Our researchers have: • Published numerous articles in reputed scientific journals, including over 670 peer reviewed original research articles and reviews, and more than 200 book chapters in specialized medical books. To learn more and view our publications, click here. • Presented over 750 research papers at national and international scientific meetings. To read, click here. • Edited over 30 highly acclaimed medical textbooks or manuals pertaining to human reproduction, , ART, preservation, sperm chromatin damage and antioxidants. To read more, click here. • Serve as members of editorial boards of esteemed medical journals, such as:

• Advances in Bioscience and Clinical Medicine • Indian Journal of Experimental Biology • Andrology • Human Fertility • Annals of translational Medicine • International Brazilian Journal of Urology • Arab Journal of Urology • Journal of Reproductive and Stem Cell Biotechnology • Asian Journal of Andrology • Translational Andrology and Urology • Basic and Clinical Andrology • Reproductive BioMedicine Online • Fertility and Sterility • Reproductive Biology & Endocrinology • Human Andrology • World Journal of Men’s Health Did You Know? Did You

Dolores Lamb, PhD Sijo Parekattil, MD Ashok Agarwal, PhD and Rima Dada, MD, PhD Rakesh Sharma, PhD and Peter Nagy, MD, PhD, Kim Ly, MBA, Late Anthony J Thomas, MD and Botros Rizk, MD, PhD Doris Baker, PhD Dolores Lamb, PhD, Ashok Agarwal, PhD Rachel Thomas, BSc

Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), EMB (ACE) | Professor and Director Meet the Director Ashok Agarwal is the Director of Research at the Center for Reproductive Medicine and the Director of the Andrology Center. He holds these positions at Clinic, where he is a Professor at the Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and, since 1993, Senior Staff in the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute. Dr. Agarwal did his post-doctorate training in Reproductive Biology under a fellowship from The Rockefeller Foundation at Harvard Medical School in , . He was an Instructor in and then an Assistant Professor of Urology at Harvard Medical School from 1988 to 1992. Dr. Agarwal was appointed in 1993 by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, as the Head of the Clinical Andrology Center, which over the years under his leadership, has become a center

of excellence for the diagnosis of male infertility and of men with oncological conditions in the United States. He is board To assess the most up to date citation indices, search “Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD” on or visit certified as a Clinical Laboratory Director in Andrology by the American Board of Bioanalysis and serves as an Inspector for the College of American https://scholar.google.com.my/citations?user=FP_jRpIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Pathologists “Reproductive Laboratory Program” for accreditation of Andrology & IVF Laboratories. Dr. Agarwal’s h-index is 119 on Google Scholar, on Web of Science and 86 on , while his citation count is nearly 59,954 on Google Scholar [email protected] as of Feb 2018. His RG score is 53.13 on 1,913 publications. Dr. Agarwal is ranked as the #1 Author in Andrology/Male Infertility and ART-related * ‘All’ refers to yearly citation indices from 1998 to 2015 +1.216.444.4985 research, based on a Global Ranking of Authors in Andrology or Male Infertility report employing exhaustive searches of the Scopus database. Dr. Agarwal received the 2011 and 2012 Innovator Award for the development of “Remote Sperm Banking Kits” from the Cleveland Clinic Innovations. He was thrice-awarded the Scholarship in Teaching Award in 2011, 2013 and 2014 by the Case Western Reserve University Medical School in recognition of his innovative Summer Internship Course in Reproductive Medicine, which has been held annually since 2008. Dr. Agarwal was recognized by a second Scholarship in Teaching Award in 2013 and 2014 for his distinctive Hands on Training Program in Advanced Reproductive Techniques, which has been conducted yearly since 2003. Dr. Agarwal’s current research

interests are identifying biological markers of oxidative stress, DNA damage and apoptosis using proteomic research tools and bioinformatics analysis as well as preserving The bar chart above depicts yearly citations from 2007 to 2015 only. Search date: Feb 02, 2015 fertility in patients with cancer. He is actively involved in laboratory and clinical studies assessing the efficacy of certain antioxidants in improving the fertility of male patients. Search results from Feb’ 2018 Read more about Dr. Agarwal on LinkedIn (link to http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ashok-agarwal/57/819/46), Research Gate (http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashok_Agarwal2/), and Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Agarwal).

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