Name:
Address:
Pre and postdoctoral education:
Bachelor of Science (Biology)
CURRICULUM VITAE
Anthony J. Thomas, Jr., M.D.
Glickman Urological Institute, Crile Bldg. A-100
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
E-mail: thomasa@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-6340
FAX: (216) 445-0385
Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio
1965
Doctor of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
1969
Internship (Rotating)
Detroit General Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
1969-70
Surgical Residency
Department of Surgery
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
1970-71
Urology Residency
Wayne State University 1973-76
Affiliated Hospitals Program
Detroit, Michigan
Instructor in Urology
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
1976-78
Assistant Professor of Urology
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
1978-81
Associate Professor of Urology
(Tenured)
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
1981-82
Head, Section of Male Infertility
Urological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
1982- present
Specialty
American Board of Urology
Feb. 8, 1978
2
Licensure
Ohio
Aug. 4, 1969 - current
Michigan
Jul. 20,1973 - current
Military Service
Lieutenant Commander,
United States Navy,1971-73
(Discharge: Honorable, 1974)
Hospital Appointments
Veterans Administration
July 1976 - June 1982
(Chief of Urology) 1979-80
Hutzel Hospital
July 1976 - June 1982
Children's Hospital of Michigan
July 1976 - June 1982
Detroit General Hospital
July 1976 - June 1982
Harper-Grace Hospitals
July 1978 - June 1982
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
June 1982- present
Professional Societies:
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Urological Association
North Central Section, American
Urological Association
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Andrology
Societe International d'Urologie,
United States Section
Society of Reproductive Surgeons
Society for the Study of Male Reproduction
Ohio State Medical Association
Cleveland Urological Society
Society for Male Reproduction and Urology
Awards:
Intern of the Year,
Detroit General Hospital 1969
3
Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award,
Cleveland Clinic 1993
Elected Positions:
President of Medical Staff, Cleveland Clinic
(1997-98)
Staff representative to Board of Governors
Staff representative to Board of Trustees
President, Society for the Study Male
Reproduction (SSMR) (1998-1999)
Member of Ethics Committee of the
American Society for Reproductive Med.
Member, Reproductive Health Council,
American Foundation Urologic Diseases
Member, Infertility Best Practice Policy Panel,
AUA, 1999-2000
President, Society for the Study of Male
Reproduction and Urology (SMRU) of the
Amer. Soc. of Reprod. Med. 2003-2004
Hospital Committees (Appt/ Elect):
(Cleveland Clinic)
Ethics Committee, Cleveland Clinic (Chairman)
Stewart Fellowship & Award Committee
4
Bibliography
1.Pontes JE, Alcorn SW, Thomas AJ and Pierce JM: Bone marrow acid phosphatase in staging
prostatic carcinoma. J Urol 114:422, 1975.
2.Thomas AJ: Acute cystitis in the female - a pamphlet for patients. Parke-Davis Company,
1976.
3.Thomas AJ, Perlmutter AD and Timmons J: Progressive penile amputation: tourniquet injury
secondary to hair. Urol 9:42, 1977.
4.Wollschlaeger PB, Wollschlaeger G, Krabbenhoft KL, Saric EJ, Prassad M, Thomas AJ and
Coleman T: Prolapse of the uterus and vagina. Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol. 3A, editors: Denis
White and Ross E. Brown, New York, Plenum Pub. Co., 1977.
5.Rehewy MSE, Jaszczak S, Hafez ESE, Thomas AJ and Brown WJ: Ureaplasma urealyticum (T
Mycoplasma) in vaginal fluid and cervical mucus from fertile and infertile women. Fertil Steril
30(3):297, 1978.
6.Rehewy MSE, Thomas AJ, Hafez ESE, Brown WJ, Moghissi K and Jaszczak S: Ureaplasma
urealyticum (T Mycoplasma) in seminal plasma and spermatozoa from infertile and fertile
volunteers. Eur J Obstet Gynaecol Reprod Biol 8(5):247, 1978.
7.Thomas AJ and Pierce JM: Physiology of male sexual function. In: Campbell's Urology, 4th
Edition, Vol. 2, Chapter 61, pp. 1923- 1934, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1979.
8.Thomas AJ: Sexual counseling. In: Campbell's Urology, 4th Edition, Vol. 2, Chapter 61, pp.
1934-1950, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1979.
9.Thomas AJ, Tintinelli, JE: Testicular torsion. JACEP 8(1): 28, 1979.
10.Thomas AJ, Pontes JE, Buddhdev H and Pierce JM: Vasovasostomy: evaluation of four
surgical techniques. Fertil Steril 32(3):324, 1979.
11.Rehewy MSE, Hafez ESE, Thomas AJ and Brown WJ: Aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora
in semen from fertile and infertile groups of men. Arch Androl 2:26, 1979.
12.Thomas AJ: Urologic emergencies - a study guide in emergency medicine. In: Emergency
Medicine, (Editor: J. Tintinelli), American College of Emergency Physicians, 1979.
13.Thomas AJ, Pontes JE, Segal S and Pierce JM: Two-layer microsurgical vasovasostomy in
men: clinical results and ultrastructural study of sperm granuloma. Arch Androl 2(1):270, 1979.
14.Thomas AJ, Pontes JE and Sibley J: Modified suction apparatus for use in microsurgery. Urol
18:185, 1981.
15.Thomas AJ, Pontes JE, Rose NR, Segal S and Pierce JM: Microsurgical vasovasostomy:
immunologic consequences and sub-sequent fertility. Fertil Steril 35(4):447, 1981.
5
16. Thomas AJ: Penile strangulation injuries - a brief guide to office counseling. Med Asp
Human Sexuality 16(5): 47-48, May 1982.
17.Belker AM, Thomas AJ, Sharlip I and Konnak JW: Intraoperative observations during
vasovasostomy in 334 patients. J Urol 129(3):524-527, March 1983.
18.Thomas AJ: Ejaculatory dysfunction. Fertil Steril 39:445, 1983.
19.Thomas AJ: Sperm banking: Current concepts and problems. Audio-Digest Urology, Vol.
6, Number 7, July 1983.
20.Thomas AJ: Vasography. In: Current Therapy of Infertility, II.1984-1985, pp. 144-147,(ed.
Garcia, C.B. et al), Published in Philadelphia, B. C. Decker, 1984.
21.Thomas AJ: Arterial Insufficiency/Male Infertility. Editor: Robert A. Graor; Audio-Digest
Family Practice Volume 32, Number 45, Dec. l, l984.
22.Sharlip ID, Belker AM, Konnak JW, Thomas AJ: Relationship of gross appearance of vas
fluid during vasovasostomy to sperm quality, obstructive interval and sperm granuloma. J Urol
131:681-683, 1984.
23.Siegel SW, Thomas AJ: Gynecomastia and Leydig cell tumors in the adult. The Cleve Clin Q
5l: 395-399, Summer, l984.
24.Lizza EF, Marmar JL, Schmidt SS, LaNasa JA Jr, Sharlip ID, Thomas AJ, Belker AM and
Nagler HM: Transseptal crossed vasovasostomy. J Urol 134(6): 1131-1132, 1985.
25.Rothmann SA, Schroeder-Jenkins M, Henrich L and Thomas AJ: Successful twin pregnancy
using cryopreserved sperm from a man with chondrosarcoma. Cleve Clin Q 53(1): 89-94, Spring
1986.
26.Rothmann SA, Schroeder-Jenkins M, Henrich L and Thomas AJ: Rationale for sperm
banking in men with cancer. Cleve Clin Q 53(1): 89-94, Spring 1986.
27.Thomas AJ: Pamphlet on Male Infertility. American Fertility Society, 1986.
28.Thomas AJ: Vasectomy and Vasovasostomy. In: Andrology. (Edited by J. Pryor, L.
Lipshultz) Butterworth's International Medical Reviews, Butterworth and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, pp. 301-327, 1987.
29.Thomas AJ and Nagler HM: Testicular biopsy and vasography for evaluation of male
infertility. Urol Clin North Am 14:167-176, 1987.
30.Ziegelbaum M, Thomas AJ and Zachary A: Association of Peyronie's Disease with HLA B7
crossreactive antigens: A case report of identical twins. Cleve Clin J Med 54(5): 427- 430
September/October 1987.
6
31.Thomas AJ: Priapism, In: Disorders of Male Sexual Function, (Edited by D.K. Montague)
Chicago, Illinois: Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., Dec 1987, pp. 238-252.
32.Thomas AJ: Vasoepididymostomy. In: Urologic Clinics of North America, (Edited by S.
Howards), Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. Vol. 14, No. 3, August 1987, pp. 527-538.
33.Thomas AJ: Vasoepididymostomy: Audio-Digest. Urology 10(7), July 1987.
34.Thomas AJ: Priapism in Stewart's Operative Urology, Second Edition, (Edited by A. Novick,
M.D., E. Pontes, M.D., and S. Streem, M.D.), 1988, p. 826-831.
35.Thomas AJ: Varicocele in Stewart's Operative Urology, Second Edition, (Edited by A.
Novick, M.D., E. Pontes, M.D., and S. Streem, M.D.), 1988, p. 642-647.
36.Thomas AJ: Vasoepididymostomy in Stewart's Operative Urology, Second Edition, (Edited
by A. Novick, M.D., E. Pontes, M.D., and S. Streem, M.D.), 1988, p. 774-781.
37.Thomas AJ: Vasovasostomy in Stewart's Operative Urology, Second Edition, (Edited by A.
Novick, M.D., E. Pontes, M.D., and S. Streem, M.D.), 1988, p. 767-773.
38.Schover LR, Thomas AJ, Lakin MM, Montague DK, Fischer J: Orgasm Phase Dysfunctions
in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Sex Research, Editor: Paul R. Abramson, Ph.D. Vol 25(4):548554, 1988.
39.Ahmed T, Conover JC, Quigley MM, Collins RL, Thomas AJ, Gwatkin RBL: Failure of
spermatozoa from the T/t mice to fertilize in vitro is overcome by zona drilling. Gamete
Research 23:369,1989.
40.Sharlip ID and Thomas AJ: Vasoepididymostomy in Current Operative Urology, (Editor:
E.D. Whitehead), Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, pp. 292-297, 1990.
41.Thomas AJ: Vasoepididymostomy. (Editor: Jacob Rajfer), Common Problems in Infertility &
Impotence, Mosby Year Book, Inc., pp. 217-224, 1990.
42.Moghissi KS and Thomas AJ: Male Infertility. ACOG Tech Bull Number 142 - June 1990.
43.Avashia JH, Walsh TD, Thomas AJ, Kaye M, Licata A: Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate
associated with hypercalcemia: A case report. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 57: 636638, 1990.
44.Thomas AJ and Geisinger MA: Current management of varicoceles. In Urol Clin N Am,
17(4): 893-907, November 1990.
45.Wazzan WC, Gwatkin RBL and Thomas AJ: Zona drilling enhances fertilization by mouse
caput epididymal sperm. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 27: 332-336, 1990.
46.Howards SS and Thomas AJ: Surgical treatment of infertility in Infertility in the Male.
Editors: Lipshultz LI and Howards SS, Mosby Year Book, Inc., 2nd Ed., pp. 357-369, 1991.
7
47.Belker AM, Thomas AJ, Fuchs EF, Konnak JW and Sharlip ID: Results of 1,469
microsurgical vasectomy reversals by the Vasovasostomy Study Group. J Urol 145(3): 505-511,
1991.
48.Thomas, AJ: Vasoepididymostomy. In Current Therapy in Genitourinary Surgery. Eds:
Resnick, M and Kursh, E., 2nd Ed. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. pp. 359-363, 1992.
49.Falk R and Thomas AJ: Microsurgery in male infertility in Infertility and Reproductive
Medicine Clin N Am, ed. Overstreet, 3(2):443-454, 1992.
50.Einstein DM, Pauschter DM, Singer AA, Thomas AJ and Levin HS: Fibrotic lesions of the
testicle: Sonographic patterns mimicking malignancy. Urologic Radiology, 14: 205-210, 1992.
51.Davis, NS., Thomas, AJ., Rothmann, S: Effect of catheter composition on sperm quality. J.
Androl. 14(1): 66-69, 1993.
52.Dewire, D and Thomas, AJ: Indications for Vasoepididymostomy, in Surgery of Male
Infertility, (ed.: Goldstein, M), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 116-19, 1994.
53.DeWire, D and Thomas, AJ: End-to-side Microsurgical Vasoepididymostomy, in Surgery of
Male Infertility, (ed.: Goldstein, M), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 128-34, 1994.
54.Dewire, DM, Thomas, AJ, Falk, RM, Geisinger, MA, and Lammert, GK: Clinical outcome
and cost comparison of percutaneous embolization and surgical ligation of varicocele. J Androl.,
15S: 38S- 42S, 1994.
55.Rowe, SJ, Thomas, AJ, Goldfarb, DA, Klein, EA, Montague, D, Streem, SB, and Novick,
AN: Safety of transurethral surgery in the early postoperative period following open heart
surgery. J Urol, 151(4): 902-4, 1994.
56.Belker, AM, Oates, RD, Thomas, AJ, et al.: Results in the United States with sperm
microaspiration retrieval techniques and assisted reproductive technologies. The sperm
microaspiration retrieval techniques study group. J Urol, 151(5): 1255-1259, 1994.
57.Dewire, DM, Davis, NS, Miller, KF, Stowe, NT, Thomas, AJ: The effect of partial zona
dissection on the fertilizing capacity of chronically obstructed mouse caput epididymal sperm. J
Assisted Reprod and Genetics, 11(1): 43-48, 1994.
58.Levin HS and Thomas, A J: Testicular Biopsy. In American Urological Association Update
Series. Vol. 4, Lesson 13, 1985.
59.Grantmyre, JE, Thomas, AJ, Falk, RM, Wazzan, W, Houlihan, D, Coburn, M, Lipshultz, LI,
Belker, AM, Nagler, HM, Oates, RD: Development of a new alloplastic spermatocele
demonstrating successful sperm retrieval in an animal model. Fertil Steril, 64(1): 179-184, 1995.
60.Sabanegh, E and Thomas, AJ:Modified resectoscope loop for transurethral resection of the
ejaculatory ducts. Urology , 44(6): 909-910, 1994.
8
61.Thomas, AJ: Varicocele. in Urologic Secrets, ed.: Resnick and Novick, Hanley and Belfus,
Inc. (Pub.), Philadelphia, PA.,185-88, 1994.
62. Thomas, AJ: Testicular Trauma. in Urologic Secrets, ed.: Resnick and Novick, Hanley and
Belfus, Inc.(Pub.), Philadelphia, PA.,232-34, 1994.
63.Shekarriz, M, DeWire, DM, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: A method of human sperm
centrifugation to minimize the iatrogenic sperm injuries caused by reactive oxygen species.
European Urology, 28:31-35, 1995.
64.Sabanegh, E and Thomas, AJ: Effectiveness of crossover transseptal vasoepididymostomy in
treating complex obstructive azoospermia. Fertil Steril, 63(2): 392-95, 1995.
65.Thomas, AJ: Microsurgical correction of obstructive azoospermia. Management of Impotence
and Infertility, Eds. Whitehead, E.D. and Nagler, H. M., J.B. Lippincott, publ., pp. 248264,1994.
66.Shekarriz, M, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A: Positive myeloperoxidase staining
(Endtz test) as an indicator of excessive reactive oxygen species in semen. J Assiste Reprod and
Genetics, 12(2): 70-74, 1995.
67.Agarwal, A., Shekarriz, M., Thomas, A.J.: Incidence and level of seminal reactive oxygen
species in normal men. Urology, 45(1): 103-107, 1995.
68.Shekarriz, M., Sharma, R.K., Thomas, A.J., and Agarwal, A.: The effects of time and sperm
concentration on reactive oxygen species formation in human sperm. Archives of Andrology, 34:
69-75, 1995.
69.Shekarriz, M, Tolentino, M, Ayzman, I, Lee, J, Thomas, A.J., and Agarwal, A.:
Cryopreservation and semen quality in patients with Hodgkin's disease. Cancer, 75(11): 27322736, 1995.
70.Agarwal, A, Sidhu, RK, Shekarriz, M., Thomas, AJ: Optimum abstinence time for
cryopreservation of semen in cancer patients. J Urol, 154(1): 86-88, 1995.
71. Agarwal, A, Tolentino, MV, Sidhu, RS, Ayzman, I, Lee, J-C, Thomas, AJ, and Shekarriz, M:
Effect of cryopreservation on semen quality in patients with testicular cancer. Urology 46(3):
382-389, 1995.
72. Sharma, RK, Tolentino, MV, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Optimal dose and duration of
exposure to artificial stimulants in cryopreserved human spermatozoa. J Urol, 155(2):568-573,
1996.
73. Kolettis, PN, Stowe, ST, Inman, SR, Thomas, AJ: Acute Spermatic Cord Torsion alters the
microcirculation of the contralateral testis. J Urol. 155(1): 350-4, 1996.
74. Agarwal, A., Shekarriz, M., Sidhu, R.K., Thomas, A.J.: Value of clinical diagnosis in
predicting the quality of cryopreserved sperm from cancer patients. J. Urol. 155(3): 934-938,
1996.
9
75. Lipshultz, LI, Belker, AM, McClure, RD, Thomas, AJ, Symposium: Controversies in
reproductive microsurgery. Contemporary Urology 8(5): 49-64,1996.
Contemporary Urology 8(6): 15-26, 1996
76. Schover, LR, Thomas, AJ, Miller, KF, Falcone, T, Attaran, M, Goldberg, J: Preference for
intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) vs. donor insemination(DI) in severe male factor
infertility. Hum Reproduction 11(11): 2461-2464, 1997
77. Padron, O and Thomas, AJ: Microsurgical correction of epididymal obstruction. Atlas of the
Urologic Clinics of North America. Ed.: Lipshultz, LI; W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
Oct, 1996 pp 41-54.
78. Esteves, SC, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Suitability of the hypo-osmotic swelling
test for assessing the viability of cryopreserved sperm. Fertil Steril 66(5): 798-804, 1996
79. Padron, OF, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Effects of cancer on spermatozoa quality
after cryopreservation: a 12 year experience. Fertl Steril.67(2):326-331, 1997.
80. Kolettis, PN and Thomas, AJ: Vasoepididymostomy for vasectomy reversal: A critical
assessment in the era of ICSI. J. Urol. 157(1): 467-70,1997
81. Thomas, AJ and Padron, O: Obstructive azoospermia and vasoepididymostomy in: Male
Infertility and Sexual Dysfunction, ed.: Hellstrom, W.J.G., Springer-Verlag Publishers, New
York, New York, pp. 244-257, 1997.
82. Carbone, DJ, Shah, A, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Improved motile sperm recovery by a
hyperosmotic percoll gradient. J. Assist. Reprod. And Genetics 14(7): 394-397, 1997.
83. Shekarriz, BM, Thomas, AJ, Sabanegh, E, Kononov, A, and Levin, HS: Fibrin glue assisted
vasoepididymostomy: A comparison to standard end-to-side microsurgical vasoepididymostomy
in the rat model. J Urol.,158(4):1602-1605, 1997.
84. Sharma, RK, Padron, OF, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A: Factors associated with the quality
before freezing and after thawing of sperm obtained by microsurgical epididymal aspiration.
Fertil Steril 68(4): 626-31, 1997.
85. Padron, OF, Brackett, NL, Sharma, RK, Kohn, S, Lynne, CM, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A:
Seminal reactive oxygen species, sperm motility and morphology in men with spinal cord injury.
Fertil Steril 67: 1115-20, 1997.
86. Carbone, DJ, Shah, A, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Partial obstruction, not sperm antibodies,
causing infertility after vasovasostomy. J Urol, 159(3): 827-830, 1998.
87. Hallak, J, Hendin, BN, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Investigation of fertilizing capacity of
cryopreserved spermatozoa from patients with cancer. J. Urol 159(3): 1217-1220, 1998
88. Thomas, AJ, Carbone, DJ: General Complications Following Surgical Treatment of
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Urinary and Sexual Complications, In Operative Strategies in
10
IBD, Text and Atlas. Ed. Milsom, J and Michelassi, F, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp.
812-820, 1999.
89. Hallak, J, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Why cancer patients request disposal of cryopreserved
semen specimens post therapy: a retrospective study. Fertil Steril. 69(5): 889-893, 1998.
90. Sidhu, RS, Hallak, J, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Relationship of creatine kinase
levels with clinical diagnosis of infertility. J Assisted Reprod And Genetics 15(4): 188-192,
1998.
91. Thomas, AJ, Vasoepididymostomy in Glenn’s Urologic Surgery Text, 5th ed. Ed. Graham, S.
Lippincott-Raven Press, Philadelphia PA , 1998.
92. Carbone, DJ, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: The role of electron microscopy of sperm in the
evaluation of male infertility in the era of assisted reproduction. Urology, 52(2): 301-305, 1998.
93. Sidhu, RS, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Relationship of creatine kinase and semen
characteristics of subfertile men. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Fertility
and Women's Medicine, 1998.
94. Schover, LR, Thomas, AJ, Falcone, T, Attaran, M, and Goldberg, J: Attitudes about genetic
risk of couples undergoing in-vitro fertilization. Hum. Reproduction 13(4): 862-866, 1998.
95. Esteves, CS, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ and Agarwal, A: Effect of in vitro incubation on
spontaneous acrosome reaction in fresh and cryopreserved human spermatozoa. Internat J. Fert
and Women’s Med. 43(3): 235-242, 1998.
96. Schover, L.R., Agarwal, A., and Thomas, A.J.: State of the Art: Cryopreservation of gametes
in young cancer patients. J. Pediatric Hem/Oncol, 20(5): 426-428, 1998.
97. Hendin, BN, Patel, B, Levin, HS, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A. Identification of spermatozoa
and round spermatids in ejaculates of men with spermatogenic failure. Urology 51(5): 816-819,
1998.
98. Esteves SC, Sharma RK, Thomas Jr AJ, Agarwal A. - The effects of sperm preparation by
swim-up technique and capacitation on acrosome status of normozoospermic men. J. Brasileiro
Reprod. Assist. 2: 74-82, 1998.
99. Esteves SC, Sharma RK, Thomas Jr AJ, Agarwal A. - Identification of viable spermatozoa
for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using the hypo-osmotic swelling test (Identificação
de espermatozóides viáveis para injeção intracitoplasmática (ICSI) através do teste hiposmótico).
J.Brasileiro Reprod. Assist. 2:103-108, 1998.
100. Esteves SC, Sharma RK, Thomas Jr AJ, Agarwal A. Characteristics of sperm motility
evaluated by computer-assisted semen analysis before and after cryopreservation using liquid
nitrogen vapor technique in normozoospermic men (Características da motilidade espermática
avaliadas por computador, antes e após a criopreservação do sêmen pela técnica de vapor de
nitrogênio líquido, em indivíduos normozoospérmicos). J. Brasileiro Reprod. Assist.2:115-122,
1998.
11
101. Esteves, SC, Sharma RK, Thomas Jr AJ, Agarwal A.: Cryopreservation of human
spermatozoa with pentoxifylline improves the post thaw agonist-induced acrosome reaction rate.
Human Reprod 13(12): 3384-3389, 1998.
102. Hallak, J, Borges, E, Iaconelli, A, Lucon, A, Arap, S, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Capacidade
de fertilizacao de espermatozoides criopreservados obtidos de pacientes com cancer na era da
ICSI. J. Brasileiro Reprod. Assist.2: 109-114, 1998.
103. Hendin, BN, Kolettis, PN, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A: Varicocele is
associated with elevated spermatozoal reactive oxygen species production and diminished
seminal plasma antioxidant capacity. J. Urol. 161(6): 1831-1834, 1999.
104. Potts, JM, Pasqualotto, FF, Nelson, D, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Patient Characteristics
Associated with Vasectomy Reversal. J. Urol. 161(6):1835-1839, 1999.
105. Kolettis, PK, Sharma, RK, Pasqualotto, FF, Nelson, D, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Effect of
seminal oxidative stress on fertility after vasectomy reversal. Fertil Steril 71(2): 249-255, 1999.
106. Hallak, J, Sharma, RK, Wellstead, C, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A: Cryopreservation of
Human Spermatozoa: comparison of TEST-yolk buffer and glycerol. International Journal of
Fertility and Women’s Medicine 44, 1999.
107. Thomas, A.J.: Vasoepididymostomy in Atlas of Urol Clin of North America. 7(1): 65-90,
1999.
108. Kolettis, PN, Ross, JH, Kay, R, Thomas, AJ: Sperm retrieval and intracytoplasmic sperm
injection in patients with prune-belly syndrome. Fertil Steril, 72(5): 948-950,1999.
109. Pasqualotto, EB, Daitch, JA, Hendin, BN, Falcone, T, Thomas, AJ, Nelson, DR, Agarwal, A:
Relationship of total motile sperm count and percent motile sperm to successful pregnancy rate
following IUI. Journal Assisted Reproduction & Genetics 16:476-482, 1999.
110. Hallak, J, and Thomas, AJ: Infertilidade masculina: diagnostico e tratamento. In Urologia,
Principios e practica, Editors: Barata, H.S. and Carvaihal, G.F., Editora Atres Medicas Sul Lida,
Sao Paulo, Brasil, pp.263-277, 1999.
111. Hallak, J, Kolettis, PN, Sekhon, VS, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Cryopreservation of sperm
from patients with leukemia. Cancer 85(9): 1973-1978, 1999.
112. Pasqualotto, F, Agarwal, A, Srivastava, M, Nelson, D, Thomas, AJ: Fertility outcome
after repeat vasoepididymostomy. J Urol 162: 1626-28, 1999.
113. Sharma, RK, Pasqualotto, FF, Nelson, DR, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: The reactive
oxygen species – total antioxidant capacity score is a new measure of oxidative stress to
predict male infertility. Human Reproduction 14(11): 2801-2807, 1999.
114. Kolettis, PN and Thomas, AJ: Andrology in Practical Stratagies in Obstetrics and
Gynecology, eds: Ransom, S.B. et al., W.B. Saunders Co., Phil., PA, pp. 629-640, 1999.
12
115. Esteves, SC, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Sperm viability assays, a matter of life and
death. [letter] Fertil Steril 72(1): 184-5, 1999.
116.Constabile, RA, Schlegel, PN, Belker, AM, Lipshultz, LI, Sharlip, I, Thomas, AJ, Park, D-C,
Spevak, M: Microsurgical reconstruction of the male reproductive tract: Shortening the learning curve.
AUA Update Series, Lesson 36, Volume: XVIII, 1999.
117.Pasqualotto, FF, Sharma, RK, Nelson, DR, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A: Relationship between
oxidative stress, semen characteristics and clinical diagnosis in men undergoing infertility investigation.
Fertil Steril73(3): 459-464, 2000.
118.Pasqualotto, FF, Sharma, RK, Potts, J.M., Nelson, DR, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A: Seminal
oxidative stress in patients with chronic prostatitis. Urology 55(6): 881-885, 2000.
119.Gil-Guzman, E, Ollero, M, Lopez, MC, Sharma, RK, Alvarez, JG, Thomas, AJ, and Agarwal, A:
Differential production of reactive oxygen species by subsets of human spermatozoa at different stages of
maturation. Human Reproduction, 16(9):1922-1930, 2001.
120.Nangia, AK, Myles, JL, and Thomas, AJ: Vasectomy reversal for post vasectomy pain syndrome: a
clinical and histological evaluation. J. Urol 164(12): 1939-1942, 2000.
121.Kobayashi, H, Larson, K, Sharma, RK, Nelson, DR, Evenson, D, Toma, H, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal,
A: DNA damage in patients with untreated cancer as measured by the sex chromatin structure assay.
Submitted to Fertil Steril, 75(3): 469-475, 2001.
122.Hendin, BN, Falcone, T, Hallak, J, Nelson, DR, Vemullapalli, S, Goldberg, J, Thomas, AJ, and
Agarwal, A: The effect of patient and semen characteristics on live birth rates following intrauterine
insemination: A retrospective study. J of Asst. Reprod and Genetics 17(5): 245-252, 2000.
123.Kobayashi, H, Gil-Guzman, E, Mahran, A, Sharma, R, Nelson, DR, Thomas, A J, Agarwal, A:
Quality control of reactive oxygen species measurement by luminol-dependent chemoluminescence
assay. Accepted for publication, J. Androl, January, 2001.
124.Pasqualotto, FF, Daitch, JA, Agarwal, A and Thomas, AJ: Results of microsurgical anastomosis in
men with seminal tract obstruction due to inguinal herniorrhaphy. Submitted to Human Reproduction,
Sep, 2000.
125.Pasqualotto, FF, Kobayashi, H, Daitch, JA, Agarwal, A and Thomas, AJ: Detection of testicular
cancer in men presenting with infertility. Submitted to J. Andrology, Aug. 2000.
126.Ollero, M, Gil-Guzman, E., Lopez, MC, Sharma, R, Agarwal, A, Larson, K, Everson, D, Thomas,
AJ and Alvarez, J: Characterization of subsets of human spermatozoa at different stages of maturation:
implications in the diagnosis and treatment of male infertility. Submitted to Human Reproduction 16(9):
1912-1921, 2001.
127. Hendin, BN, Falcone, T, Hallak, J, Goldberg, J, Thomas, AJ, Nelson, DR, Agarwal, A: Effect of
clinical and semen characteristics on efficacy of ovulatory stimulation in patients undergoing intrauterine
insemination. J Asst. Reprod. And Genetics 17(4): 189-193, 2000.
13
128. Esteves, SC, Sharma, RK, Thomas, AJ, Agarwal, A: Improvement in motion characteristics and
acrosome status in cryopreserved human spermatozoa by swim-up processing before freezing. Human
Reprod. 15(10): 2173-2179, 2000.
128. Daitch, JA, Thomas, AJ: A Practical Approach to Male Infertility, in Office Urology: A Clinician’s
Guide. Editors: Kursh, ED and Ulchaker, JC, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, pp381-394, 2000.
129. Esteves, SC, Sharma, RK, Thomas, Jr., AJ, Agarwal, A: Effect of swim-up washing and subsequent
capacitation on acrosome status and functional membrane integrity of normal sperm. Int. J. Fert. 45(5):
335-341, 2000.
130. Pasqualotto, FF, Sharma, RK, Kobayashi, H, Nelson, DR, Thomas, AJ and Agarwal, A: Oxidative
stress in normospermic men undergoing infertility evaluation. J Andrology, 22(2): 316-322, 2001.
131. Sharma, RK, Pasqualotto, FF, Nelson, DR, Thomas, AJ and Agarwal, A: Relationship between
seminal white blood cells and oxidative stress in men treated at an infertility clinic. J Andrology, 22(4):
575-583, 2001.
132. Daitch, JA, Bedaiwy, EB, Pasqualotto, EB, Hendin, BN, Hallak, J, Falcone, T, Thomas, AJ, Nelson,
DR, Agarwal, A: Varicocelectomy improves intrauterine insemination success rates in men with
varicocele. J Urol 165(5): 1510-1513, 2001.
133. Kobayashi, H., Gil-Guzman, E., Mahran, A. M., Sharma, R.K., Nelson, D. R., Thomas, A.J.,
Agarwal, A. Quality control of reactive oxygen species measurement by luminol-dependent
chemoluminescence assay. J Androl. 22(4): 568- 574, 2001.
134. Sharma, R.K., Pasqualotto, F.F., Nelson, D. R., Thomas, A.J., Agarwal, A. Relationship between
seminal white cell counts and oxidative stress in men treated at an infertility clinic. J. Androl. 22(4): 575583, 2001.
135. Hallak, J., Sharma, R.K., Pasqualotto, F.F., Ranganathan, P., Thomas, A.J., Agarwal, A.: Creatine
Kinase as an indicator of sperm quality and maturity in men with oligospermia. Urology 58(3):446451,2001.
136. Cherullo, E.E., Meraney, A.M., Bernstein, L.H., Einstein, D.M., Thomas, A.J., Gill, I.S.:
Laparoscopic management of seminal vesicle cysts associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis. J Urol
167(3):1263-7, 2002.
137. Jarow, J.P., Sharlip, I.D., Belker, A.M., Lipshultz, L.I., Sigman, M., Thomas, A.J., Schlegel, P.N., et
al. Best Practice Policies for Male Infertility. J. Urol 167: 2138-44, 2002
138. Esfandiari, N., Saleh, R.A., Blaut, A.P., Sharma, R.K., Nelson, D.R., Thomas, A.J., Falcone, T.,
Agarwal, A.: Effects of temperature on sperm characteristics and reactive oxygen species production.
International Journal of Fertility & Womens Medicine. 47(5):227-33, 2002.
139. Jarow, J.P., Sharlip, I.D., Belker, A.M., Lipshultz, L.I., Sigman, M., Thomas, A.J., Schlegel, P.N., et
al. Best Practice Policies for Male Infertility. Fertil Steril 77: 873-82, 2002.
14
140. Jarow JP. Sharlip ID. Belker AM. Lipshultz LI. Sigman M. Thomas AJ. Schlegel PN. Howards
SS. Nehra A. Damewood MD. Overstreet JW. Sadovsky R. Male Infertility Best Practice Policy
Committee of the American Urological Association Inc. Best practice policies for male infertility.
Journal of Urology. 167(5):2138-44, 2002
141. Saleh, R. A., Agarwal, A., Nelson, D., R., Nada, E., El-Tonsy, M.H., Alvarez, J.G., Thomas, A.J.,
Sharma, R.K.: Increased sperm nuclear DNA damage in normospermic infertile men: a prospective
study. Fertil Steril 78(2): 313-318, 2002.
142. Alvarez, J.G., Sharma, R.K., Ollero, M., Saleh, R. A., Lopez, M.C., Thomas, A.J., Everson, D. P.,
Agarwal, A.: Increased DNA damage in sperm from leukospermic semen samples as determined by the
sperm chromatin structure assay. Fertil Steril 78(2): 319-329, 2002.
143. Saleh, R. A., Agarwal, A., Sharma, R.K., Nelson, D., Thomas, A.J.: Effect of cigarette smoking on
levels of seminal oxidative stress in infertile men: a prospective study. Fertil Steril 78(3): 491-499, 2002.
144. Naughton, CK. Thomas, AJ Jr. Optimizing laboratory use of human vas deferens
specimens for microsurgical practice. Urology. 60(2):320-3, 2002
145. Daitch, J. and Thomas, A.J.: Sperm Banking in Procedures for Primary Care. Editor: John
Pfenninger, Mosby Publishing, Inc., New York, NY 2002
146. Daitch, J. and Thomas, A.J.: Varicocele. in Urologic Secrets, ed.: Resnick and Novick,
Hanley and Belfus, Inc. (Pub.), Philadelphia, PA.,pp 223-226, 2002.
147. Daitch, J. and Thomas, A.J.: Testicular Trauma. in Urologic Secrets, ed.: Resnick and
Novick, Hanley and Belfus, Inc. (Pub.), Philadelphia, PA.,pp 295-297, 2002.
148. Saleh, R.A., Agarwal, A., Kandirali, E., Sharma, R.K., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Nada, E.A.,
Evenson, D.P., and Alvarez, J.G.: Leukocytospermia is associated with increased reactive
oxygen species production by human spermatozoa. Fertil Steril 73(6): 1215-1224, 2002.
149. Saleh, RA, Agarwal, A, Nada, EA, El-Tonsy, MH, Sharma, RK, Meyer, A, Nelson, DR, and
Thomas, AJ, Jr.: Negative effects of increased sperm DNA damage in relation to seminal oxidative
stress in men with idiopathic and male factor infertility. Fertil Steril 79 Suppl 3:1597-605, 2003.
150. Bedaiwy, M.A., Sharma, R.K., Alhussaini, T.K., Nelson, D.R., Mohamed, M.S., AbdelAleem, A.M., Thomas, A.J., Jr., and Agarwal, A.: The use of novel semen quality scores to
predict pregnancy in couples with male-factor infertility undergoing intrauterine insemination.
J Androl 24(3): 353-360, 2003.
151. Daitch, J.A. and Thomas, A.J.: Sperm Banking. Pp 947-49, In Procedures for Primary
Care (eds: Pfenninger & Fowler) Mosby Publisher, St. Louis, MO 2003
152. Wang X. Sharma RK. Gupta A. George V. Thomas AJ. Falcone T. Agarwal A.
Alterations in mitochondria membrane potential and oxidative stress in infertile men: a
prospective observational study. FertilSteril 80 Suppl 2:844-50, 2003.
15
153. Wang X. Sharma RK. Sikka SC. Thomas AJ Jr. Falcone T. Agarwal A. Oxidative stress
is associated with increased apoptosis leading to spermatozoa DNA damage in patients with
male factor infertility. FertilSteril 80(3):531-5, 2003.
154. Esfandiari, N, Sharma, RK, Saleh, RA, Thomas, AJ, Jr, and Agarwal, A: Utility of the
Nitroblue Tetrazolium Reduction Test for the assessment of reactive oxygen species
production by seminal leukocytes and spermatozoa. J. Androl. 24(6): 862-70, 2003.
155. Naughton, C. and Thomas, A.: Development of an inexpensive artificial vagina for semen
collection from rabbits. J. Androl., 24: 712-715, 2003.
156. Said, T.M., Kattal, N., Sharma, R.K., Sikka, S.C., Thomas, AJ, Jr., Mascha, E., Agarwal,
A.: Enhanced chemiluminescence assay versus colorimetric assay for measurement of the total
antioxidant capacity of human seminal plasma.
J Androl 24:676-680, 2003.
157.Saleh, R.A., Agarwal, A., Sharma, R.K., Said, T.M., Sikka, S.C., Thomas, A.J., Jr.:
Evaluation of nuclear DNA damage in spermatozoa from infertile men with varicocele.
Fertil Steril 80(6):1431-1436, 2003.
158. Moustafa, MH, Sharma, RK, Thornton, J, Mascha, E, Abdel-Hafez, MA, Thomas, AJ, Jr.,
and Agarwal, A (2003): Relationship between ROS production, apoptosis and DNA
denaturation in spermatozoa from patients examined for infertility. Hum Reprod (In Press)
159. Saleh, R.A., Agarwal, A., Kandirali, E., Sharma, R.K., Thomas, A.J., Jr., Nada, E.A.,
Evenson, D.P., and Alvarez, J.G.: Leukocytospermia is associated with increased reactive
oxygen species production by human sperm. Fertil Steril (In Press)
160. Aziz, N., Saleh, R.A., Sharma, R.K., Esfandiari, N., Thomas, A.J., Jr., and Agarwal, A.:
Novel association between sperm reactive oxygen species production, sperm morphological
defects and the sperm deformity index.
Fertil Steril (In Press)
161. Paasch, U, Agarwal, A, Gupta, AK, Sharma, RK, Grunewald, S, Thomas, AJ, Jr,
Glander, H-J: Superparamagnetic depletion of ejaculated human spermatozoa with apoptotic
changes. Annals NYAS (In Press)
162. Kuang, W., Shin, P.R., Matin, S., and Thomas, A.J.: Initial evaluation of robotic
technology for microsurgical vasovasostomy. J. Urol. (In Press)
BOOKS:
Thomas, AJ and Nagler, HM (eds): Atlas of Surgical Management of Male Infertility. IgakuShoin Medical Publishers, New York, NY, 1995.
Schover, L and Thomas, AJ: Overcoming Male Infertility. Understanding Its Causes and
Treatment. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Publisher, New York, 2000.
16