik, S, Gupta, S, Makker, K, Katoch, K, Allahbadia, G, Agarwal, A (2007) Coexistence of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and tubercular endometritis in infertile women: is there a common pathophysiology? : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951537 623. Mahajan, N, Gupta, S, Makker, K, Agarwal, A, (2007) Evaluation of frozen thawed embryo transfer as a therapeutic option in patients with recurrent IVF failure : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951538 624. Malhotra, N, Gupta, S, Agarwal, A, Tripathi, V, K Roy, K , Kumar, S (2007) Peritoneal fluid interleukin (IL-8) in patients with endometriosis - Is there a co-relation with severity or symptoms of disease? : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951612 625. Malhotra, N, Gupta, S, Rehman, S, Roy, K, Kumar, S, Agarwal, A (2007) Comparison of single vs. double intrauterine insemination in unexplained infertility a randomized control trial : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. Abst # 951977 626. Pasqualotto, E, Sharma, R, Salvador, M, Borges, E, Agarwal, A, Pasqualotto, F (2007) Superoxide dismutase and catalase levels in seminal plasma according to the clinical diagnosis : In 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2007. 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In: Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Orlando, Florida, May 17-22. 633. Athayde K, Patrick A, Garlak D, Mahfouz R, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): Comparison of two “One-step disposable chambers” for sperm count and motility assessment. AAB 2008 Meeting & Educational Conference and the College of Reproductive Biology’s 12th Annual Symposium, Las Vegas, NV. May 15 – 17. 634. Athayde, K, Mahfouz, R, Patrick, A, Garlak, D, Sharma, R, Agarwal A (2008): Efficacy of double density technique in improving sperm morphology in semen samples prepared for Assisted Reproduction. AAB 2008 Meeting & Educational Conference and the College of Reproductive Biology’s 12th Annual Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, May 15-17. 635. Mahfouz, R, Aziz, N, Sharma, R, Abdelrazik, H, Bykova, M, Agarwal, A (2008): Comparing Flowcytometry and chemiluminescence in assessing human sperm production of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in different sperm fractions. In: Europen Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, July 6-9 636. Agarwal, A, Mahfouz, R, Aziz, N, Sharma, R, Bykova, M, Sabanegh, E (2008): Assessment of intracellular human sperm reactive oxygen species after hydrogen peroxide exposure. In: Europen Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, July 6-9. 637. Aziz, N, Mansour, GK, Sharma, R, Mahfouz, R, Falcon, T, Agarwal, A (2008): Impact of peritoneal fluid from healthy women and women with emdometriosis on sperm DNA and its relationship to the sperm deformity index. In: Europen Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, July 6-9. 638. Mansour G, Aiziz N, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Mahfouz R, Falcone T (2008): The relationship between human sperm DNA damage and the sperm deformity index in sperms incubated in peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis. In: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, July 6-9 639. Mahfouz R, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): Association of sperm DNA fragmentation measured by TUNEL with sperm maturation measured by DNA cytometry. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 536 640. Begum M, Miller D, Salam M, Quadir E, Varghese A, Agarwal A (2008): Antibiotics and micronutritional blend to enhance fertility potential in men with abnormal semen quality. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 575 641. Sundararajan V, Kumar R, Kumar R, Gupta, N P, Agarwal A, Dada, R 2008: Oxidative stress and mitochondrial mutation of idiopathic asthenozoospermic men. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 683 Curriculum Vitae 89 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 642. Ragheb A, French D, Bragais M, Agarwal A, Sabanegh E (2008): Empiric treatment of low level leukocytospermia. 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In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 529 646. Kader A, Abdelrazik H, Falcone T, Sharma R, Agarwal, A (20080 Extent of apoptosis induction in biopsied blastocyst folloging slow cryopreservation and vitrification. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 555 647. Kader A, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Falcone T (2008): Effects of a prolonged equilibration-vitrification protocol on day 5 and day 6 blastocyst DNA integrity. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 583 648. Abdelrazik H, El-Damen A, Badrawy H, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): L-Carnitine improves embryo quality and increases blastocyst development rate in couples undergoing ICSI. In: 64 th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 472 649. Kader A, Enciso M, Mahfouz R, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Falcone T (2008): Evaluation of different isolation methods for primordial follicle on the viability and morphology of the follicle-granulosa complex. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 527 650. Mahfouz R, Aziz N, Sharma R, Abdelrazik H, Sabanegh E, Agarwal A (2008): Association of sperm morphology assessed by sperm deformity index with sperm DNA integrity/maturity in male infertility. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 651. Mahfouz R, Aziz N, Sharma R, Abdelrazik H, Sabanegh E, Agarwal A (2008): Comparing flowcytometry and Chemiluminescence in assessing human sperm production of Superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in different sperm fractions. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Fransciso, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 105 652. Agarwal A, Desai N, Makker K, Mouradi R, Sabanegh E, Sharma R (2008): Effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic waves from cellular phone on human semen parameters, DNA integrity and reactive oxygen species levels: An in vitro pilot study. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 525 653. Bhattacharya A, Suresh S, Vineetha V, Sebastian B, Varghese A, Agarwal A (2008): Antioxidant effects of Triphala, Brahmi and Triphala-Brahmi combination in blood and seminal plasma of high glucose fed rats. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 574 654. Mansour G, Goldberg J, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): Does the stage of endometriosis affect the embryo quality? In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA Nov 8-12 Abs # 451 443 655. Abdelrazik H, El-Damen A, Badrawi H, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): Diagnostic value of the comet assay in patients undergoing ICSI. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 503 656. Abdelrazik H, El-Damen A, Badrawi H, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): Introduction of a single step medium from fertilization through blastocyst stage by supplementation of the culture media with L-Carnitine. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 475 657. Kader A, Biscotti C, Agarwal A, Sharma R, Falcone T (2008): Comparison of post-warming degeneration and apoptosis of porcine ovarian tissue following vitrification using the Ohio-Cryo device and slow Curriculum Vitae 90 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. cryopreservation. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 515 658. Gutgutia R, Mukhopadhyay D, Nandi P, Bhattacharyya A, Banerjee S, Agarwal A (2008): In vitro analysis of the effect of benzo-a-pyrene on sperm hyperactivation. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 567 659. Mansour G, Lotfy G, Falcone T, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): L-Carnitine prevents DNA damage of oocyte incubated in peritoneal fluid of endometriosis. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 463 660. Mansour G, Goldberg J, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): Intrauterine insemination in women aged 38 years and more. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 372 661. Mahfouz R, Kader A, Medhat A, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2008): Male factor infertility: haploid sperm with condensed mature chromatin affect pregnancy rates in couples undergoing ICSI. In: 64 th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 652 121 662. Mansour R, Goldberg J, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): Stage of endometriosis does not affect intrauterine insemination outcome. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 457 663. Mansour R, Goldberg J, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): The correlation between DNS damage of oocytes incubated in the peritoneal fluid of endometriosis, stage of disease and duration of infertility. In: 64 th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 394 664. Bedaiwy M, Gupta S, Noriege J, Brainard J, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): Diagnostic value of hemosiderin laden macrophages in histologically proven endometriosis. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 503 665. Tamova A, Kumanov P, Robeva R, Desai N, Agarwal A (2008): Physical growth and sexual development in boys: The largest cross-sectional study. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 650 582 666. Mansour R, Sharma R, Goldberg J, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): Relationship between extend of cytoskeleton damage of oocytes incubated in PF of endometriosis and the stage of the disease and duration of infertility. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 325 667. Mansour R, Goldberg J, Sharma R, Agarwal A, Falcone T (2008): Association of the number of follicles, follicular size and treatment protocol with multiple pregnancies and hyperstimulation after ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, Nov 8-12 Abs # 651 428 2009 668. Nisarg D, Sharma R, Mahfouz R, Gupta S, Sabanegh E, Agarwal A (2009): ROS levels are independent OS sperm concentration, motility and abstinence in normal, healthy proven fertile man – a longitudinal study. In: 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology, Philadelphia, PA, April 4 -7 669. Gupta s, Mahfouz R, Varghese A, Sharma R, Sabanegh E, Agarwal A (2009): Association of sperm DNA fragmentation with seminal oxidative stress in male factor infertility. In: 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology, Philadelphia, PA, April 4 - 7 670. Nisarg D, Mahfouz R, French D, Sabanegh E, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2009): A pilot study of reactive oxygen species levels after resolution of leukocytospermia. In: 2009 AUA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 25 - 30 671. Saleh R, Agarwal A (2009): Histopathological patterns of teasticular biopsies in infertile azoospermic men with varicoceles. In: 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Oct 1923 Abs # 650 723 Curriculum Vitae 91 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 672. Agarwal A, Desai N, Mahfouz R, Mouradi R, Sharma R, Sabanegh E (2009): Investigating pathophysiologic effects of cell phone radiation on human spermatozoa: use of novel in vitro model. In: 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Oct 19-23 Abs # 651 312 673. Mahfouz R, Kader A, Sharma R, Agarwal A (2009): Hyaluronan expression and sperm DNA fragmentation as indicators of conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). In: 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Oct 19-23 Abs # 651166 674. Mahfouz R, Agarwal A, Kale V, Thiyagarajan A, Sabanegh E, Sharma R (2009): Effects of advancing paternal age on oxidative stress in infertile men. 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In: 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Oct 19-23 Abs # 650 921 2010 681. Choi A, Gupta S, Czerniak S, Holick E, Paolella L, Agarwal A and Combelles C (2010) Profiling of total antioxidant capacity of bovine antral follicles. In: Lepow Day Abstract, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological Institute & Obs & Gyn and Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland & Middlebury College, Vermont. 682. Flechner S, Berber E, Askar M, Stephany B, Agarwal A, and Milas M(2010): Allotransplantation of cryopreserved parathyroid tissue for severe hypocalcemia after renal transplantation, In: XXIII International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 15 – 19, 2010 Abstract # 847. 683. Agarwal A, Sharma R, Thiyagarajan A, and Sabanegh E (2010): TUNEL as a routine test for sperm DNA damage in the evaluation of male infertility. In: 26th Annual Meeting of ESHRE, Rome, Italy, June 27 - 30 2010, Abstract # R10-1498 684. Sabanegh E, Sharma R, Thiyagarajan A, and Agarwal A (2010): Value of reactive oxygen species as a diagnostic test in the evaluation of male infertility. In: 26th Annual Meeting of ESHRE, Rome, Italy, June 27 – 30, 2010, Abstract # R10-1508 685. Sharma R., Gupta S., Thiyagarajan A., Sabanegh E., and Agarwal A: Testing sperm DNA damage by TUNEL assay in specific cases of male infertility. In: 66th Annual Meeting of the ASRM, Denver, CO, October 23-27, 2010 Abstract # 651600 Curriculum Vitae 92 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 686. Gupta S., Sharma R., Thiyagarajan A., Moazzam A., Sabanegh E, and Agarwal A: Development of a novel sperm collection kit as an alternative to onsite collection of semen samples in men seeking infertility treatment. In: 66th Annual Meeting of the ASRM Denver, Co, October 23-27, 2010, Abstract # 651655 687. Agarwal A, Sharma R, Thiyagarajan A, Gupta S, and Sabanegh E: Clinical utility of reactive oxygen species as a diagnostic test in the evaluation of male infertility. In: 66th Annual Meeting of the ASRM, Denver, CO, October 23-27, 2010, Abstract # 651629 2011 688. Banerjee J, Horrigan T, Sharma RK, Agarwal A, Kruger M and Diamond M (2011): Effect of various concentrations of IL-6 on Metaphase-II mouse oocyte spindle structure in vitro. In: 58th Annual meeting Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Miami Beach, FL, March 16-19, 2011, Abstract # O-165. 689. Esteves S and Agarwal A (2011) Novel concepts in male infertility. Review Article. International Braz J Urol Vol.37(1): 5-15. 690. Carpi A, Todeschini G, Agarwal A, Sabanegh E.(2011) Percutaneous biopsy of the testicle: A mini-review with a proposal flow chart for nonobstructive azzospermia. Ann Med. 43(2): 83-98. 691. Sarkar,O, Bahrainwala,J, Chandrasekaran,S, Kothari,S, Mathur,P, Agarwal,A (2011) Impact of inflammation on male fertility. Review Article. Frontiers of Biosciences 1(3): 89-95. 692. du Plessis SS, Kashou A, Benjamin D, Yadav S and Agarwal A (2011) Proteomics: a subcellular look at spermatozoa. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 9: 36. 693. Esteves S, Miyaoka R and Agarwal A (2011) An update on the clinical assessment of the infertile male. CLINICS (In Press) 694. Agarwal A, Singh A and Hamada A (2011) Cell phones and male infertility: review of recent innovations in technology and consequences. International Brazilian Journal of Andrology (Submitted) 695. Gupta S, Choi A, Czerniak S, Hollick E, Paolella L, Agarwal A, and Combelles C (2011) Total antioxidant capacity and catalase activity of follicular fluid during bovine folliculogenesis. Reproduction, Fertility and Development (In Press) 696. Singh R, Gray M, Lee W, and Agarwal A (2011) Thyroid, spermatogenesis, and male infertility. Frontiers in Biosciences (In Press) 697. Mathur PP, Francispillai M, Selvaraju V, and Agarwal A (2011) NF-kB in male reproduction: A boon or a bane? In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, "Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health" Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. (In Press) 698. Singh R and Agarwal A (2011) Thyroid in testicular development spermatogenesis and male infertility. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, "Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health" Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves, Bentham Science Publishers. (In Press) 699. Mathur PP, Huang L, Anthony Kashou A, and Agarwal A (2011) Environmental Toxicants and Testicular Apoptosis. In: Special Issue of Reproductive Science Journal, "Advances in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health" Editors: Ashok Agarwal and Sandro Esteves. 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Aziz N, Sharma RK, Mahfouz R, Jha R, and Agarwal A (2011) Association of sperm morphology and the sperm deformity index (SDI) with Poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage inhibition. Fertil Steril (In Press) Curriculum Vitae 93 Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. 704. Rein B, Gupta S, Dada R, Safi J, Michener C and Agarwal A (2011) Potential markers for detection and monitoring of ovarian cancer. Journal of Oncology (In Press) 705. du Plessis SS, Kashou A, and Agarwal A (2011) Evaluation of Sperm Proteins in Infertile Men - A Proteomic Approach. Fertil Steril (In Press)