OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor
Infertility, PCOS Pavilion

Eric Scott Sills, MD FACOG FACS MRCPI - USA
Editor, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction
Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland)
Member, New York State Board for Medicine
Articles and Interviews on OBGYN.net by Dr. Sills

Areas of Expertise

Licensure & Registration

Education & Postgraduate training

7/1992-6/1996 Resident & Chief Resident - Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology New York Downtown Hospital (NYU); New York, NY USA Department Chair: William E. Strider, MD PhD
3/1994-4/1994 Resident - Gynecology Division/Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY USA Division Chief: William J. Hoskins, MD
7/1996-6/1998 Clinical Instructor & Fellow - Center For Reproductive Medicine & Infertility Cornell University Medical College; New York, NY USA Division Director: Zev Rosenwaks, MD

Qualifications

Accredited trainer

[British Fertility Society, 2009-2012] Embryo transfer, pelvic ultrasound, assisted conception, management of the infertile couple, quality management of a fertility service

Administrative & Clinical Experience

  1. 1 May 2008 - present Director of Research Programmes & Consultant
    Sims IVF/Sims International Fertility Clinic [Dublin]

    Administrative duties include oversight of all clinical investigative programs within the Institute, supervision of research nurses and RCSI medical students during project development, clinical trials, management of medical manuscript submission/editing/revising, lecturer (reproductive biology) for staff, maintain collaborations with outside organizations to facilitate interagency research goals, draft training guidelines for centre accreditation by relevant Boards & Commissions in Europe and USA. Reproductive endocrinology practitioner providing comprehensive assisted fertility treatments, including ovulation induction and IVF-embryo transfer.

  2. 1 March 2007 - 6 April 2008 Reproductive endocrinologist
    RMA Vassar Brothers [New York]

    Provided advanced fertility diagnostic & treatment services as the first full-time reproductive endocrinologist in Dutchess County, New York. Vacancy resulted from practice closure.

  3. 1 Nov 2005 - 9 Nov 2006 Lead physician & Acting Chair
    Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Murphy Medical Center [Murphy, North Carolina]

    Supervised nurse practitioners at Cherokee County Health Department and provided temporary OBGYN coverage for patients in underserved six-county region, until full-time generalist recruited.

  4. 1 Jun 2002 – 1 Jun 2005 Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division Director
    Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Atlanta Medical Center [Atlanta]

    Developed teaching aims for AMC housestaff and supported research projects in reproductive biology.

  5. 1 Mar 2000 – 30 Sept 2005 Partner
    Georgia Reproductive Specialists, LLC [Atlanta]

    Framed operating agreement with corporate attorneys (founding member for new practice), interviewed all nursing and clerical staff, gave periodic performance evaluations and employee feedback, served as Secretary to the LLC and Board of Managers, monitored financial data and provided input on practice growth initiatives. Departed organization and sold ownership shares when full practice expansion had been achieved.

  6. 1 Dec 1998 – 28 Feb 2000 Associate Medical Director
    Atlanta Reproductive Health Center [Atlanta]

    Performed IVF and other reproductive medicine services; in 2000, this clinic was absorbed by Georgia Reproductive Specialists LLC as the successor practice.

Leadership, Honors & Awards

Society Memberships & Professional Affiliations

Academic & Professional Committee Appointments

Teaching/Editorial Responsibilities

2009 - Visiting faculty lecturer – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Lviv National Medical University; Lviv, Ukraine
2008 - Lecturer - Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; Dublin, Ireland
2006 - Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA
2004 - 2005 Adjunct Professor - Department of Biology, Georgia Perimeter College;
Atlanta, Georgia USA (Dunwoody campus)
Courses taught: BIOL 1612 (Human anatomy & physiology)
BIOL 1612L (laboratory)
2004 - Editor-in-Chief - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction
ISSN 1743-1050 Publisher: The Sims Institute Press Ltd (Dublin)
1996 - 1998 Instructor – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University; New York, New York USA

Journal reviewer (ad hoc)

*Member, Editorial Board

Research in press (manuscripts accepted for publication)

  1. Jones CA, Sills ES. The Emergency Medical Recovery Acy (EMRA): Ireland’s bold healthcare initiative for the next decade? J Pharmaceutical Health Serv Res 2011.
  2. Walsh DJ, Sills ES, Lambert DM, Gregersen N, Malone FD, Walsh APH. Novel ETHE1 mutation in carrier couple having prior offspring affected with ethylmalonic encephalopathy: genetic analysis, clinical management and reproductive outcome. Mol Med Reports 2010

Published manuscripts

  1. Walsh AP, Yokota TT, Walsh DJ, Jones BJ, Coull GD, Sills ES. First reported deliveries in Ireland using surgically retrieved sperm for non-obstructive azoospermia. Irish J Med Sci 2011;180:251-3.
  2. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Walsh AP. Transvaginal ultrasound imaging for assessment of early pregnancy. Irish Med J 2010;103:283-4.
  3. Sills ES, Palermo GD. Human blastocyst culture in IVF: current laboratory applications in reproductive medicine practice. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2010;51:441-5.
  4. Sills ES, Collins GS, Walsh DJ, Omar AB, Salma U, Walsh APH. A descriptive study of selected oocyte, blood, and organ/tissue donation features among fertility patients in Ireland. Hum Fertil (Camb) 2010;13:98-104.
  5. Sills ES, Omar AB, Salma U, Walsh DJ, Walsh APH. National birth rate, IVF utilisation and multiple gestation trends: findings from a six-year analysis in the Republic of Ireland. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2010;282:221-4.
  6. Sills ES, Mykhaylyshyn LO, Dorofeyeva US, Walsh DJ, Salma U, Omar AB, Coull GD, David IA, Brickell KM, Tsar OM, Walsh AP. The long path to pregnancy: early experience with dual anonymous gamete donation in a European in vitro fertilisation referral centre. Reprod Health 2010;7:20.
  7. Walsh APH, Omar AB, Collins GS, Murray GU, Walsh DJ, Salma U, Sills ES. Application of E.U. Tissue and Cell Directive screening protocols to anonymous oocyte donors in western Ukraine: data from an Irish IVF programme. J Obstet Gynaecol 2010;30:613-6
  8. Walsh APH, Tsar OM, Walsh DJ, Baldwin PM, Shkrobot LV, Sills ES. Who abandons embryos after IVF? Irish Med J 2010;103:107-10.
  9. Sills ES, Brady AC, Omar AB, Walsh DJ, Salma U, Walsh APH. IVF for premature ovarian failure: first reported births using oocytes donated from a twin sister. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2010;8:31.
  10. Baum JD, Rattigan MI, Sills ES, Walsh APH. Clinical presentation and conservative management of intrapartum tympanic membrane perforation. Case Rep Med 2010;2010:856045.
  11. Sills ES, Shurpyak SA, Gorman DJ, Shkrobot LV, Murray GU, O’Connor BM, Rapple UE, Fogarty AO, Svarkova P, Brickell KM, Walsh DJ. Fertility patients and their prescriptions: a two-year audit of patient-pharmacist interactions in a reproductive endocrinology practice. Int Arch Med 2009;2:24.
  12. Alper MM, Smith LP, Sills ES. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: current views on pathophysiology, risk factors, prevention and management. J Exp Clin Assist Reprod 2009;6:3.
  13. Hayrinen LH, Sills ES, Fogarty AO, Walsh DJ, Lutsyk AD, Walsh APH. First Irish deliveries following sequential, two-stage embryo and blastocyst transfer. Irish J Med Sci 2009 DOI 10.1007/s11845-009-0430-5.
  14. Walsh APH, Collins GS, Le Du M, Walsh DJ, Sills ES. Pre-treatment preferences and characteristics of patients seeking in vitro fertilisation. Reprod Health 2009;6:21.
  15. Shurpyak SA, Walsh APH, Walsh DJ, Sills ES. A need for definition: a matter of life and death for human embryos. Irish Med J 2009;102:235.
  16. Walsh APH, Shkrobot LV, Coull GD, Peirce KL, Walsh DJ, Salma U, Sills ES. Blastocyst transfer for multiple prior IVF failure: a five year descriptive study. Irish Med J 2009;102:282-5.
  17. Sills ES, Alper MA, Walsh APH. Ovarian reserve screening in infertility: practical applications and theoretical directions for research. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2009;146:30-6.
  18. Walsh DJ, Sills ES, Shkrobot LV, Gleeson NC, Sheppard MN, Walsh APH. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma identified during IVF: diagnostic approach, surgical management and reproductive outcome. World J Surg Oncol 2009;7:46.  
  19. Sills ES, Lotto BA, Bremer WS, Bacchi AJ, Walsh APH. Analysis of federal process of care data reported from hospitals in rural westernmost North Carolina. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 2009;36:160-2.
  20. Sills ES, Murphy SE. Determining the status of non-transferred embryos in Ireland: a conspectus of case law and implications for clinical IVF practice. Philos Ethics Humanit Med 2009;4:8.
  21. Sills ES, Walsh APH, Walsh DJ. First Irish Pregnancies after IVF with gestational carrier [author response]. Irish Med J 2009;102:126.
  22. Sills ES, Murray GU, Genton MG, Walsh DJ, Coull GD, Walsh APH. Clinical features and reproductive outcomes for embryos undergoing dual freeze-thaw sequences followed by blastocyst transfer: critique of fourteen consecutive cases in IVF. Fertil Steril 2008;91:1568-70.
  23. Sills ES, Walsh APH. Limiting resident duty hours in the US: New directives. Irish Med J 2009;102:92.
  24. Sills ES, Genton MG, Walsh APH, Wehbe SA. Who’s asking? Patients may under-report postoperative pain to nurses (or over-report to surgeons) following surgery of the female reproductive tract. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2009;279:771-4.
  25. Sills ES, Shkrobot L, Coull GD, Salme U, Walsh DJ, Walsh APH. First Irish pregnancies with IVF and gestational carrier. Irish Med J 2008; 102:56-58.
  26. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Walsh APH. Results from the advanced reproductive technologies: fresh vs. frozen? Irish Med J 2008;101:288.
  27. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Shkrobot LV, Palermo GD, Walsh APH. Clinical experience with intravenous immunoglobulin and TNF-alpha inhibitor therapies for recurrent pregnancy loss. Ulster Med J 2009;78:57-8.
  28. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Walsh APH. Re: Outcomes from treatment of infertility with natural procreative technology in an Irish general practice. J Am Board Fam Med 2009;22:94-5.
  29. Sills ES, Walsh APH. The GPR54-Kisspeptin complex in reproductive biology: neuroendocrine significance and implications for ovulation induction and contraception. Neuroendocrinol Lett 2008;29:846-851.
  30. Wehbe SA, Ghulmiyyah LM, Dominique EH, Hosford SL, Ehleben CM, Saltzman SL, Sills ES. Prospective randomized trial of iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal nerve block on post-operative morphine use after inpatient surgery of the female reproductive tract. J Neg Results Biomed 2008;7:11.
  31. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Walsh APH. Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes after assisted reproduction: a comparative study. Irish J Med Sci 2008;178:119.
  32. Sills ES, Healy CM. Building Irish families through surrogacy: medical and judicial issues for the advanced reproductive technologies. Reprod Health 2008;5:9.
  33. Sills ES, McLouhglin LJ, Genton MG, Walsh DJ, Coull GD, Walsh APH. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and prophylactic human embryo cryopreservation: analysis of reproductive outcome following thawed embryo transfer. J Ovarian Res 2008;1:7.
  34. Sills ES, Kling TM, Sills SS, Burns MJ, Carroll LP, Parker LD, Wittkowski KM. Women's health measures in two North Carolina regions sampled from the Basic Automated Birth Yearbook (BABY) datasets: experimental findings, methodological limits and future directions. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 2008;35:27-31.
  35. Sills ES. Book review: Embryo Transfer Allahbadia G (ed). Anshan Publishers (UK 2008) hardcover, 531 pp. J Exp Clin Assist Reprod 2008;5:3.
  36. Sills ES, Qublan HS, Blumenfeld Z, Dizaj AV, Revel A, Coskun S, Jaoude IA, Serour G, Eskandar M, Khalili MA, Demirol A, Trokoudes K, Ocal P, Sultan AM, Lotto BA, El-Kareh A. Regional clinical practice patterns in reproductive endocrinology: A collaborative transnational pilot survey of IVF programs in the Middle East. J Exp Clin Assist Reprod 2007;4:3.
  37. Sills ES, Burns MJ, Parker LD, Carroll LP, Kephart LL, Dyer CS, Papenhausen PR, Davis JG. Further phenotypic delineation of subtelomeric (terminal) 4q deletion with emphasis on intracranial and reproductive anatomy. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2007;2:9.
  38. Pope KR, Hancock JS, Sills ES. An analysis of clinical process measures for acute healthcare delivery in Appalachia: The Roane Medical Center experience. Health Res Policy Syst 2006;4:3.
  39. Sills ES, Baum JD. Open access, medical research and the internet economy of scale. J Royal Soc Med 2006;99:545.
  40. Katagiri Y, Neri QV, Takeuchi T, Moy F, Sills ES, Palermo GD. Androgen receptor CAG polymorphism (Xq11-12) status and human spermatogenesis: A prospective analysis of infertile males and their offspring conceived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Int J Mol Med. 2006;18:405-13.
  41. Sills ES, Meinecke HM, Dixson GR, Johnson AM. Management approach for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in consecutive pregnancies based on clinical and radiographic findings. J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;1:35.
  42. Sills ES, Doan TB, Mock RJ, Dixson GR, Rohlfing MB. Immunohistochemical localization patterns for vimentin and other intermediate filaments in calcified ovarian fibrothecoma. Diag Pathol 2006;1:28.
  43. Tanaka N, Takeuchi T, Neri QV, Sills ES, Palermo GD. Laser-assisted blastocyst dissection and subsequent cultivation of embryonic stem cells in a serum/cell free culture system: applications and preliminary results in a murine model. J Translational Med 2006;4:20.
  44. Saie DJ, Sills ES. Hyperprolactinemia presenting with encephalomalacia-associated seizure disorder and infertility: a novel application for bromocriptine therapy in reproductive endocrinology. Neuroendocrinol Lett 2005;26:533-535.
  45. Lopez DC, Sills ES. Embryonic stem cells—sources and destinations. J Royal Soc Med 2005;98:496.
  46. Ghulmiyyah LM, Wehbe SA, Schwartz SA, Sills ES. Successful obstetrical management of 110-day intertwin delivery interval without cerclage: counseling and conservative management approach to extreme asynchronous twin birth. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2004;4:23.
  47. Sills ES. Conjoined twins, delivery, and the memory of medicine. J Royal Soc Med 2005;98:135-136.
  48. Sills ES, Kim JJ, Witt MA, Palermo GD. Non-obstructive azoospermia and maturation arrest with complex translocation 46,XY t(9;13;14)(p22;q21.2;p13) is consistent with the Luciani-Guo hypothesis of latent aberrant autosomal regions and infertility. Cell Chromosome 2005;4:2.
  49. Sills ES, Takeuchi T, Tanaka N, Neri QV, Palermo GD. Identification and isolation of embryonic stem cells in reproductive endocrinology: theoretical protocols for conservation of human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization. Theor Biol Med Model 2005;2:25.
  50. Sills ES, Vincent TT, Palermo GD. Article processing charges, funding, and open access publishing at Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction. J Exp Clin Assist Reprod 2005;2:1.
  51. Sills ES, Conway SC, Kaplan CR, Perloe M, Tucker MJ. First successful case of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer with venom immunotherapy for hymenoptera sting allergy. Clin Mol Allergy 2004;2:11.
  52. Sills ES, Ghulmiyyah LM, Wehbe SA, Atkinson PF, Perloe M, Tucker MJ. Microstructural observations of villous and membrane histology in monochorionic triplet placenta after in vitro fertilization. Histol Histopathol 2004;19:1241-1244.
  53. Sills ES, Winston RM, Palermo GD. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction: shaping the future of research and clinical practice in reproductive endocrinology/infertility. J Exp Clin Assist Reprod 2004;1:1.
  54. Sills ES, Perloe M, Stamm LJ, Kaplan CR, Tucker MJ. Medical and psychological management of recurrent abortion, history of postneonatal death, ectopic pregnancy and infertility: successful implementation of IVF for multifactorial reproductive dysfunction. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 2004;31:143-146.
  55. Sills ES, Takeuchi T, Tucker MJ, Palermo GD. Genetic and epigenetic modifications associated with human ooplasm donation and mitochondrial heteroplasmy—considerations for interpreting studies of heritability. Med Hypotheses 2004;62:612-617.
  56. Sills ES, Fryman JT, Perloe M, Michels KB, Tucker MJ. Chromatin fluorescence characteristics and standard semen analysis parameters: correlations observed in andrology testing among 136 males referred for infertility evaluation. J Obstet Gynaecol 2004;24:74-77.
  57. Wehbe SA, Ghulmiyyah LM, Carroll KT, Perloe M, Schwartzberg DG, Sills ES. Correlations from gadopentetate dimeglumine enhanced magnetic resonance imaging after methotrexate chemotherapy for hemorrhagic placenta increta. Biomagn Res Technol 2003;1:3.
  58. Sills ES, Kaplan CR, Perloe M, Tucker MJ. Laparoscopic approach to an uncommon adnexal neoplasm associated with infertility: serous cystadenofibroma of the fallopian tube. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 2003;10:545-547.
  59. Ghulmiyyah LM, Perloe M, Tucker MJ, Zimmermann JH, Eller DP, Sills ES. Monochorionic-triamniotic triplet pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection, assisted hatching, and two-embryo transfer: first reported case following IVF. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2003;3:4.
  60. Porter R, Han T, Tucker MJ, Graham J, Liebermann J, Sills ES. Estimation of second polar body retention rate after conventional insemination and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: in vitro observations from >5000 human oocytes. J Assist Reprod Genet 2003;20:371-376.
  61. Sills ES, Drews CD, Perloe M, Tucker MJ, Kaplan CR, Palermo GD. Absence of profound hyperinsulinism in polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with subtle elevations in the plasminogen activator inhibitor system. Gynecol Endocrinol 2003:17:231-237.
  62. Sills ES, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Schlegel PN, Palermo GD. Bilateral orchiectomy for surgical treatment of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome: patient outcome after one year follow-up. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech 2003:13:193-197.
  63. Liebermann J, Tucker MJ, Sills ES. Cryoloop vitrification in assisted reproduction: analysis of survival rates in >1000 human oocytes after ultra-rapid cooling with polymer augmented cryoprotectants. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 2003:125-129.
  64. Sills ES, Tucker MJ. First experience with intracytoplasmic sperm injection for extreme oligozoospermia associated with Crohn’s disease and 6-mercaptopurine chemotherapy. Asian J Androl 2003;5:76-78.
  65. Sills ES, Sweitzer CL, Morton PC, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Tucker MJ. Dizygotic twin delivery following in vitro fertilization and transfer of thawed blastocysts cryopreserved at day six and seven. Fertil Steril 2003:424-427.
  66. Wehbe SA, Tucker MJ, Palermo GD, Sills ES. Monozygotic twin delivery following reduction from quadramniotic-dichorionic gestation established after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer. Hum Reprod 2003:444-446.
  67. Sills ES, Perloe M, Levy DP, Palermo GD. [Anomalie annexielle découverte au cours d’un bilan d’infertilité: corrélation avec les données d’imagerie et de laparoscopie]. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 2002;8:772-774.
  68. Sills ES, Young RJC. HIV in Africa. J Royal Soc Med 2003:96:53.
  69. Sills ES, Palermo GD. Intrauterine pregnancy following low-dose gonadotropin ovulation induction and direct intraperitoneal insemination for severe cervical stenosis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2002;2:9.
  70. Sills ES, Harmon KE, Tucker MJ. First reported convergence of premature ovarian failure and cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita. Fertil Steril 2002;78:1314-1316.
  71. Sills ES, Palermo GD. Major birth defects after assisted reproduction. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1449-1451.
  72. Porter RN, Tucker MJ, Graham J, Sills ES. Advanced embryo development during extended in vitro culture: observations of formation and hatching patterns in non-transferred human blastocysts. Hum Fertil (Camb) 2002;5:215-220.
  73. Sills ES, Sholes TE, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Davis JG, Tucker MJ. Characterization of a novel receptor mutation A→T at exon 4 in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and a carrier sibling via bidirectional polymorphism sequence analysis. Int J Mol Med 2002;9:45-48.
  74. Sills ES, Palermo GD. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for elective sex selection, the IVF market economy, and the child—another long day’s journey into night? J Assist Reprod Genet 2002;19:433-437.
  75. Sills ES, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Sweitzer CL, Morton PC, Tucker MJ. Uncomplicated pregnancy and singleton delivery after excision of heterotopic (cornual) pregnancy following IVF. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2002;266:181-184.
  76. Sills ES, Wittkowski KM, Tucker MJ, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Palermo GD. Comparison of centrifugation and non-centrifugation based techniques for recovery of motile human spermatozoa in assisted reproduction. Arch Androl 2002;48:169-173.
  77. Sills ES. 11 September and after. J Royal Soc Med 2002;95:111-112.
  78. Saini J, Kuczynski E. Gretz HF 3d, Sills ES. Supracervical hysterectomy versus total abdominal hysterectomy: perceived effects on sexual function. BMC Womens Health 2002;2:1.
  79. Sills ES, Vrbikova J, Kastratovic-Kotlica B. Conjoined twins, conception, pregnancy and delivery: a reproductive history of the pygopagus Blažek sisters (1878-1922). Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001;185:1396-1402.
  80. Sills ES, Perloe M, Tucker MJ, Kaplan CR, Palermo GD. Successful ovulation induction, conception, and normal delivery after chronic therapy with etanercept: a recombinant fusion anti-cytokine treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Reprod Immunol 2001;46:366-368.
  81.  Sills ES, Takeuchi T, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD. Reprogramming somatic cell differentiation and The Hayflick Limit: contrasting two modern molecular bioengineering aims and their impact on the future of mankind. J Assist Reprod Genet 2001;18:468-470.
  82. Sills ES, Tucker MJ, Palermo GD. The assisted reproductive technologies and monozygous twins: implications for future study and clinical practice. Twin Research 2000;3:217-223.
  83. Sills ES, Drews CD, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Tucker MJ. Periovulatory serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) concentrations following subcutaneous and intramuscular non-recombinant hCG use during ovulation induction: a prospective, randomized trial. Fertil Steril 2001;75:397-399.
  84. Sills ES, Genton MG, Perloe M, Schattman GL, Bralley JA, Tucker MJ. Plasma homocysteine, fasting insulin, and androgen patterns among women with polycystic ovaries and infertility. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2001; 27:163-168.
  85. Sills ES, Perloe M, Tucker MJ, Kaplan CR, Genton MG, Schatttman GL. Diagnostic and treatment characteristics of polycystic ovary syndrome: descriptive measurements of patient perception and awareness from 657 confidential self-reports. BMC Womens Health 2001;1:3.
  86. Sills ES, Poyner EA, Moomjy M. Ovarian hyperstimulation and oophorectomy following accidental daily clomiphene citrate use over three consecutive months. Reprod Toxicol 2000;14:541-543.
  87. Elliott JL, Hosford SL, Demopoulos RI, Perloe M, Sills ES. Endometrial adenocarcinoma and polycystic ovary syndrome: risk factors, management and prognosis. South Med J 2001;94:529-533.
  88. Scineaux TL, Sills ES, Perloe M, Daly JP, Schattman GL. Transvaginal ultrasonographic identification of appendicitis in the setting of chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis. South Med J 2000;93: 73-74.
  89. Sills ES. Electronic mail and clinical medical practice. Atlanta Med 2000;74:21-23.
  90. Perloe M, Levy DP, Sills ES. Strategies for ascertaining ovarian reserve among women suspected of subfertility. Int J Fertil Womens Med 2000;45:215-224.
  91. Sills ES, Perloe M, Palermo GD. Correction of hyperinsulinemia in oligoovulatory women with clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome: a review of therapeutic rationale and reproductive outcomes. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2000;91/2:148-153.
  92. Sills ES, Moomjy M, Zaninovic N, Veeck LL, McGee M, Palermo GD, Rosenwaks Z. Human zona pellucida micromanipulation and monozygotic twinning frequency after IVF. Hum Reprod 2000;15:890-895.
  93.  Colombero LT, Takeuchi T, Sills ES, Breed WG, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD. A comparison of human spermatozoa immunolabeling features using xenogenic reagents for centrosomal proteins. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 1999;29:141-146.
  94. Sills ES, Goldschlag D, Levy DP, Davis OK, Rosenwaks Z. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: considerations for use in elective human embryo sex selection. J Assist Reprod Genet 1999; 16: 509-511.
  95. Sills ES, Levy DP, Moomjy M, McGee M, Rosenwaks Z. A prospective, randomized comparison of supraovulation using follicle stimulating hormone (FSH-HP) alone and with recombinant human luteinizing hormone in in vitro fertilization. Hum Reprod 1999;14:2230-2235.
  96. Barmat LI, Rauch E, Spandorfer S, Kowalik A, Sills ES, Schattman GL, Liu H-C, Rosenwaks Z. The effect of hydrosalpinges on in vitro fertilization outcome. J Assist Reprod Genet 1999;16:350-354.
  97. Colombero LT, Moomjy M, Sills ES, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD. The role of structural integrity of the fertilizing spermatozoa in early human embryogenesis. Zygote 1999; 6:157-163.
  98. Moomjy M, Sills ES, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD. Implications of complete fertilization failure after ICSI for subsequent fertilization and reproductive outcome. Hum Reprod 1998;13:2212-2216.
  99. Sills ES, Strider W, Hyde HJ, Anker D, Rees GJ, Davis OK. Gynaecology, forced  sterilisation, and asylum in the USA. Lancet 1998;351:1729-1730.
  100. Sills ES, Kirman I, Colombero LT, Hariprashad J, Rosenwaks Z, Palermo GD. H-Y antigen expression patterns in human X- and Y-chromosome bearing spermatozoa. Am J Reprod Immunol 1998;40:43-47.
  101. Palermo GD, Schlegel PN, Sills ES, Veeck LL, Zaninovic N, Menendez S, Rosenwaks Z. Births after intracytoplasmic injection of sperm obtained by testicular extraction from men with nonmosaic Klinefelter’s syndrome. N Engl J Med 1998;338:588-590.
  102. Sills ES, Schattman GL, Veeck LL, Liu H-C, Prasad M, Rosenwaks Z. Characteristics of consecutive in vitro fertilization cycles among patients treated with follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and human menopausal godanotropin versus FSH alone. Fertil Steril  1998;69:831-835.
  103. Sills ES, Kirman I, Thatcher SS, Palermo GD. Sex-selection of human spermatozoa: evolution of current techniques and applications. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1998;261:109-115.
  104. Sills ES, Saini J, Steiner CA, McGee M, Gretz HF. Abdominal hysterectomy practice patterns in the United States. Int J Gynecol Obstet 1998;58:277-283.
  105. Sills ES, Saini J, Applegate MS, McGee M, Gretz HF. Supracervical and total abdominal hysterectomy in New York State:1990-1996. Bull N Y Acad Med 1998;75:903-910.
  106. Sills ES, Zegarelli DJ, Hoschander MM, Strider W. Clinical diagnosis and management of hormonally responsive oral pregnancy tumor. J Reprod Med 1996;41:467-470.
  107. Sills ES, Baum JD, Ling X, Harper MM, Levy DP, Lockwood CJ. [Durée moyenne du travail spontané chez les primipares chinoises]. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 1997;26(7):704-710.
  108. Sills ES, Lescale KB, Strider W. Transient vasopressin-sensitive diabetes insipidus associated with pregnancy: case report & review of literature. J Matern Fetal Med 1995;4:81-84.
  109. Sills ES. Defining a role for managed care in residency programs.  JAMA 1995;274:1176e.
  110. Sills ES. Mabie WC. A refractory case of herpes gestationis. J Tenn Med Assoc 1992;85(12):559-560.

Other Publications (non-Index Medicus)

Invited Presentations & Lectures

Research Undertaken / Published Abstracts (presented at accredited meetings)

  1. Sills ES, Regan C, Walsh DJ Malone FD, Walsh APH. Preliminary findings from a new subspecialty reproductive medicine module. J Reproduktionsmed Endokrinol 2010;7(4):245.
  2. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Carwile JL, Walsh APH. IVF utilisation and multiple gestation rate in Ireland: A six-year analysis. Four Provinces Annual Scientific Meeting, Royal Academy of Medicine; Dublin (November 2009).
  3. Sills ES, Walsh DJ, Omar AB, Salma U, Shkrobot LV, Walsh APH. Baseline acceptance of twins before fertility treatment: what do patients and their husbands think? 65th Annual Meeting—American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Atlanta (October 2009).
  4. Sills ES, Genton MG, Walsh APH, Wehbe SA. Do patients under-report postoperative pain scores to nurses (or over-report to surgeons) following surgery of the female reproductive tract? FIGO XIX World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics; Cape Town (October 2009).
  5. Walsh APH, Walsh DJ, Shkrobot LV, Sheppard MN, Omar AB, Sills ES. Diagnostic approach, surgical management and outcome following ovarian serous adenocarcinoma identified during IVF. 8th Annual Meeting—Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine; Florence (May 2009).
  6. Sills ES, Murray GU, Genton MG, Walsh DJ, Coull GD, Walsh APH. Assessment of two consecutive freeze-thaw cycles followed by blastocyst transfer on livebirth delivery rate in IVF. 8th Annual Meeting—Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine; Florence (May 2009).
  7. Sills ES, Vincent TT, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Conway SC, Tucker MJ. Cardiopulmonary comparisions in healthy normotensive patients undergoing uncomplicated transvaginal oocyte retrieval for IVF: impact of age and BMI. 61st Conjoint Annual Meeting—American Society for Reproductive Medicine/Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society; Montréal (October 2005).
  8. Sills ES, Vincent TT, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Conway SC, Tucker MJ. Intravenous anesthesia dosing and recovery characteristics associated with outpatient oocyte retrieval. 61st Conjoint Annual Meeting—American Society for Reproductive Medicine/Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society; Montréal (October 2005).
  9. Sills ES, Conway SC, Kaplan CR, Perloe M, Tucker MJ. First successful case of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer with venom immunotherapy for hymenoptera sting allergy. 12th World Congress on Human Reproduction; Venice (March 2005).
  10. Webhe SA, Latif RC, Sills ES. Modified FASIAR technique in assisted human reproduction: delay of intrauterine insemination by 24h after follicular reduction can safely result in singleton pregnancy outcome. XVII FIGO World Congress; Santiago (November 2003).
  11. Fryman JT, Free DA, Michels KB, Tucker MJ, Sills ES. Chromatin fluorescence patterns and sperm parameters measured from semen analysis. Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Obstetrics & Gynaecology—Registrar’s prize papers meeting; London (February 2003).
  12. Sills ES, Drews CD, Perloe M, Tucker MJ, Kaplan CR, Palermo GD. Subtle PAI-1 elevations persist in PCOS irrespective of hyperinsulinism. 18th Annual Meeting, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology; Vienna (July 2002).
  13. Han T, Tucker MJ, Greenhouse S, Levy MJ, Sills ES. Analysis of blastocyst development, utilization rate and reproductive outcome in IVF patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. 3rd Biennial Conference, Alpha Embryologists Group; New York (11 September 2001).
  14. Sills ES, Porter R, Tucker MJ, Morton PC, Widra EA. Impact of fertilization technique on human blastocyst development: comparisons of conventional insemination and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in IVF. Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Obstetrics & Gynaecology—Registrar’s prize papers meeting; London (February 2001).
  15. Sills ES, Perloe M, Levy DP, Genton MG, Schattman GL, Tucker MJ. Patient perception and awareness regarding diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as measured by confidential self-reports. 56th Annual Meeting, American Society For Reproductive Medicine; San Diego (October 2000).
  16. Perloe M, Wittkowski KM, Sills ES, Tucker MJ, Palermo GD. Separation of motile human spermatozoa in assisted reproduction: evaluation of centrifugation and non-centrifugation based techniques. 48th Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society; Rancho Mirage (April 2000).
  17. Sills ES, Levy DP, Wittkowski KM, Perloe M. Preliminary experience with metformin treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome: reproductive outcomes among 20 consecutive patients. 53rd Annual Meeting [conjoint], American Society for Reproductive Medicine/Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society; Toronto (September 1999).
  18. Levy DP, Kump LM, Goldschlag D, Sills ES, Liu H-C, Rosenwaks Z. Early follicular inhibin-B measurements and in vitro fertilization outcome. 81st Annual Meeting, The Endocrine Society; San Diego (June 1999).
  19. Sills ES, Levy DP, Liu H-C, Rosenwaks Z. Effect of mid-luteal leuprolide pituitary desensitization on 24h urinary luteinizing hormone concentrations. 80th Annual Meeting, The Endocrine Society; New Orleans (June 1998).
  20. Sills ES, Strider W, Hyde HJ, Anker D, Rees GJ, Davis OK. Forced sterilization, political asylum, and gynecology: new considerations for modern practice. International Conference on Reproductive Health/UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development & Training in Human Reproduction; Bombay (March 1998).
  21. Saini J, Sills ES, Kuczynski E, Gretz HF. Supracervical hysterectomy vs. total abdominal hysterectomy: perceived effects on sexual function. 24th Annual Meeting, Society of Gynecologic Surgeons; Orlando (March 1998).
  22. Sills ES, Barmat LI, Harper MM, Liu H-C, Schattman GL, Rosenwaks Z. Effect of periovulatory 17-beta estradiol fluctuations on conception in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and in vitro fertilization with GnRH-agonist suppression. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1997;76(167 Suppl 1):32.
  23. Barmat LI, Sills ES, Kowalik AI, Zaninovic N, Menendez S, Schlegel PN, Veeck LL. Testicular sperm from nonobstructed azoospermic males does not appear to alter preembryo morphology or IVF pregnancy outcome. 53rdAnnual Meeting, American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Cincinnati (October 1997).
  24. Spandorfer SD, Sills ES, Chung PH, Davis OK, Kligman I, Liu H-C, Rosenwaks Z. Periovulatory hormonal patterns are not predictive of IVF outcome. 53rdAnnual Meeting, American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Cincinnati (October 1997).
  25. Sills ES, Levy DP, Schattman GL, Liu H-C, Rosenwaks Z. Characteristics of ovarian response and reproductive outcome following rapid, sequential follicular stimulations in in vitro fertilization. 2nd World Conference on Ovulation Induction; Bologna (September 1997).
  26. Sills ES, Breslow J, Harper MM, Zaninovic N, Veeck LL, Rosenwaks Z. Day 3 preembryo morphology as a predictor of in vitro fertilization pregnancy outcome. J Soc Gynecol Invest 1997;4(1 Suppl):174A.
  27. Barmat LI, Rauch E, Kowalik AI, Sills ES, Spandorfer SD, Schattman GL, Liu H-C, Rosenwaks Z. The effect of hydrosalpinges on IVF/ET outcome. J Assist Reprod Genet 1997;14(5 Suppl):205S.

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