Bernard Cantor, MD

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Bernard Cantor, M.D.

Bernard Cantor, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Present Position:

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Florida International University College of Medicine
100 N.W. 170 Street, Suite 410
North Miami Beach, FL 33169
Tel: 305-654-6850 | Fax: 305-654-6858

Licensure:

National Board of Medical Examiners
State of Florida
State of New York

Specialty Certification:

Nov. 1975: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nov. 1977: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology; American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oct. 2003: Certified Menopause Practioner - North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

Education:

1964 - University of Rochester - BA with Honors
1968 - University of Rochester School of Medicine - MD

Postdoctoral Training:

1968-1969: Intern, Ob/Gyn and Medicine
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York
1969-1970 - Assistant Resident and Fellow in Ob/Gyn
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York
1970-1971 - Associate Resident and Fellow
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York
Sept. 1970- Aug. 1971 -Visiting Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology
Dr. R. Vande Weile, Columbia University, Dept. Ob-Gyn
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
1971-1972 - Resident and Fellow in Ob/Gyn
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York
1972-1973 - Chief Resident and Fellow in Ob/Gyn
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York

Military:

1973- 1975: Major, United States Air Force Medical Corps - Honorable Discharge

Faculty Appointments:

1969-1971: Assistant - University of Rochester, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology
1972-1973 - Instructor - University of Rochester, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology
1975-1979 - Assistant Professor and Head - Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
June-Aug 1979 - Associate Professor and Head - Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Sept. 1979-Sept 1980 - Associate Professor and Head - Division of Special Reproductive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Sept. 1980-June 1986 - Clinical Associate Professor - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Oct. 1990-Present - Courtesy Professor - Department of Biologic Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Sept. 1991-Jan. 1998 - Clinical Professor - Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Jan. 1998-June 2003 - Voluntary Clinical Professor - Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Consulting Positions:

1976-1979: Consultant - Veteran's Administration Hospital, Gainesville, Florida

Program Director:

Jan-Aug. 1979 - Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1991-1996 - Fellowship in Reproductive Surgery - Sponsored by the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
1980-June 2005 - Private Practice - Women's Healthcare Specialists, PA, Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility, Gynecology

Hospital Staff Appointments:

2002- Present - Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke Pines, Florida
1989-2004 - Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
1989-2001 - Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
1980-1990 - Parkway Regional Medical Center, North Miami Beach, Florida
1980-1990 - South Miami Hospital, South Miami, Florida
1980-1990 - North Shore Hospital, Miami, Florida
1982-1990 - Cedars Health Care Center, Miami, Florida
1980-1985 - Humana Biscayne Hospital, Miami, Florida
1980-1985 - North Miami Medical Center, North Miami, Florida
1979-1986 - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
1975-1979 - Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, Florida

Hospital Committees:

Parkway Regional Medical Center, North Miami Beach, Florida
- 1981-1988 - Operating Room Committee (Chairman 1985-1986) Tissue Committee
- 1983-1985 - Planning Committee (Chairman)
- 1987 - Quality Assurance Committee (Chairman) Secretary of the Medical Staff
- 1988 - Credentials Committee (Chairman), Vice President of the Medical Staff
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
- 1989-1999 - Medical Executive Committee
- 1989-2001 - Operating Room Committee

Professional Societies:

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists
Society of Reproductive Surgeons
Florida Society of Reproductive Endocrinologists (Past President)
Florida Medical Association
Florida Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society
International Society for Gynecologic Endocsopy (ISGE)
Miami Obstetric and Gynecologic Society
National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)

Awards & Accolades:

1979-1980: - Annual Best Teacher
House Staff Physicians Association
UM Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
May 1991 - Doctor of the Year Best Fertility Specialist in South Florida
South Florida Magazine
October 1993 - Best Gynecologist in South Florida
South Florida Magazine
July 1995 - Best Doctor Recognition
Town & Country Magazine
1996-2001 - Best Doctor Recognition
Miami Metro Magazine
1996-2000 - Best Doctors in America (Southest Region)
1998-2006 - Best Doctors in America (National)
200-2001 - Best Doctors in Florida

Publications:

1) CANTOR, B., JEWELEWICZ, R., WARREN, M., DYRENFURTH, 1., AND
VANDE WIELE, R.: HORMONAL CHANGES DURING INDUCTION OF
ABORTION BY PROSTAGLANDIN F2a. AM J. OBSTET. GYNECOL.,
113:607, JULY 1, 1972

2) JEWELEWICZ, R., CANTOR, B., DYRENFURTH, 1., WARREN, M., AND
VANDE WIELE, R.: INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OF PROSTAGLANDIN F2a
IN THE MID LUTEAL PHASE OF THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE.
PROSTAGLANDINS, 1:443, 1972

3) CANTOR, B.: THE PROSTAGLANDINS. J.A.M.A., 225:65, JULY 1973

4) CANTOR, B., KALRA, P.S., BUHI, W.C., BIRK, S.A., AND
SPELLACY, W.N.: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DYNAMICS OF
GONADOTROPIN RESPONSE FOLLOWING BOLUS INFUSION OF LUTEINIZING
HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR IN WOMEN WITH MENSTRUAL
ABNORMALITIES. FERTIL. STERIL., 28:526, 1977

5) ABRAMS, R.M., NOTELOVITZ, M., WILCOX, C.J., CANTOR, B.,
DOCKERY, J.L.: COLD PRESSOR TEST IN WOMEN: EFFECT ON
VAGINAL BLOOD FLOW. AM. J. OBSTET. GYNECOL., 127:525, 1977

6) SPELLACY, W.N., CANTOR, B., KALRA, P.S., BUHI, W.C., AND
BIRK, S.: THE EFFECT OF GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE ON
BLOOD GLUCOSE, INSULIN, LUTEINIZING HORMONE, AND FOLLICLE-
STIMULATING HORMONE LEVELS. FERTIL. STERIL., 28:733, 1977

7) SPELLACY, W.N., CANTOR, B., KALRA, P.S., BUHI, W.C., AND
BIRK, S.A.: THE EFFECT OF ACUTELY ELEVATED BLOOD GLUCOSE
LEVELS ON LH AND FSH RELEASE FOLLOWING AN INTRAVENOUS
GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE INJECTION. FERTIL. STERIL,
29:35-39, 1978

8) SPELLACY, W.N., CANTOR, B., KALRA., P.S., BUHI, W.C., AND
BIRK, S.A.: THE EFFECT OF VARYING PROLACTIN LEVELS ON
PITUITARY LUTEINIZING HORMONE AND FOLLICLE-STIMULATING
HORMONE RESPONSE TO GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE. AM. J.
OBSTET. GYNECOL., 132:157-164, 1978

9) ELLIS, G.F., AND CANTOR, B.: SPLENIC RUPTURE IN PREGNANCY,
AM. J. OBSTET. GYNECOL., 132:220-221, 1978

10) CANTOR, B., KALRA, P.S., AND PIERSON, K.P.: HORMONE STUDIES
IN A GYNANDROBLASTOMA. FERTIL. STERIL., 29:681-685, 1978

11) TSIBRIS, J.C.M., CAZENAVE, C.R., CANTOR, B., NOTELOVITZ, M.,
KALRA, P.S., AND SPELLACY, W.N.: DISTRIBUTION OF CYTOPLASMIC
ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM.
AM. J. OBSTET. GYNECOL., 132:449, 1978

12) CANTOR, B., MORGAN, L., BUHI, W.C., AND SPELLACY, W.N.;
FACTITIOUS HYPERGLYCEMIA IN PREGNANCY: DIABETES THAT IS
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. LANCET, 2:1109, 1978

13) CANTOR, B. AND RIGGALL, F.C.: THE CHOICE OF STERILIZATING
PROCEDURE ACCORDING TO ITS POTENTIAL REVERSIBILITY WITH
MICROSURGERY. FERTIL. STERIL, 31:9-12, 1979

14) SPELLACY, W.N., CANTOR, B., SNYDLE, F., BUHI, W.C., AND BIRK, S
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM AND THE SEMEN PROFILE: GLUCOSE,
INSULIN, AND SPERM STUDIES. FERTIL. STERIL., 32:563, 1979

15) STEIN, G.G., CANTOR, B., AND PANUSH, R.S.: ADULT STILL'S
DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM,
23:248, 1980

16) TSIBRIS, J.C.M., FORT, F.L., CANTOR, B., GELMAN, S.R.,
RIGGALL, F.C., AND SPELLACY, W.N.: ENDOMETRIUM, ESTROGEN AND
PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN UTERUS DIDELPHYS. J. REPROD. MED.,
24:182-184, 1980

17) CANTOR, B., TYLER, T., NELSON, R., AND STEIN, G.:
OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS AND TRANSIENT NEONATAL ANURIA; A POSSIBLE
ASSOCIATION WITH THE MATERNAL USE OF PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHETASE
INHIBITORS. J. REPROD. MED., 24:220-223, 1980

18) CANTOR, B., MAHAN, C.S., AND SPELLACY, W.N.: RESIDENT
RECRUITMENT IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: A SURVEY OF
PRESENT METHODS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE. J. REPROD. MED.,
25:319-322, 1980

19) RIGGALL, F.C. AND CANTOR, B.: 46XX HERNIA UTERUS INGUINALE
AND VAGINAL AGENESIS. AM. J. OBSTET. AND GYNECOL., 56:265-266, 1980

20) BLOCK, A.J., WYNNE, J.W., BOYSEN, P.G., LINDSEY, S., MARTIN,C.
AND CANTOR, B.: MENOPAUSE, MEDROXYPROGESTERONE AND
BREATHING DURING SLEEP. AM. J. MED., 70:506:510, 1981

21) TSIBRIS, J.C.M., FORT, F.L., CAZENAVE, C., CANTOR, B.,
BARDAWIL, W.A., NOTELOVITZ, M., AND SPELLACY, W.N.: THE
UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN
HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM. J. STER. BIOCHEM., 14:997-1003, 1981

22) CANTOR, B.: TRANSPLANTATION AND REPLANTATION OF THE
FALLOPIAN TUBES AND OVARIES. A TECHNIQUE FOR PATIENTS
UNDERGOING IRRADIATION. FERTIL. STERIL., 39:231-234, 1983

23) SHANGOLD, G.A., CANTOR, B., SCHREIBER, J.R.; TREATMENT OF
INFERTILITY DUE TO RETROGRADE EJACULATION: A SIMPLE, COST
EFFECTIVE METHOD. FERTIL. STERIL., 54:175-177, 1990

24) STEINLEITNER, A., LAMBERT, H., KAZENSKY, C., CANTOR, B.: USE
OF POLOXAMER 407 AS AN INTRAPERITONEAL BARRIER MATERIAL FOR
THE PREVENTION OF POSTSURGICAL ADHESION FORMATION AND
REFORMATION IN RODENT MODELS FOR REPRODUCTIVE SURGERY.
OBSTET. GYNEC., 77:48-52, 1991

25) STEINLEITNER, A., LAMBERT, H., SUAREZ, M., SERPA, N., POLING,
B., AND CANTOR, B.: PERIOVULATORY CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKAGE
ENHANCES REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE IN AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR
ENDOMETRIOSIS ASSOCIATED SUBFERTILITY. AM. J. OBSTET.
GYNECOL., 164:949-952, 1992

26) LAMBERT, H., STEINLEITNER, A., EISERMANN, J., SERPA, N., AND
CANTOR, B.: ENHANCED GAMETE INTERACTION IN THE SPERM
PENETRATION ASSAY AFTER COINCUBATION WITH PENTOXIFYLLINE AND
HUMAN FOLLICULAR FLUID. FERTIL. STERIL., 58:1205, 1992

Abstracts:

JEWELWICZ, R., CANTOR, B., DYRENFURTH, M., AND VANDE WIELE, R.P.:
THE ABORTIFACIENT ACTIVITY OF PROSTAGLANDIN F2a. PRESENTED TO THE
SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, APRIL
1971, AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS,
DISTRICT II, ARUBA, N.A., OCTOBER 1971

CANTOR, B., KALRA, P.S., BUHI, W.C., BIRK, S.A., AND SPELLACY,
W.N.: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DYNAMICS OF GONADOTROPIN RESPONSE
FOLLOWING BOLUS INFUSION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR
IN WOMEN WITH MENSTRUAL ABNORMALITIES. NINTH WORLD CONGRESS OF
FERTILITY AND STERILITY, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APRIL, 1977

EFFECT OF TOTAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY ON PERIPHERAL LUTEINIZING HORMONE-
RELEASING LEVELS (LHRH) IN HUMAN SUBJECTS. GYNECOL. INVEST., 8:82, 1977

TSIBRIS, J.C.M., CAZENAVE, C.R., SENSTROM, M., CANTOR, B.,
NOTELOVITZ, M., AND SPELLACY, W.N.: DISTRIBUTION OF ESTROGEN,
PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS AND PEROXIDASES IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM.
SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, MARCH 15-18, 1978

RIGGALL, F.C., ABRAMS, R.M., KALRA, P.S., CANTOR, B., AND
SPELLACY, W.N.; LH RESPONSE IN THE OVINE FETUS AND LAMB FOLLOWING
INTRAVENOUS GnRH. SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, MARCH
15-18, 1978

CANTOR, B. AND RIGGALL, F.C.: THE CHOICE OF STERILIZING PROCEDURE
ACCORDING TO ITS POTENTIAL REVERSIBILITY WITH MICROSURGERY.
PRESENTED TO THE 35TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FERTILITY
SOCIETY, SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY, 1979

TSIBRIS, J.C.M., SIMON, P., CANTOR, B., NOTELOVITZ, M., MERCER,
W.D., AND SPELLACY, W.N.: DISTRIBUTION OF ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE
RECEPTORS IN HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM DURING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE.
SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION. MARCH 21-24, 1979

CANTOR, B., KALRA, S.P., RIGGALL, F.C. AND BIRK, S.: PERIPHERAL
LEVELS OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR (LRF) DURING THE
MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND AFTER PROGESTERONE ADMINISTRATION. SOCIETY
FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, MARCH 21-24, 1979

CANTOR, B.: TRANSPLANTATION AND REPLANTATION OF THE FALLOPIAN
TUBES AND OVARIES. AMERICAN FERTILITY SOCIETY, MARCH 20-24, 1983

EISERMANN, J., CANTOR, B., STEINLEITNER, A., AND COLLINS J.:
TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR IN FOLLICULAR FLUID AND 'PERITONEAL FLUID
FROM INFERTILE WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT ENDOMETRIOSIS. AMERICAN
FERTILITY SOCIETY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER, 1989

EISERMANN, J., CANTOR, B., LAMBERT, H., COLLINS, J.: TUMOR
NECROSIS IN PERITONEAL FLUID FROM INFERTILE WOMEN WITH
ENDOMETRIOSIS INHIBITS ZONA-FREE HAMSTER EGG PENETRATION, HUMAN
ZONA PENETRATION, MOTILITY AND VELOCITY OF HUMAN SPERM IN VITRO.
AMERICAN FERTILITY SOCIETY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER, 1989

Audiotapes:

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF LHRH. EDUCATIONAL REVIEWS, 1977

FILMS AND VIDEOTAPES:

CANTOR, B., AND KING, R.: TUBAL REANASTOMOSIS FOLLOWING
POMEROY STERILIZATION. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND
GYNECOLOGISTS, ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL, 1979, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

Chapters:

1) RIGGALL, F.C., AND CANTOR, B.: SUCCESSFUL MICROSURGICAL
REANASTOMOSIS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE TYPE OF PREVIOUS
STERILIZATION. MICROSURGERY IN GYNECOLOGY, JORDAN PHILLIPS,
ed., 2, 1981.

2) CANTOR, B.: INDUCTION OF OVULATION WITH CLOMIPHENE CITRATE.
GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, VOLUME V., J.J. SCIARRA, ed.,
HARPER AND ROW, HAGERSTOWN, MD., 1981.

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