Research Fellows

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Research Fellowship in Human Reproduction and Male Infertility

Scientific Presentation Day, 2016 Summer Internship, Lerner Research Institute

Table of Contents For more information, please contact: Our Mission 2 Our Research Fellowship and training opportunities Testimonials 3 – 4 American Center for Reproductive Medicine and the Andrology Center Application 3 represent one of the most active, state-of-the-art Cleveland Clinic, X-11 Who We Are 4 and comprehensive programs in human reproduction 10681 Carnegie Avenue Books Published 5 and infertility in the United States. Cleveland OH 44195, United States Research Collaborators 6, 9, 10 Tel: +1.216.444.9485 Research Overview 7 – 15 Our Fellows gain priceless research experience under Publications 9 – 15 Toll-Free: 1.800.CCF.CARE (ext. 4-9485) the strong mentorship of world-renowned experts in Recent Research Alumni 16 – 17 Fax: +1.216.445.6049 Fulbright Research Scholars 18 reproductive medicine and biology at our Center in Email: [email protected] About Our Center 19 – 20 the Cleveland Clinic. Research Alumni 21 – 22 http://www.ClevelandClinic.org/ReproductiveResearchCenter About ACRM 23 4 About Cleveland 24 Research Fellowship in Human Reproduction and Male Infertility

Our Research Fellowship and training opportunities represent one of the most active, state-of-the-art and comprehensive programs in human reproduction and infertility in the United States. Our Fellows gain priceless research experience under the strong mentorship of world-renowned experts in reproductive medicine and biology at our Center in the Cleveland Clinic.

Our Mission Our unique and methodical mentorship approach develops the researchers into independent and dynamic scientists of the highest caliber.

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Ashok Agarwal, PhD Rakesh Sharma, PhD Sajal Gupta, MD Edmund Sabanegh, MD Professor, Lerner College of Medicine Associate Professor, Department of Urology Assistant Professor, Department of Urology Chairman, Department of Urology Director, American Center for Reproductive Medicine Research Coordinator Assistant Research Coordinator Head, Section of Male Infertility Director, Andrology Center Department of Urology American Center for Reproductive Medicine American Center for Reproductive Medicine Professor, Lerner College of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic

5 Our Research Fellows will • Receive personalized mentoring by well-known experts in Reproductive Research • Receive intensive hands-on training to master various basic and advanced research skills • Learn the basics of Good Laboratory Practices • Learn how to conduct a thorough literature review/ critical analysis of published research • Develop superior communication and presentation skills • Participate actively in cutting-edge reproductive research • Develop a strong foundation in human reproduction, assisted reproduction and infertility • Learn the process of developing a novel scientific research idea • Learn the techniques of writing a scientific bench research proposal • Master the art of writing high quality scientific articles Develop Valuable • Publish research findings in top-tier scientific journals Research Skills • Learn the fundamentals of research involving human subjects • Scientific integrity and accountability • Learn the basics of data management and biostatistical analysis • Professionalism and leadership • Learn to be an independent, confident and resourceful researcher • Discipline and time management • Motivation and self-direction • Team work and collaboration • Creativity and innovation • Organization and methodical planning Research & Training Methods • Effective interpersonal communication • Critical thinking and judgement • Problem solving and trouble shooting • Personal mentorship approach with daily supervision • Practical demonstration and hands-on training in laboratory techniques • Weekly research meetings for project planning and development • On-site and online courses on various research procedures • Training in literature review strategies and tools • Training in writing of scientific articles for publication • Lectures and presentations • Journal Club and group discussions

During their Fellowship year at ACRM, our Research Fellows receive value added opportunities to participate in and...

• Serve as a Mentor/Advisor during the Summer Mentorship program in Reproductive Medicine held annually in June and July. Go to http://www.clevelandclinic.org/reproductiveresearchcenter/summain.html to read more about our Mentorship Program.

• Receive systematic and comprehensive hands-on ART Training completely free of charge during the Advanced Reproductive Techniques course held annually in Sept and Oct. Fellows who successfully complete their ART Training will receive a Certificate. Go to http://www.clevelandclinic.org/reproductiveresearchcenter/artmain.html to read more about our ART Training Program. 6 n M e n a e c d i i r c

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C e 3 9 n 9 tr 1 3 um t. E Es 9 xce tiae 9 ResearchResearch CollaboratorsCollabollen rators 1 t. E Es xcellentiae The American Center for Reproductive Medicinedi i hhas collaborativell b ti relationshipsl ti hii withth many hhighly esteemed scientists and clinicians from over 18 countries around the world. Some of our renowned collaborators include:

Muhammad Abu-Elmagd, PhD Mohamed Arafa, MD, PhD Mourad Assidi, PhD Nabil Aziz, FRCOG, MD Ricardo Bertolla Chak Lam Cho Rima Dada, MD, PhD Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Doha, Qatar Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Liverpool, United Kingdom Sao Paulo, Brazil Hong Kong New Delhi, India

Damayanthi Haitham Elbardisi, MD Sandro Esteves, MD, PhD Jaime Gosálvez, PhD Sezgin Gunes, PhD Avraham Harlev, MD Ralf Henkel, MD Durairajanayagam, PhD Doha, Qatar Campinas, Brazil Madrid, Spain Spokane, Washington Beer Sheva, Israel Belville, South Africa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sheryl Homa, PhD Dolores Lamb, PhD Ahmad Majzoub, MD Walter Cardona Maya, PhD Barbara Helm, PhD Peter Nagy, MD, PhD Sijo Parekattil, MD London, United Kingdom Houston, Texas Doha, Qatar Medellín, Colombia Heidelberg, Germany Atlanta, Georgia Clermont, Florida

Botros Rizk, MD, PhD Ramadan Abdou Saleh, MD Luna Samanta, PhD Reecha Sharma, MD, MS Suresh C Sikka, PhD Laura Sirot, PhD Armand Zini, MD, FRCS(C) Mobile, Alabama Sohag, Egypt Orissa, India Philadelphia, PA New Orleans, Louisiana Wooster, Ohio Montreal, Canada

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Tamer M Said, MD, PhD Sandro Esteves, MD, PhD Alex Varghese, PhD Ramadan Abdou Saleh, MD Arozia Moazzam, MD, PhD Alaa Hamada, MD Reecha Sharma, MD, MS Saad Alshahrani, MD Toronto, Canada Campinas, Brazil Kerala, India Sohag, Egypt Lahore, Pakistan Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

Damayanthi Cui Zhihong, MD Eva Tvrda, PhD Ahmet Ayaz, PhD Avraham Harlev, MD Sezgin Gunes, PhD Luna Samanta, PhD Durairajanayagam, PhD Chongqing, China Nitra, Slovak Republic Istanbul, Turkey Beer Sheva, Israel Samsun, Turkey Orissa, India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia To read more about our collaborators, please http://www.clevelandclinic.org/reproductiveresearchcenter/collab.html

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Australia 1993 1995 1996 1997 Kazakhstan

Austria Korea Bijan Shekarriz Sandro Esteves Yongjin Wang Jorge Hallak Benjamin Hendin Brijesh Patel Rajinder Sidhu

Bahrain 1998 Kosovo

Brazil Kuwait Jason Johnson Michael Keresztes Lakshmi Pandrangi Vicki Sekhon Meena Srivastava Ky Vuong Kush Goyal Anurag Kedia Sumita Kedia Hiroshi Kobayashi

Bulgaria 1999 Lebanon

Canada Malaysia Eleonora Pasquolotto Fabio Pasqualotto Ajay Patel Christina Petrauskis Sumit BapnaMohamed Bedaiwy James Chae Michael Falcone Kjersten Larson Ayman Mahran

Chile 2000 Mexico

China Nigeria Anuradha Munshi Nam-Cheol Park Sanjay Raisone Mamta Singh Rachel Starkey Mamta Thukral William Conrad Navid Esfandiari Valal George Enrique Guzman

Colombia 2001 Pakistan

Croatia Pavithra Ilian Philippines Engin Kandirali Saba Khayal Ranganathan Xia Wang Bandaranayake Jaswinder Chauhan Kubilay Inci Heather Klepacz Kemetta McBride Andrew Meyer

Czech 2002 Poland Republic

Mohammed Romania Egypt Moustafa Mehmet Oder Brittany Paige Rupesh Raina Shashikala Sharma Crystal Thomas Amit Upadhyay Huang Yi Caresse Cortes Edgar Cruz

2003 Russia Greece Saudi Sir Joaquim Jacobs Namita Kattal LaTasha Miller Javier Noriega Ivana Oborna Tamer Said Ramadan Saleh Asha Shah Jocelyn Wimbley Shyam Allamaneni Guyana Arabia

Hong Kong Slovak Republic Nina Cunningham Akshay Gupta Saleem Hani Shamel Hashem Eric Massanyi Mohamed Moein Kiran Nallella Jason Nemes Tarita Pakrashi Sreedhar Rama Lucky Sekhon India South Africa 2004 Iran Spain Brittany Smith Ricardo Worthen, Jr. Carlumandarlo Xiaoyan Zhang Rishi Agarwal Jashoman Banerjee Thomas Baumann Won-Jun Choi Marcello Cocuzza Amanda George Iraq Zaramo Syria 2005 Italy Turkey

Ravindrakumar Guruswamy Christian Kriegel Caihong Ma Kalyana Nandipati Sushil Prabakaran Manja Rasch Patrick Teloken Sudeep Bansal Shweta Bhatt Di He Jamaica UAE

2006 Japan USA

Jordan Gihan Mansour Rasha Nimeri Parminder Sidhu Arjun Sundaram Husnu Yavuzsen Hussein Abdelrazik Kelly Athayde Maria Bykova Hyndhavi Chowdary Deepinder Goyal Venezuela 8 2007

Rajesh Jha Amr Kader Cherry Kamel Samina Khalid Rajeshree Koli Sameera Madan Reda Mahfouz Lucky Sekhon Mohamed Ahmed Frances Bragais

Omar Deunas Elena Georgescu Eric Goldberg Pallavi Khanna Natalie Krajcir Jakob Lackner Maria Lorences Thomas Lynch Kartikeya Makker Neena Malhotra Rand Mouradi

2008

Aparna Michalynn Kerstin Ponicke Rekha Rani Rani Shah Deepika Sharma Salil Tandon Thiyagarajan Thompson Alex Varghese Sanjeev Bandi Ehab Barakat

Cyril Anthony Ng Chi-Fai Aline de Souza Ignacio Dinamarca Enver Dirican Ang Wen Jeat Shubhangi Kesavan Sunil Kumar Maciez Kurpisz Andrew Luu Premendu Mathur Mazhuvanchery

2009

Mahmood Furquan Pathan Antonio Paula Keerti Singh Nilopher Surti Jessica Torres Hanife Yilmaz Abdulkarim Amanda Alvarez Aline Azevedo Nabil Aziz

Giancarlo Balercia Anjali Chandra Rima Dada Lina Evgeni Vaishali Kale Philip Kumanov Alex Lawrence Curtis Lockhart Ahmed Ragheb Tanmay Rastogi Joelle Safi

2010

James Savia Fatemeh Abbasi Luiz Carvalho Alaa Hamada Anthony Kashou Franciele Lunardi Arozia Moazzam Marilia Pieretti Reecha Sharma Aspinder Singh

2011 2012

Aman Sorour Adrielle Xavier Saad Al-Dujaily Pavittar Grewal Beena Premkumar Amani Shaman Diana Vaamonde Helena Malvezzi Gayatri Mohanty

2013 2014

Damayanthi John J. McGill Saad Alshahrani Durairajanayagam Sejal Doshi Cui Zhihong Ahmet Ayaz Eva Tvrda Aditi Mulgund Sezgin Gunes

2015 2016

Stefan du Plessis Avraham Harlev Gulfam Ahmad Luna Samanta Sindhuja Tatagari Gurpriya Virk Amulya Sirigiri Asli Mahmutoglu Luna Samanta

Fulbright Research Scholars at ACRM

Paula Nirlipta Swain Intasqui Lopez Siew May Wang Zeynep Cakar

Damayanthi Durairajanayagam, PhD Eva Tvrda, PhD Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Nitra, Slovak Republic Alumni 2012-2013 Alumni 2013-2014

Stefan du Plessis, PhD, MBA Gulfam Ahmad, MCE, MRD, DIU, PhD Tygerberg, South Africa Lahore, Pakistan Alumni 2014-2015 Alumni 2014-2015 9