ASA 2022 Annual Meeting

8:30 am
Continental Breakfast / Check-in / Introduction to ALW

SESSION #1

 8:45 am
Basic Semen Analysis in Evaluation of Male Infertility – Role of CASA

9:15 am
Importance of Sperm Morphology in Semen Analysis

9:45 am – 10:00 am - BREAK

10:00 am
Interactive Workshop: Sperm Morphology/CASA (with exercises and quiz)

11:30 am
Inclusion of Advanced Semen Testing in WHO 2021: Oxidative Stress and Sperm DNA Damage Evaluation

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm - Lunch Break and Guest Lecture

SESSION #2

1:15 pm
Omics Technologies in Diagnosis and Management of Male Infertility

1:45 pm
Interactive Workshop: Chromosome Analysis (Karyotype): Genetic Evaluation of Male Infertility (with exercises and quiz)

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm - BREAK

SESSION #3

 3:15 pm
Erectile Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment

3:45 pm
Interactive Workshop: SOP for Duplex Ultrasound in Assessment of Erectile Dysfunction (with exercises and quiz)

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm - Feedback from Attendees and ADJOURN

Maria Christina W. Avellar, PhD
 ASA President, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina

Sponsored by the Emil Steinberger Endowment Fund

Introducer: Michael Palladino, PhD - Bloomfield College
Speaker:  Brad Cairns, PhD - University of Utah School of Medicine

Sponsored by the ASA Educational Endowment Fund

Introducer: Pablo Visconti, PhD - University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Speaker: Keith Norris, MD, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles

11:00 am
Paternal Age Effect Mutations in the Male Germline
Ann Goriely, PhD - University of Oxford

11:25 am
How Can We Select Optimal Gametes from Older Fathers?  
Jim Hotaling, MD - University of Utah School of Medicine

11:50 pm
Paternal Age and Offspring Somatic Health
Michael Eisenberg, MD - Stanford University School of Medicine

12:15 pm
Q&A

12:30 pm
Flash Talks from Selected Abstracts

2:15 pm
Epigenetic Programming in the Germline
Satoshi Namekawa, PhD - University of California, Davis

2:40 pm
DNA Methylation in Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis
Deborah Bourchis, PhD - Curie Institute

3:05 pm
Genome Integrity During Gametogenesis
Devanshi Jain, PhD - Rutgers University

3:30 pm
Regulation of Meiotic Recombination
Paula Cohen, PhD - Cornell University

3:55 pm
Q&A

4:20 pm
Flash Talks from Selected Abstracts

Introducer:  Patricia Cuasnicu, PhD - Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental

 Speaker: Rafael Oliva, PhD - University of Barcelona

Sponsored by the Women in Andrology Endowment Fund

Introducer: WIA Chair, Celia Santi, MD, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine

Speaker: Monika Ward, PhD - Institute for Biogenesis Research

Sponsored by the ASA General Endowment Fund

Introducer:  Patricia Cuasnicu, PhD - Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental

Speaker:  Ana Claudia Latronico, MD, PhD - Universidade de São Paulo

Sponsored by the Women in Andrology Committee

Host: Celia Santi, MD, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine

1:30 pm
Embryonic Origins of the Germline
Amander Clark, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles

1:55 pm
Fate Regulation of Fetal Male Germ Cells
Diana Laird, PhD - University of California, San Francisco

2:20 pm
Testis Formation in the Human Fetus
Jingtao Guo, PhD - University of Utah School of Medicine

2:45 pm
Q&A

3:20 pm
Leptin Signaling in Male Reproduction
Gwen Childs, PhD - University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

3:45 pm
Metabolics of Spermatogenesis
Tessa Lord, PhD - University of Newcastle

4:10 pm
Role of Lipids in Sperm Physiology
Chris Geyer, PhD - East Carolina University

4:35 pm
Q&A  

4:50 pm
Flash Talks from Selected Abstracts 

5:00 pm
NICHD Update
TBD

5:15 pm
NIEHS Update
Thaddeus Schug, PhD - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Sponsored by the AUA Educational Grant

Introducer:  Jim Hotaling, MD - University of Utah School of Medicine

Speaker: Craig Niederberger MD - University of Illinois at Chicago

Sponsored by the Richard D. Amelar Endowment Fund

Introducer: TBD

Speaker: Shanna Swan, PhD - University of Rochester

10:30am
Non-Hormonal
Wei Yan, MD, PhD - The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA

11:00 am
Hormonal
Stephanie Page, MD, PhD - University of Washington

11:30 am
Rebuttal – Non-Hormonal

11:35 am
Rebuttal – Hormonal

11:40 am
Q&A

11:50 am
Flash Talks from Selected Abstracts