Lectures
by Invitation:
January
2002 - Holy Redeemer Hosptital Grand Rounds, "Medical Management of Ectopic
Pregancy"
March
2000 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand Rounds,
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA "Medical
Management of Ectopic Pregancy"
January 2000 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Grand Rounds,
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA "Evidence
Based Infertility"
January 2000 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Grand Rounds,
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA "Amenorrhea
- an Update"
January
1998 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand Rounds,
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA "New Advances
in Uterine
Receptivity"
November 1997 - RESOLVE-Philadelphia, "Exploring Unexplained
Infertility"
October 1997 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Grand Rounds, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia,
PA "Evidence Based Infertility"
April 1997 - RESOLVE-Philadelphia, "Endometriosis"
November 1996 - Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, "
The Clinical Management of Selected Cases"
April 1996 - RESOLVE-Philadelphia, "New Advances in
Infertility Research"
March 1996 - RESOLVE-Philadelphia, "Ovulation
Dysfunction and Induction"
October 1995 - Endometriosis Association of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania "Infertility Therapies"
May 1995 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Frankford
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA "Luteal
Phase Deficiency and Uterine Receptivity"
April 1995 - Abington Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds, Abington,
PA "Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding"
October 1994 - Endometriosis Association of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania "Current Therapies for Endometriosis"
June 1994 - Reproductive Endocrinology Division Grand Rounds,
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel
Hill, NC "Luteal Phase Deficiency and Uterine Receptivity"
April 1994 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA "Luteal
Phase Deficiency and Uterine Receptivity"
April 1994 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grand
Rounds, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA "Endometrial Integrin Expression of Diethylstilbestrol
Exposed Compared to Normal Women"
December 1993 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio"The
Endometrial
Biopsy: Beyond Noyes' Histology"
Original Publications:
Castelbaum AJ, Bigdeli H, Post KD, Freedman MF, Snyder PJ. Exacerbation of
ovarian hyperstimulation by leuprolide reveals a gonadotroph adenoma. Fertil Steril
(In Press).
Castelbaum AJ, Lessey BA. Infertility and Reprod Med Clin North Am (In
Press). Infertil and Reprod Med Clin North Am 12:427-446, 2001.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Wolf L, Greene W, Paulson
M, Meyer WA, Fritz MA. Use of integrins to date the endometrium.
Fertil Steril 73:779-87, 2000.
Castelbaum AJ, Freedman MF. Is there a role for GIFT
and other tubal insemination procedures? Cur Opin Obstet
Gynecol 10:239-42, 1998.
Lessey BA, Somkuti SG, Castelbaum AJ, Young SL, Wolf L,
Meyer WR. Fritz MA. Improvement in pregnancy rates with
GnRH agonist in women with infertility, minimal or mild
endometriosis and aberrant avß3 integrin expression.
Hum Reprod (Submitted)
Meyer WR, Castelbaum AJ, Somkuti S, Sagoskin AW,
Doyle M, Harris JE, Lessey BA. Hydrosalpinges
adversely affect markers of endometrial receptivity. Hum
Reprod 12:1393-8, 1997. [Comment in Hum Reprod 12:2853-4,
1997].
Castelbaum AJ, Ying L, Sun J, Ilesanmi AO, Yowell
C, Lessey BA. Characterization of integrin expression in
a well-differentiated endometrial cancer cell line (Ishikawa).
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 82:136-142, 1997.
Meyer WR, Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ. Hydrosalpinx
and altered uterine receptivity. Fertil Steril 68:944-5,
1997.
Lessey BA, Ilesanmi AO, Castelbaum AJ, Yuan L, Somkuti
SG, Chwalisz K, Satyaswaroop PG. Characterization of a functional
progesterone
receptor in a well-differentiated endometrial adenocarcinoma
cell line (Ishikawa).
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 59:31-9, 1996.
Lessey BA, Yeh I, Castelbaum AJ, Fritz MA, Ilesanmi
AO, Korzeniowski P, Sun J, Chwalisz K. Endometrial Progesterone
receptors and markers of uterine receptivity in the window
of implantation. Fertil Steril 65: 477-83, 1996.
Castelbaum AJ, Sawin SW, Bellardo LJ, Lessey BA.
Endometrial integrin expression in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol
in utero. Fertil Steril 63: 1217-21, 1995.
Castelbaum
AJ, Lessey BA. Insights into the evaluation of the luteal
phase. Infertil and Reprod Med Clin North Am 6: 199-213,
1995.
Lessey BA, Abelda SM, Buck CA, Castelbaum A, Yeh
I, Kohler M,Berchuck A, Distribution of integrin cell adhesion
molecules in endometrial cancer. Am J Path 146: 717-26,
1995.
Castelbaum AJ, Lessey BA. Corpus
luteum defect - "alloyed gold standard". Fertil
Steril 63: 427, 1995.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Sawin SW, Sun J. Integrins
as markers of uterine receptivity in women with primary
unexplained infertility. Fertil Steril 63: 535-42, 1995.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Buck CA, Ying L, Yowell
CW, Sun J. Further characterization of endometrial integrins
during the menstrual cycle and
in pregnancy. Fertil Steril 62: 497-506, 1994. [Comment
in Fertil Steril 63: 1353, 1995].
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ. Integrin expression in
the human endometrium. Reproductive Medicine Review 4:43-58,
1995.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Sawin SW, Buck CA, Schinnar
R, Bilker W, Strom BL. Aberrant integrin expression in the
endometrium of women with endometriosis. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 79: 643-9, 1994.
Castelbaum A, Wheeler J, Coutifaris C, Mastroianni
L, Lessey BA. Timing of the endometrial biopsy may be critical
for the accurate diagnosis of luteal phase deficiency. Fertil
Steril 61: 443-7, 1994. [Comment in Fertil Steril 63: 1354-5,
1995]
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ. Integrins in the endometrium
of women with endometriosis. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 102: 347-8,
1995.
Lessey BA, Damjanovich L, Coutifaris C, Castelbaum A,
Abelda SM, Buck CA. Integrin adhesion molecules in the
human endometrium: Correlation with the normal and abnormal
menstrual cycle. J Clin Invest 90: 188-195, 1992.
Castelbaum A, Doyle M, DeCherney AH. Past, present,
and future of steroid hormones. Infertil and Reprod Med
Clin North Am 3: 1, 1992.
Jackson GM, Ludmir J, Castelbaum AJ, Huhta JC, Cohen
AC. Intrapartum course of fetuses with isolated hypoplastic
left heart syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecology 165: 1068-1072,
1991.
Other Publications:
Castelbaum AJ. Luteal
phase defect. InThe Endometrium, edited by Glasser S,
Aplin J, Giudice L, and Tabibzzadeh, S. Reading, England:
Harwood Academic Publishers. (In Press)
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Somkuti S, Ying L. Clinical
significance of integrin cell adhesion molecules as markers
of endometrial receptivity. In Press
Castelbaum AJ. Uterine receptivity - what's new at
the cutting edge, Resolve Newsletter, Philadelphia, PA Summer
1996 issue
Castelbaum A, Tureck RW, Strauss JF III. Use of FSH
for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in the older infertile
ovulatory patient. In Clinical Perspectives in Reproductive
Endocrinology. Serono Publications, 1993.
Abstracts:
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Somkuti SG, Harris J, Sun
J, Young SL, Wolf L. Improvement in pregnancy rates with
GnRH agonist in women with infertility, minimal or mild
endometriosis and aberrant aVß3 expression. Presented
at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for
Reproductive Medicine, Boston, MA, 11/96. Abstract #O-165.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum A, Bellardo L, Shell K, Sun
J, Somkuti SG. Defective endometrial receptivity: an under-appreciated
cause of idiopathic recurrent
pregnancy loss. Presented at the 51st Annual Meeting
of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Seattle,
Washington, 10/95, Abstract#O-54
Castelbaum AJ, Sun J, Fritz M, Freedman MF,
Lessey BA. Decreased aVß3 integrin expression identifies
abnormal endometrial phenotype in luteal phase Deficiency
(LPD). 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic
Investigation, Chicago, Illinois, 3/95. Abstract #P-285.
Castelbaum AJ, Riben M, Howarth J, Tureck R, Lessey
BA. Minimal endometriosis impairs endometrial aVß3
integrin expression and cycle fecundity compared to tubal
factor patients in an IVF program. Presented at the 50th
Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society, San Antonio,
Texas, 11/94. Abstract #P-7.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Guzick D, Sun J, Fritz
M. The use of integrins as markers of uterine receptivity
to date the endometrial biopsy. Presented at 50th Annual
Meeting of the American Fertility Society, San Antonio,
Texas,
11/94. Abstract #O-77.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum AJ, Riben M, Howarth J, Tureck
R, Meyers WR. Effect of hydrosalpinx on markers of uterine
receptivity and success in in
vitro fertilization. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting
of the American Fertility Society, San Antonio, Texas, 11/94.
Abstract #O-91.
Lei Y, Castelbaum AJ, Yowell CW, Somkuti S, Lessey
BA. Characterization of integrin subunits in a hormone-responsive
endometrial carcinoma cell line. Presented at the 76th Annual
Meeting of The Endocrine Society, Anaheim, California, 6/94.
Abstract #197.
Castelbaum A, Sawin S, Lessey BA. Endometrial integrin
expression of diethylstilbestrol exposed compared to normal
women. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society
of Gynecologic Investigation, Chicago,
Illinois, 3/94. Abstract #O-17.
Lessey BA, Ying L, Castelbaum A. Endometrial integrins
and the window of implantation. Presented at the 41st Annual
Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Chicago,
Illinois, 3/94. Abstract #O-2.
Castelbaum A, Wheeler J, Mastroianni L, Coutifaris
C, Lessey BA. Timing of the endometrial biopsy may affect
the incidence of out of phase (OOP) endo-
metrium: Two biopsies in a single menstrual cycle. Presented
at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society,
Montreal, Canada,10/93.
Abstract #0-42.
Lessey BA and Castelbaum A. Characteristics of the
aVß3 integrin in endometrium of patients with unexplained
infertility: A prospective
controlled study. Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of
the Society for
Gynecologic Investigation, Toronto, Canada, 4/93. Abstract
#S-168.
Castelbaum A, Jackson GM, Ludmir J. Intrapartum course
of fetuses with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting,
Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, San Francisco, CA, 1/91.
Abstract #410.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum A, Ilesanmi AO. Luteal phase
deficiency: Immunohistochemical evaluation of endometrial
integrin receptor subunit a 1. Presented at the 47th Annual
Meeting of the American Fertility Society, Orlando, Florida,
1991. Abstract #P-163.
Lessey BA, Castelbaum A, Ilesanmi A, Yeh I. Immunohistochemical
diagnosis of luteal phase deficiency: Comparison between
endometrial progesterone receptor distribution and TAG-72.
The Endocrine Society,
Washington, DC, 1991. Abstract #1670.
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