Academic Appointments
Education
Awards
Research and Publications
Journal Articles and Manuscripts
Abstracts and Presentations
Invited Lectures
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2006-present
Assistant Professor, Urologic Surgery
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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EDUCATION:
2005-2006 Fellowship in Andrology/Male Infertility University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
2001-2005 Urology Residency University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2000-2001 General Surgery Internship University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
1993-2000 Medical School (combined MD/PhD) Medical University
of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1990-1993 College (BS in Biology) American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
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AWARDS:
Fellowship:
AUA Foundation/Pfizer Scholar (2005)
Residency:
SMRU Traveling Scholar Award (2003)
Medical School:
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (1998)
Student Research Day First Place Award (1997)
Student Research Day Runner-Up Award (1996)
All American Scholar Award (1995)
College:
Graduated summa cum laude (1993)
Philip Hitti Prize (1993)
M. Rabbat Merit Scholarship (1991-92)
John M. Fawaz Merit Scholarship (1990-91)
Dean’s Honor List (1991-1993, six of six semesters)
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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
Doctoral Dissertation
Makhlouf AA. Regulation of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E expression in cardiocytes.
Approved by the Medical University of South Carolina Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1998
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JOURNAL ARTICLES AND MANUSCRIPTS:
Makhlouf AA and Niederberger CS. Dietary Supplements and Male Fertility. Submitted to Seminars in Alternative Medicine, 2006
Makhlouf AA, Niederberger CS. Ensuring Vasectomy Success: What Is the Standard? J Androl. 2006 Jun 2; [Epub ahead of print]
Abdel-Latif M, Makhlouf AA , Moustafa Y, Gouda T, Niederberger C, Elhanbly S. The diagnostic value of nitric oxide, lipoprotein(a), and malondialdehyde levels in the peripheral venous and cavernous blood of diabetics with erectile dysfunction. International Journal Of Impotence Research, In Press 2006.
Makhlouf A, Niederberger C. DNA integrity tests in clinical practice: it is not a simple matter of black and white (or red and green). Journal of Andrology. Feb 9, 2006. Epub ahead of print
Makhlouf AA, Kshirsagar A, Niederberger CS. Phosphodiesterase 11: a review of
structure, expression and function. International Journal of Impotence Research, Jan 5 2006. Epub ahead of print.
Makhlouf AA, Niederberger CS. Vasectomy reversal in the presence of diminished ovarian reserve: a complex clinical conundrum. Journal of Andrology 27(1), 2006.
Makhlouf AA, Krupski TL, Kunkel D, Theodorescu D. The effect of sampling more cores on the predictive accuracy of pathological grade and tumour distribution in the prostate biopsy. British Journal of Urology International. 93(3):271-4. 2004
Makhlouf AA, Boyd JC, Chapman TN, Theodorescu D. Perioperative costs and charges of prostate brachytherapy and prostatectomy. Urology. 60(4):656-60, 2002.
Makhlouf AA, Namboodiri AM, McDermott PJ. Transcriptional regulation of the rat eIF4E gene in cardiac muscle cells: the role of specific elements in the promoter region. Gene. 267(1):1-12, 2001.
Makhlouf AA, McDermott PJ. Increased expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E during growth of neonatal rat cardiocytes in vitro. American Journal of Physiology. 274(6 Pt 2):H2133-42, 1998
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ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Makhlouf A, Powell C, Meacham R, Barqawi A, Niederberger C, Crawford E.Correlation of low testosterone with erectile dysfunction in the presence and absence of cardiovascular risk factors: data from the Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Submitted to American Urological Association, North Central Section Meeting, San Diego 2006.
Makhlouf A, Mohamed A, Seftel A, Niederberger C. Depression and hypogonadism in erectile dysfunction. Submitted to American Urological Association, North Central Section Meeting, San Diego 2006..
Powell C, Makhlouf A, Kshirsagar A, Barqawi A, Meacham R, Crawford E, Niederberger C. Incorporating the AUA Symptom Score in predictive models of erectile dysfunction: results from the Prostate Cancer Awareness Week data. Submitted to American Urological Association, North Central Section Meeting, San Diego 2006.
Makhlouf A, Wald M, Cieslak-Jansen J, Chernoff A, Niederberger C, Ross L. Fresh versus cryo-preserved sperm in same couples undergoing IVF/ICSI. Accepted for presentation at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2006
Makhlouf AA, Kshirsagar A , Meacham R, Crawford D, Niederbeger CS. A comparative study of computational models for predicting erectile dysfunction. Sexual. Medicine Society of North America meeting, New York, NY. 2005
Makhlouf AA, Ehdaie B, Theodorescu D. Diagnostic yield of saturation prostate biopsy in patients with negative prior biopsies. American Urological Association- Mid Atlantic Section, Chesapeake, MD. 2004
Makhlouf AA, Slingluff C, Theodorescu D. Baseline T-cell reactivity to a battery of tumor-specific antigens in prostate cancer patients. American Urological Association- Mid Atlantic Section, Boca Raton, FL. 2003
Makhlouf AA, Krupski TL, Kunkel D, Theodorescu D. Does increasing the number of sampled cores in a prostate biopsy improve the accuracy of pathological grade and the prediction of tumor distribution? American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. 2002
Makhlouf AA, McDermott PJ. Regulation of the cap binding protein eIF4E in cardiac hypertrophy. 39th Annual National Student Research Forum, Galveston, TX. 1998
Makhlouf AA, McDermott PJ. Electrically stimulated contraction induces hypertrophy in cultured neonatal rat cardiocytes. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA. 1996
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INVITED LECTURES:
Makhlouf AA. New Developments in Male Contraception. Chicago Urological
Society Meeting, Chicago IL. 2005
Makhlouf AA. Computational Modeling In Urology, or Demystifying Artificial Neural Networks. Urology Grand Rounds Presentation, UT Southwestern University, Dallas, TX. 2005; University of Wisconsin Urology Grand Rounds, Madison, WI 2006; University of Minnesota Urology Grand Rounds, Minneapolis, MN 2006.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMERSHIPS:
American Urological Association, 2001-present
American Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2005-present
Society of Male Reproduction and Urology, 2005-present
American Society of Andrology, 2006-present
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EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Reviewer for Asian Journal of Andrology, 2006
Reviewer for AUA Foundation, www.urologyhealth.org, 2006
AUA Reporters member, Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2006
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LANGUAGES:
English, Spanish, French, and Arabic
Computer Programming Experience
Developed projects in standard C++ (STL), Visual C++ (MFC), Perl, R, Ruby
Familiar with Matlab, Java , Javascript, Visual Basic/VBA
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