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Our Physicians Publications

All CWRC physicians are active contributors to research and teaching at Columbia University as part of their commitment to the advancement of the field of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. We highlight below some of their publications.



Mark Sauer, MD top

Sauer MV. Sperm washing techniques address the fertility needs of HIV-seropositive men: a clinical review. Reprod Biomed Online 2005; 10(1):135-140.

Sauer MV, Thornton MT, Schoolcraft W, Frishman G. Recombinant luteinizing hormone add back to normogonadotropic women treated with recombinant FSH and cetrorelix acetate therapy: A randomized prospective study. Reprod Biomed Onlin 2004; 9(5):487-493.

Klein J, Sauer MV, Oocyte donation. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology 2002; 16:277-291.

Morrell MJ, Guidice L, Flynn KL, Seale CG, Paulson AJ, Sone S, Flaster E, Ferin M, Sauer MV. Predictors of ovulatory failure in women with epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2002; 52(6);704-711.

Klein J, Sauer MV: Assessing fertility in women of advanced reproductive age. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 185:758-770.


Janet Choi, MD top

Choi J, Chung PH. "Intrauterine uterine insemination." In: Chan P, Goldstein M, Rosenwaks Z, eds. Reproductive Medicine Secrets. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, 2004: 288-94.

Choi JM, Chung P, Veeck LL, Mielnik A, Palermo GD, Schlegel PN. "AZF microdeletions of the Y chromosome and in vitro fertilization outcome." Fertility Sterility 2004;81:337-41.

Choi JM, Romeo RD, Brake WG, Bethea CL, Rosenwaks Z, McEwen BS. "Estradiol increases pre- and post-synaptic proteins in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in female rhesus macaques (macaca mulatta)." Endocrinology 2003;144:4734-8.

Session D, Lee G, Choi J, Wolgemuth D. Expression of cyclin E in gynecologic malignancies. Gynecologic Oncology 1999;72:32-37.


Michael M. Guarnaccia, MD top

Guarnaccia MM, Takami M, Jones EE, et al. Luteinizing hormone depletes asorbic acid in preovulatory follicles. Fertil Steril 2000; 74:959-963.

Polaneczky M, Guarnaccia MM, Alon J, Wiley J. Early experience with the contraceptive use of Depo Medoxyprogesterone Acetate in an inner-city population. Family Planning Perspectives, 28:174-178, 1996.

Sundaresen PR, Guarnaccia MM, Izzo JL. Adrenal medullary regulation of rat renal cortical adrenergic receptors. American Journal of Physiology 253:F1063-F1066, 1987.

Flood DG, Guarnaccia MM, Coleman PD. Dendritic extent in human CA203 hippocampal pyramidal neurons in normal aging and senile dementia. Brain 409:88-96, 1987.


Rogerio Lobo, MD top

Lobo RA. What are the key features of importance in polycystic ovary syndrome? Fertil Steril 80:259-261, 2003.

Carmina E, Longo A, Lobo RA. Does ovarian blood flow distinguish between ovulatory and anovulatory patients with polycystic ovary syndrome? Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:1283-1286,2003.

Lobo RA. Evaluation of cardiovascular event rates with hormone therapy in healthy, early postmenopausal women: Results from 2 large Clinical Trials. Arch Intern Med 164:482-484, 2004.

Carmina E, Lobo RA. The use of fasting blood to assess the prevalence of insulin resistance in Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Fertil Steril 82(3):661-665, 2005. Lobo RA. Options for preservation of fertility in women at risk. (In Press N Engl J Med 2005).

Lobo RA. Options for preservation of fertility in women at risk. (In Press N Engl J Med 2005).


Drew V. Tortoriello, MD top

Tortoriello DV, McMinn J, Chua SC. Dietary Induced Obesity and Hypothalamic Infertility in Female DBA/2J Mice. Endocrinology 2004;145(3):1238-47.

Tortoriello DV, Sidis Y, Holtzman DA, Holmes WE, Schneyer AL. Human follistatin-related protein: a structural homologue of follistatin with nuclear localization. Endocrinology 2001;142(8):3426-45. 

Santoro N, Banwell T, Tortoriello D, Lieman H, Adel T, Skurnick J. Effects of aging and gonadal failure on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in women.  Am J ObstetGynecol.1998;178(4):732-41.

Tortoriello DV, McGovern PG, Colon JM, Skurnick JH, Lipetz K, Santoro N.  "Coasting" does not adversely affect cycle outcome in a subset of highly responsive in vitro fertilization patients. Fertil Steril. 1998;69(3):454-60.

Damario MA, Moomjy M, Tortoriello D, Moy F, Davis OK, Rosenwaks Z.  Delay of gonadotropin stimulation in patients receiving gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) therapy permits increased clinic efficiency and may enhance in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancy rates.  Fertil Steril. 1997;68(6):1004-10.


Ralph Zimmerman, MD top

Zimmerman RC, Hartman T, Kavic S, Paul SA, Bohlen P, Sauer MV, Kitajewski J. Vascular endothelial receptor 2 mediated angiogenesis is essential for gonadotropin-dependent follicle development. J Clin Invest 2003; 112(5):659-669.

Zimmerman RC, Hartman T, Bohlen P, Sauer MV, Kitajewski J. Pre-ovulatory treatment of mice with anti-VEGF receptor 2 antibody inhibits angiogenesis in corpora lutea. Microvascular Res 2001; 62:15-25.

Zimmerman RC, Krahn L, Klee G, Ditkoff E, Siong-Chi L, Ory SJ, Sauer MV: Prolonged inhibition of presynaptic catecholamine synthesis with alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine attenuates the circadian rhythm of human TSH secretion. JSGI 2001; 8:174-178.

Zimmerman RC, Xiao E, Husami N, Sauer MV, Lobo R, Kitajewski J, Ferin M. Short-term administration of antivascular endothelial growth factor antibody in the late follicular phase delays follicular development in the Rhesus monkey. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001; 86:768-772.

Zimmermann RC, Xiao E, Bohlen P, Ferin M 2002 Administration of antivascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 antibody in the early follicular phase delays follicular selection and development in the rhesus monkey. Endocrinology 143:2496.


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