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Published Manuscripts

Keri Bergin, MD, Samantha L. Estevez, MD, Tamar Alkon-Meadows, MD, Ethan Nyein, MD, Natalie Cohen, MD, Carlos Hernandez-Nieto, MD, Dmitry Gounko, BS, MA, Joseph A. Lee, BA, Alan B. Copperman, MD, and Erkan Buyuk, MD

Single Euploid Embryo Transfer Outcomes after Uterine Septum Resection.

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2024.02.001.

Tamar Alkon‑Meadows, Carlos Hernandez‑Nieto, Tia Jackson‑Bey, Teresa A. Cacchione, Joseph Lee, Martha Luna‑Rojas, Dmitry Gounko, Alan Copperman, Erkan Buyuk

Correlation of self‑reported racial background to euploidy status and live birth rates in assisted reproductive technology cycles

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10815-024-03039-3.

Sharonne Holtzman, Lily McCarthy, Samantha L. Estevez, Joseph A. Lee, Morgan F. Baird, Dmitry Gounko, Alan B. Copperman, Stephanie V. Blank

Walking the tightrope: Fertility preservation among hereditary breast and ovarian Cancer syndrome Previvors.

Gynecologic Oncology. 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2024.03.025.

Keri Bergin, William Borenzweig, Sarah Roger, Richard Slifkin, Morgan Baird, Joseph Lee, Alan B Copperman, Erkan Buyuk

Effect of Postthaw Change in Embryo Score on Single Euploid Embryo Transfer Success Rates

Fertil Steril. 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.03.020.

Bruna Paulsen, Sabrina Piechota, Ferran Barrachina, Alexa Giovannini, Simone Kats, Kathryn S. Potts, Graham Rockwell, Maria Marchante, Samantha L. Estevez, Alexander D. Noblett, Alexandra B. Figueroa, Caroline Aschenberger, Dawn A. Kelk, Marcy Forti, Shelby Marcinyshyn, Klaus Wiemer, Marta Sanchez, Pedro Belchin, Joseph A. Lee, Erkan Buyuk, Rick E. Slifkin, Merrick Pierson Smela, Patrick R. J. Fortuna, Pranam Chatterjee, David H. McCulloh, Alan B. Copperman, Daniel Ordonez‐Perez, Joshua U. Klein, Christian C. Kramme

Rescue in vitro maturation using ovarian support cells of human oocytes from conventional stimulation cycles yields oocytes
with improved nuclear maturation and transcriptomic resemblance to in vivo matured oocytes

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. doi: 10.1007/s10815-024-03143-4.

Carlos Hernandez-Nieto, Saher Siddiqui, Loreli Mejia-Fernandez, Tamar Alkon Meadows, Joseph Lee, Richard Slifkin, Tanmoy Mukherjee, Alan B Copperman

Effect of various contraceptives on oocyte yield and maturation in patients undergoing planned oocyte cryopreservation: a retrospective cohort study

Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.104105.
Carlos Hernandez-Nieto,, Joseph Lee, Tamar Alkon-Meadows, Luz Soto-Cossio, Benjamin Sandler, Tanmoy Mukherjee, and Alan Copperman

Recent clomiphene citrate exposure does not impact subsequent clinical outcomes in single euploid frozen embryo transfer cycles.

Hum Reprod. 2023 Jun 1;38(6):1151-1161. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dead072. PMID: 37075318.

Atoosa Ghofranian, M.D.,Samantha L. Estevez, M.D.,Caroline Gellman, M.D., Dmitry Gounko, B.S., M.A., Joseph A. Lee, B.A.,Kimberly Thornton, M.D.,and Alan B. Copperman, M.D.

Fertility treatment outcomes in transgender men with a history of testosterone therapy.

F&S Reports. 4. 10.1016/j.xfre.2023.10.006.

Devora Aharon, MD, Lucky Sekhon, MD, Chloe Getrajdman, MD, Mackenzie Naert, MD, William Hanley, BA, Ahmad Kerr, MD, Atoosa Ghofranian, MD, Carlos Hernandez-Nieto, MD, Joseph A. Lee, BA, Alan Copperman, MD, and Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD

Association of Myomectomy With Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Ovarian Reserve.

Dec 1;140(6):1000-1007. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004983. Epub 2022 Nov 2.

Lee JD, Gounko D, Lee JA, Mukherjee T, Kushner T.

Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment Outcomes in Women With Liver Disease.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 Dec 1;118(12):2184-2190. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002252. Epub 2023 Mar 20.

Lee JD, Gounko D, Lee JA, Mukherjee T, Kushner T.

Assisted Reproductive Technology Treatment Outcomes in Women With Liver Disease.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 Dec 1;118(12):2184-2190. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002252. Epub 2023 Mar 20.

Canon C, Thurman A, Li A, Hernandez-Nieto C, Lee JA, Roth RM, Slifkin R, Briton-Jones C, Stein D, Copperman AB.

Assessing the clinical viability of micro 3 pronuclei zygotes.

Assist Reprod Genet. 2023 Jul;40(7):1765-1772. doi: 10.1007/s10815-023-02830-y. Epub 2023 May 25. PMID: 37227570; PMCID: PMC10352191.
Fanton M, Nutting V, Solano F, Maeder-York P, Hariton E, Barash O, Weckstein L, Sakkas D, Copperman AB, Loewke K.

An interpretable machine learning model for predicting the optimal day of trigger during ovarian stimulation.

Fertil Steril. 2022 Jul;118(1):101-108. Epub 2022 May 16.

Hernandez-Nieto C, Lee J, Alkon-Meadows T, Briton-Jones C, Sandler B, Copperman A, Mukherjee T.

Biological relevance of trophectoderm morphology: initial β-hCG measurements correlate with trophectoderm grading on euploid frozen embryo transfers.

J Assist Reprod Genet. 2022 Sep;39(9):2051-2059. Epub 2022 Jun 25.

Li S, Wang Z, Vieira LA, Zheutlin AB, Ru B, Schadt E, Wang P, Copperman AB, Stone JL, Gross SJ, Kao YH, Lau YK, Dolan SM, Schadt EE, Li L.

Improving preeclampsia risk prediction by modeling pregnancy trajectories from routinely collected electronic medical record data.

NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Jun 6.

Aharon D, Lederman M, Ghofranian A, Hernandez-Nieto C, Canon C, Hanley W, Gounko D, Lee JA, Stein D, Buyuk E, Copperman AB.

In Vitro Fertilization and Early Pregnancy Outcomes After Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination.

Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Apr 1;139(4):490-497. Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Moreta, L. E., Hanley, W., Lee, J. A., Copperman, A. B., & Stein, D. (2022).

Elevated Body Mass Index in Donor Oocyte Recipients Does Not Affect Implantation of Euploid Embryos.

Journal of Women's Health (2002), 31(9), 1364–1368. 2022 Sep.
Friedenthal J, Hernandez-Nieto C, Roth RM, Slifkin R, Gounko D, Lee JA, Nazem T, Briton-Jones C, Copperman A.

Clinical implementation of algorithm-based embryo selection is associated with improved pregnancy outcomes in single vitrified warmed euploid embryo transfers

J Assist Reprod Genet. 2021 Jul. Epub 2021 May 1.

Oliva M, Nazem TG, Lee JA, Copperman AB.

Evaluating in vitro fertilization outcomes of patients with low body mass index following frozen-thawed embryo transfer.

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Oct;155(1):132-137. Epub 2021 Jan 27.

Hernandez-Nieto, C., Gayete-Lafuente, S., Alkon-Meadows, T., Lee, J., Luna-Rojas, M., Mukherjee, T., Copperman, A. B., & Sandler, B. (2021).

Parental chromosomal heteromorphisms are not associated with an increased risk of embryo aneuploidy

JBRA assisted reproduction, 25(4), 575–580. 2021 Oct 4.

Friedenthal J, Alkon-Meadows T, Hernandez-Nieto C, Gounko D, Lee JA, Copperman A, Buyuk E.

The association between prior cesarean delivery and subsequent in vitro fertilization outcomes in women undergoing autologous, frozen-thawed single euploid embryo transfer.

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

Friedenthal J, Pan S, Gounko D, Briton-Jones C, Lee J, Copperman A.

Rate of Post-Fertilization Mitotic Activity Predicts Embryonic Competence via Next Generation Sequencing: An Analysis of 39,301 Cleavage Stage Embryos.

JBRA Assist Reprod. 2021 Oct 4;25(4):586-591.
Sakkas D, Howles CM, Atkinson L, Borini A, Bosch EA, Bryce C, Cattoli M, Copperman AB, de Bantel AF, French B, Gerris J, Granger SW, Grzegorczyk-Martin V, Lee JA, Levy MJ, Matin MJ, Somers S, Widra EA, Alper MM.

A multi-centre international study of salivary hormone oestradiol and progesterone measurements in ART monitoring.

Reprod Biomed Online. 2021 Feb;42(2):421-428. Epub 2020 Oct 24.

Hernandez-Nieto, C., Alkon-Meadows, T., Lee, J., Cacchione, T., Iyune-Cojab, E., Garza-Galvan, M., Luna-Rojas, M., Copperman, A. B., & Sandler, B. (2020).

Expanded carrier screening for preconception reproductive risk assessment: Prevalence of carrier status in a Mexican population.

Prenatal Diagnosis, 40(5), 635–643. 2020 Feb 27.

Hernandez-Nieto C, Lee JA, Alkon-Meadows T, Luna-Rojas M, Mukherjee T, Copperman AB, Sandler B.

Late follicular phase progesterone elevation during ovarian stimulation is not associated with decreased implantation of chromosomally screened embryos in thaw cycles.

Hum Reprod. 2020 Aug 1;35(8):1889-1899.
Hernandez-Nieto, C., Lee, J.A., Gonzalez, K., Mukherjee, T., Copperman, A.B. and Sandler, B. (2020)

Conservative treatment versus surgical excision of ovarian dermoid cysts: Impact on ovarian stimulation and IVF cycle success.

Int J Gynecol Obstet, 148: 392-398. 11 December 2019

Sekhon L, Feuerstein J, Pan S, Overbey J, Lee JA, Briton-Jones C, Flisser E, Stein DE, Mukherjee T, Grunfeld L, Sandler B, Copperman AB.

Endometrial preparation before the transfer of single, vitrified-warmed, euploid blastocysts: does the duration of estradiol treatment influence clinical outcome?

Fertil Steril. 2019 Jun;111(6):1177-1185. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

Chang, S., & Copperman, A. B. (2019).

New insights into human prolactin pathophysiology: genomics and beyond.

Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 31(4), 207–211. 2019 Aug.

Hernandez-Nieto C, Sekhon L, Lee J, Gounko D, Copperman A, Sandler B.

Infertile patients with inflammatory bowel disease have comparable in vitro fertilization clinical outcomes to the general infertile population.

Gynecol Endocrinol. 2020 Jun;36(6):554-557. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

Nazem TG, Chang S, Lee JA, Briton-Jones C, Copperman AB, McAvey B.

Understanding the Reproductive Experience and Pregnancy Outcomes of Lesbian Women Undergoing Donor Intrauterine Insemination.

LGBT Health. 2019 Feb/Mar;6(2):62-67.

Stein D, Ukogu C, Ganza A, Gounko D, Lee J, Bar-Chama N, Copperman AB.

Paternal contribution to embryonic competence.

Cent European J Urol. 2019;72(3):296-301. Published online 2019 Sep 2.

Hernandez-Nieto, C., Lee, J. A., Slifkin, R., Sandler, B., Copperman, A. B., & Flisser, E. (2019).

What is the reproductive potential of day 7 euploid embryos?

Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 34(9), 1697–1706. 2019 Sep 29.
Lucky Sekhon, MD, Joseph A. Lee, BA, Eric Flisser, MD, Alan B. Copperman, MD, Daniel Stein, MD.

Blastocyst Vitrification, Cryostorage and warming does not impact embryo transfer success, infant birthweight or timing of delivery.

Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2018

Nola S. Herlihy, Lucky Sekhon, Joseph A. Lee, Daniel Stein, Alan B. Copperman, Matthew A. Lederman.

Caring for BRCA Carriers Strategies to Promote Health and Preserve Fertility

Journal of Women’s Health and Gynecology, March 08, 2018.

Bosch, E., Bulletti, C., Copperman, A. B., Fanchin, R., Yarali, H., Petta, C. A., Polyzos, N. P., Shapiro, D., Ubaldi, F. M., Garcia Velasco, J. A., Longobardi, S., D'Hooghe, T., Humaidan, P., & Delphi TTP Consensus Group (2019).

How time to healthy singleton delivery could affect decision-making during infertility treatment: a Delphi consensus.

Reproductive Bbiomedicine Online, 38(1), 118–130. September 19, 2018.

Aharon, D., Sekhon, L., Lee, J. A., Ascher-Walsh, C., & Copperman, A. B. (2019).

Optimal Interval of Time from Operative Hysteroscopy to Embryo Transfer in an In Vitro Fertilization Cycle.

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 26(6), 1083–1087.e1. October 10, 2018.

Kudesia, R., Wu, H., Hunter Cohn, K., Tan, L., Lee, J. A., Copperman, A. B., & Yurttas Beim, P. (2018).

The effect of female body mass index on in vitro fertilization cycle outcomes: a multi-center analysis.

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 35(11), 2013–2023. 2018 Aug 21.

Nazem, T. G., Sekhon, L., Lee, J. A., Overbey, J., Pan, S., Duke, M., Briton-Jones, C., Whitehouse, M., Copperman, A. B., & Stein, D. E. (2019).

The correlation between morphology and implantation of euploid human blastocysts.

Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 38(2), 169–176. 2018 Dec 7.

Flisser E. (2018).

Identifying at-risk populations: are we simply not doing enough fertility preservation procedures?

Fertility and Sterility, 110(4), 640–641. June 18, 2018.
Carlos Hernandez-Nieto, M.D., Joseph Lee, B.A., Taraneh Nazem, M.D., Dmitry Gounko, M.A., Alan Copperman, M.D., and Benjamin Sandler, M.D.

Embryo aneuploidy is not impacted by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure.

Fertility and Sterility® Vol. 108, No. 6, December 2017.

Chloe Getrajdman, BA; Joseph A. Lee, BA; Alan B. Copperman, MD.

Co-ivf for same-sex female couples

Semin Reprod Med 2017;00:1–5.

Vela G, Ruman J, Luna M, Sandler B, and Copperman AB.

Profound pituitary suppression following oral contraceptive pretreatment in gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist cycles does not impact outcome: a retrospective cohort study.

JFIV Reprod Med Genet 2017, 5:2.

Ange Wang, M.D., Anthony Santistevan, M.S., Karen Hunter Cohn, Ph.D., Alan Copperman, M.D., John Nulsen, M.D., Brad T. Miller, M.D., Eric Widra, M.D., Lynn M. Westphal, M.D., Piraye Yurttas Beim, Ph.D.

Freeze-only versus fresh embryo transfer in a multicenter matched cohort study: contribution of progesterone and maternal age to success rates.

Fertil Steril 2017.

Etan Dayan, Hongfa Zhub, Alan B. Copperman, Sara Lewis, Amita Kamath.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting as a right adnexal mass with histopathologic correlation.
Clinical Imaging, 2017; 44 (2017) 97–100.

Lucky Sekhon, MD, Kathryn Shaia, MD, Anthony Santistevan MS, Karen Hunter Cohn PhD, Joseph A. Lee, BA, Piraye Yurttas Beim, PhD, Alan B. Copperman, MD.

The cumulative dose of gonadotropins used for controlled ovarian stimulation does not influence the odds of embryonic aneuploidy in patients with normal ovarian response.

JARG. March 2017 DOI 10.1007/s10815-017-0909-3.

Jorge Rodriguez-Purata, MD; Robert Pacheco, BA; Lucky Sekhon, MD; Joseph A. Lee, BA; Lawrence Grunfeld, MD; Tanmoy Mukherjee, MD; Benjamin Sandler, MD; Alan B. Copperman, MD.

Reproductive outcome is optimized when an embryo transfer is performed 1 to 3 months after cervical dilation.

J Gynec Obstet 2017; 1:004.

Luca Lambertini, Shira Rebecca Saul, Alan B. Copperman, Sara Salehi Hammerstad, Zhengzi Yi, Weijia Zhang, Yaron Tomer, and Nathan Kase

Intrauterine Reprogramming of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Evidence from a Pilot Study of Cord Blood Global Methylation Analysis Front.

Endocrinol., 18

Jorge Rodriguez-Purata, MD; Joseph Lee, BA; Michael Whitehouse, BA; Benjamin Sandler MD; Alan Copperman and Tanmoy Mukherjee, MD.

Comparison of letrozole with timed intercourse versus clomiphene citrate with intrauterine insemination in patients with unexplained infertility.

J Reprod Med. January Issue 2017.
Jorge Rodriguez-Purata, MD; Julian Gingold, MD, PhD; Joseph A. Lee, BA; Michael C. Whitehouse, BA; Richard Slifkin, BA; Christine Briton-Jones, PhD; Alan B. Copperman, MD; Benjamin Sandler, MD.

Hatching status before embryo transfer is not correlated with implantation rate in chromosomally screened blastocysts.

Hum Reprod. 2016 Sep 12.

Jorge Rodriguez-Purata, MD; Joseph Lee, BA; Michael Whitehouse, BA; Marlena Duke, MS; Lawrence Grunfeld, MD; Benjamin Sandler, MD; Alan Copperman, MD; Tanmoy Mukherjee, MD.

Reproductive outcome is optimized by genomic embryo screening, vitrification and subsequent transfer into a prepared synchronous endometrium.

J Assist Reprod Genet (2016) 33:401–412.
Rodriguez-Purata J, Lee J, Whitehouse M, Moschini RM, Knopman J, Duke M, Sandler B, Copperman A.

Embryo selection versus natural selection - how do outcomes of comprehensive chromosome screening of blastocysts compare with the analysis of products of conception from early pregnancy loss (dilation and curettage) among an assisted reproductive technology population?

Fertil Steril. 2015 Dec;104(6):1460-1466.

Gingold JA, Lee JA, Rodriguez-Purata J, Whitehouse MC, Sandler B, Grunfeld L, Mukherjee T, Copperman AB.

Endometrial pattern, but not endometrial thickness, affects implantation rates in euploid embryo transfers.

Fertil Steril. 2015 Sep;104(3):620-8.

Gingold JA, Lee JA, Whitehouse MC, Rodriguez-Purata J, Sandler B, Grunfeld L, Mukherjee T, Copperman AB.

Maximum basal FSH predicts reproductive outcome better than cycle-specific basal FSH levels: waiting for a “better” month conveys limited retrieval benefits.

Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2015 Aug 15;13:91.
Arielle Yeshua, Joseph A. Lee, Georgia Witkin, Alan B. Copperman.

Female Couples Undergoing IVF with Partner Eggs (Co-IVF): Pathways to Parenthood. LGBT Health.

June 2015, 2(2): 135-139.

Lee JA, Sekhon L, Grunfeld L, Copperman AB.

In-vitro maturation of germinal vesicle and metaphase I eggs prior to cryopreservation optimizes reproductive potential in patients undergoing fertility preservation.

Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;26(3):168-73.

Flores H, Lee J, Rodriguez-Purata J, Witkin G, Sandler B, Copperman AB.

Beauty, brains or health: trends in ovum recipient preferences.

Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Oct;23(10):830-3.

VanWort TA, Lee JA, Karvir H, Whitehouse MC, Beim PY, Copperman AB.

Female cystic fibrosis mutation carriers and assisted reproductive technology: does carrier status affect reproductive outcomes?

Fertil Steril. 2014 Nov;102(5):1324-30.

Werner MD, Leondires MP, Schoolcraft WB, Miller BT, Copperman AB, Robins ED, Arredondo F, Hickman TN, Gutmann J, Schillings WJ, Levy B, Taylor D, Treff NR, Scott RT Jr.

Clinically recognizable error rate after the transfer of comprehensive chromosomal screened euploid embryos is low.

Fertil Steril. 2014 Dec;102(6):1613-8.
Lee JA, Barritt J, Moschini RM, Slifkin RE, Copperman AB.

Optimizing human oocyte cryopreservation for fertility preservation patients: should we mature then freeze or freeze then mature?

Fertil Steril. 2013 Apr;99(5):1356-62.

Copperman AB, Benadiva C.

Optimal usage of the GnRH antagonists: a review of the literature. Reprod Biol Endocrinol.

2013 Mar 15;11:20
Victoria Vallejo, Joseph A. Lee, Lisa Schuman, Georgia Witkin, Enrique Cervantes, Benjamin Sandler, Alan B. Copperman.

Social and psychological assessment of women undergoing elective oocyte cryopreservation - A 7-year analysis.

Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013, 3, 1-7.

Luna M, Vela G, McDonald CA, Copperman AB.
Results with GnRH antagonist protocols are equivalent to GnRH agonist protocols in comparable patient populations.
J Reprod Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;57(3-4):123-8.

Victoria Vallejo, Hilde I.G. Cotton, Joseph A. Lee, Enrique Cervantes, Benjamin Sandler M.D, Alan B Copperman.

Medical versus surgical treatment for early pregnancy loss in infertile patients - Which approach facilitates more rapid return to subsequent treatment cycle?

OJOG November 2012: Vol.2 No.4; ISSN #: 2160-8792.

Casey A. McDonald, Zachary A. Haimowitz, Andrea DeVenuta, Charity Reeves, Alan B. Copperman, Jason Barritt.

Replacing liquid fyrite with digital to improve in vitro fertilization laboratory quality control procedures.

Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2012, 2.
Gerardo Vela, M.D., Martha Luna, M.D., Jason Barritt, Ph.D., Benjamin Sandler, M.D., Alan B. Copperman, M.D.

Monozygotic pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization - understanding their prognosis.

Fertil Steril 2011;95:606–10.

Izadyar F, Wong J, Maki C, Pacchiarotti J, Ramos T, Howerton K, Yuen C, Greilach S, Zhao HH, Chow M, Chow YC, Rao J, Barritt J, Bar-Chama N, Copperman AB.

Identification and characterization of repopulating spermatogonial stem cells from the adult human testis.

Hum Reprod. 2011 Jun;26(6):1296-306

Moschini RM, Chuang L, Poleshchuk F, Slifkin RE, Copperman AB, Barritt J.

Commercially available enhanced in vitro maturation medium does not improve maturation of germinal vesicle and metaphase I oocytes in standard in vitro fertilization cases.

Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun 30;95(8):2645-7.

McDonald CA, Valluzo L, Chuang L, Poleshchuk F, Copperman AB, Barritt J. Nitrogen
vapor shipment of vitrified oocytes - time for caution.
Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun 30;95(8):2628-30.

Grunfeld L, Sandler B, Mukherjee T, Copperman AB.

(Case Report) Parental karyotype may reveal the source of a pregnancy loss even in the presence of a reportedly euploid fetal karyotype.

Fertil Steril. 2011 Mar 1;95(3):1120

Luna M, Bigelow C, Duke M, Ruman J, Sandler B, Grunfeld L, Copperman AB.

Should ICSI be recommended routinely in patients with four or fewer oocytes retrieved?

J Assist Reprod Genet. 2011 Sep;28(10):911-5
Eliyahu E, Shtraizent N, Martinuzzi K, Barritt J, He X, Wei H, Chaubal S, Copperman AB, Schuchman EH.

Acid ceramidase improves the quality of oocytes and embryos and the outcome of in vitro fertilization.

FASEB J. 2010 Apr;24(4):1229-38

Flisser E, Copperman AB.

Why do couples drop-out from IVF treatment?

Hum Reprod. 2009 Mar;24(3):758-9

Luna M, Finkler E, Barritt J, Bar-Chama N, Sandler B, Copperman AB, Grunfeld L.

Paternal age and assisted reproductive technology outcome in ovum recipients.

Fertil Steril. 2009 Nov;92(5):1772-5

Knopman J, Copperman AB.

(Letter to Editor) Endometrial thickness measured by ultrasound scan in women with uterine outlet obstruction due to intrauterine or upper cervical adhesions.

Hum Reprod. 2008 May;23(5):1234

Luna M, Copperman AB, Duke M, Ezcurra D, Sandler B, Barritt J.

Human blastocyst morphological quality is significantly improved in embryos classified as fast on day 3 (>or=10 cells), bringing into question current embryological dogma.

Fertil Steril. 2008 Feb;89(2):358-63.

Grunfeld L, Luna M, Mukherjee T, Sandler B, Nagashima Y, Copperman AB.

Redefining in vitro fertilization success: should triplets be considered failures?

Fertil Steril. 2008 Oct;90(4):1064-8.

Martinuzzi K, Ryan S, Luna M, Copperman AB.

Elevated body mass index (BMI) does not adversely affect in vitro fertilization outcome in young women.

J Assist Reprod Genet. 2008 May;25(5):169-75.

Flisser E, Scott RT Jr, Copperman AB.

(Editor’s Corner) Patient-friendly IVF: how should it be defined?

Fertil Steril. 2007 Sep;88(3):547-9.

Martha Luna, M.D., Marlena Duke, M.Sc., Alan Copperman, Lawrence Grunfeld, M.D., Benjamin Sandler, M.D., and Jason Barritt, Ph.D.

Blastocyst embryo transfer is associated with a sex-ratio imbalance in favor of male offspring.

Fertil Steril 2007;87:519 –23.

Copperman KB, Schertz JC, Witkin G, Sandler B, Brodman M, Copperman AB.

Patients’ return to referring physicians and its relation to their infertility duration.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Sep;16(7):1012-6.

Schiff JD1, Luna M, Barritt J, Duke M, Copperman A, Bar-Chama N.

The morphology of extracted testicular sperm correlates with fertilization but not pregnancy rates.

BJU Int. 2007 Dec;100(6):1326-9.

Barritt J, Luna M, Duke M, Grunfeld L, Mukherjee T, Sandler B, Copperman AB.

Report of four donor-recipient oocyte cryopreservation cycles resulting in high pregnancy and implantation rates.

Fertil Steril. 2007 Jan;87(1):189.

Barritt J, Luna M, Duke M, Copperman A.

(Letter to Editor) Ethical issues surrounding the cryopreservation of human oocytes.

Fertil Steril. 2007 Oct;88(4):1016.

Barritt J, Luna M, Duke M, Copperman A.

(Letter to Editor) Perspectives on oocyte research.

Fertil Steril. 2007 Oct;88(4):1019-20.

Knopman J, Copperman AB.

Value of 3D ultrasound in the management of suspected Asherman’s syndrome.

J Reprod Med. 2007 Nov;52(11):1016-22.

Alan B. Copperman, M.D.,a and Alan H. DeCherney, M.D.b.

Turn, Turn, Turn.

Fertil Steril 2006;85:12–3.

Kliman HJ, Honig S, Walls D, Luna M, McSweet JC, Copperman AB.

Optimization of endometrial preparation results in a normal endometrial function test (EFT) and good reproductive outcome in donor ovum recipients.

J Assist Reprod Genet. 2006 Jul-Aug;23(7-8):299-303.

Copperman AB, Wells V, Luna M, Kalir T, Sandler B, Mukherjee T.

Presence of hydrosalpinx correlated to endometrial inflammatory response in vivo.

Fertil Steril. 2006 Oct;86(4):972-6.

Alan B. Copperman, M.D.

Antagonists in poor-responder patients.

FERTILITY AND STERILITY VOL. 80, SUPPL. 1, JULY 2003

Babinszki A, Mukherjee T, Kerenyi T, Berkowitz RL, Copperman AB.
Diagnosing amnionicity at 6 weeks of pregnancy with transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasonography: case report.
Fertil Steril 1999; 71:1161-4.

Chen HL, Copperman AB, Grunfeld L, Sandler B, Bustillo M, Gordon JW.
Failed fertilization in vitro: second day micromanipulation of oocytes versus reinsemination.
Fertil Steril 1995; 63:1337-40.

Copperman AB, DeCherney AH, Olive DL.
A case of endometrial cancer following endometrial ablation for dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
Obstet Gynecol 1993; 82:640-2.

Copperman AB, Bustillo M.
Biochemical and sonographic evaluation of the very early intrauterine pregnancy.
Early Pregnancy 1995; 1:106-18.

Copperman AB, Kaltenbacher L, Walker B, Sandler B, Bustillo M, Grunfeld L.
Early first-trimester ultrasound provides a window through which the chorionicity of twins can be diagnosed in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) population.
J Assist Reprod Genet 1995; 12:693-7.

Copperman AB, Selick CE, Grunfeld L, Sandler B, Bustillo M.
Cumulative number and morphological score of embryos resulting in success: realistic expectations from in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.
Fertil Steril 1995; 64:88-92.

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