His and Her Health

Alvaro Morales, MD - Professor, Departments of Urology & Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Books Published:

• Erectile Dysfunction - Issues in Current Pharmacotherapy, Edited by Alvaro Morales, Martin Dunitz Publishers Ltd., London, U.K., 1998.

Honors:
(partial list)

• 1997-2002 Chairman, Global Erectile Dysfunction Advisory Council
• 1998 - President, The Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association
• 1998-1999 Chairman of Ethics & Education & Socio-cultural Aspects Committees First International Consultation on Erectile Dysfunction (World Health Organization)
• 1998 Executive member, International Society for Impotence Research
• 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award-Presented by the Canadian Urological Association
• 2000 Honorary Member of the National Academy of Medicine

Inventions & Patents:

• Device for the measuring of erectile function, Canadian Patent #389,093, US Patent #364,485, German Patent #P 32 39 663.5
• Urethral Catheter and Catheterization System. US Patent #5 320 216
• Alpha Interferon for Treating the Bladder and Associated Structures with Hyaluronic Acid, US Patent #5,888,986
• Apomorphine

Papers Presented
(partial list)

• June 1998, Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer, Spanish Program of the American Urological Association Meeting, San Diego, California
• June 1998, A Practical Approach to Androgens, Andropause and Therapeutic Strategies in Erectile Dysfunction, AUA Course, San Diego, California
• June 1998, AUA Plenary Session on Diagnostic Evaluation of Impotence, Panelist, AUA Meeting, San Diego, California
• June 1998, Direct and Indirect Anti- tumor Mechanisms of Regressin., AUA Meeting, San Diego, California
• June 1998, Panelist-Educational Forum on Bladder Cancer, Canadian Urological Association Meeting, Halifax, NS
• June 1998, Co-moderator - Poster Session on Erectile Dysfunction & Transplantation, Canadian Urological Association Meeting, Halifax, NS
• June 1998, An Overview on Sildenafil - Presentation for Special Educational Forum on Erectile Dysfunction, Canadian Urological Association Meeting, Halifax, NS
• Aug. 1998, Clinical Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of MUSE (Alprostadil) in Subjects with Erectile Dysfunction, ISIR Meeting, Amsterdam
• Aug. 1998, Oral Sildenafil (Viagra) in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: Efficacy and Safety of 50 mg, 100 mg, and 200 mg doses. ISIR Meeting, Amsterdam
• Aug. 1998, Androgens and Male Sexual Function, Participant in Symposium "Pharmacology of Sexual Function", ISIR Meeting, Amsterdam
• Oct. 1998, Clinical Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of MUSE (Alprostadil) in Subjects with Erectile Dysfunction: A Comparison of At-home vs In-clinic Titration, Northeastern Section of the AUA Meeting, Toronto, Canada
• May 1999, Practical Approach to Andropause and Androgen Therapy, AUA Course, American Urological Association Meeting, Dallas, TX
• May 1999, Faculty, Viagra Dinner Program-Sildenafil Safety in Perspective: The Worldwide Experience, AUA Meeting, Dallas, TX
• May 1999, Panelist for Plenary Session on the topic of Urologic Problems in the Aged, American Urological Association Meeting, Dallas, TX
• June 1999, Panelist for Educational Bladder Cancer Forum, Canadian Urological Association Meeting, London, Ontario
• June 1999, Panelist for Educational Forum on Erectile Dysfunction, Canadian Urological Association Meeting, London, Ontario
• June 1999, Clinical Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of MUSE (Alprostadil) in Subjects with Erectile Dysfunction, London, Ontario
• Sept. 1999, Men's Health Forum, Queen's University CME, Presentation on Andropause
• Feb. 2000, A Canadian Survey on Andropause, The Second World Congress on the Aging Male, Geneva, Switzerland
• Feb. 2000, Chair of Session - Endocrinology of Aging, The Second World Congress on the Aging Male, Geneva, Switzerland

Publications:
(partial list)

• Morales, A., Condra, M., and Heaton, J.P.W.: The Interpretation of Nocturnal Penile Tumescence monitoring. Current Opinion in Urology 5:312, 1995.
• Morales, A., Heaton, J.P.W., Johnston, B., and Adams, M.: Oral and Topical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction. Urol. Clinics of N.A.22, No. 4:879, 1995.
• Jackson, J., Emerson, L., Johnston, B., Wilson, J., and Morales, A.: Biofeedback: A Noninvasive Treatment for Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy. Urologic Nursing 16, No. 2:60, 1996.
• Morales, A., Emerson, L., and Nickel, J.C.: Intravesical Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Refractory Interstitial Cystitis. J. Urol. 156:45, 1996.
• Berardinucci, D., Morales, A., Heaton, J.P.W., Fenemore, J. and Bloom, S.: Surgical Treatment of Penile Veno-occlusive Dysfunction: Is It Justified? Urology 47(1):88, 1996.
• Morales, A.: Androgen Supplementation in Practice: The Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction Associated with Hypotestosteronemia. In Androgens in the Aging Male, Parthenon Publishers, Edited by B.J. Oddens, 1996.
• Morales, A., Bain, J., Ruijs, A., Chapdelaine, A., and Tremblay, R.: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Screening and Monitoring Male Patients Receiving Testosterone Supplementation Therapy. Int. J. of Impotence Research 8:95, 1996.
• Chun, S.S., Fenemore, J., Heaton, J.P.W., Johnston, B., and Morales, A.: Enhancement of Erectile Responses to Vasoactive Drugs by a Variable Amplitude Oscillation Device. J. of Impotence Research 8:221, 1996.
• Morales, A.: Intravesical Therapy of Bladder Cancer - An Immunotherapy Success Story. Int. J. Urol. Vol. 3, No. 5:329, 1996.
• Chin, J., Kadhim, S.A., Batislam, E., Garcia, B.M., Nickel, J.C. and Morales, A.: Mycobacterium Cell Wall: An Alternative to BCG Therapy in Orthotopic Murine Bladder Cancer. J. Urol. 156:1189, 1996.
• Adams, M.A., Banting, J.D., Maurice, D.H., Morales, A., and Heaton, J.P.W.: Vascular Control Mechanisms in Penile Erection: Phylogeny and the Inevitability of Multiple and Overlapping Systems. Int. J. Impotence Research 9:85, 1997.
• Morales, A., Johnston, B., Heaton, J.P.W. and Lundie, Mark: Testosterone Supplementation in Hypogonadal Impotence: Assessment of Biochemical Measures and Therapeutic Outcomes. J. Urol. 157:849, 1997.
• Sing, R., Emerson, L. and Morales, A.: Prostatic Microwave Therapy: A Pilot Study for Technology Assessment. Urologia 65:No. 1:70, 1997.
• Morales, A.: Terapia Oral y Topica en la Impotencia. In Ereccion, Eyaculacion y sus Trastornos. Saenz de Tejada, L. y Allone, A. Eds., Graficas Don Bosco, Madrid, Spain, p. 315, 1997.
• Leung, W., Heaton, J.P.W., Morales, A.: An Uncommon Urologic Presentation of a supernumerary Breast. Urology 50:122, 1997.
• Heaton, J.P.W., Adams, M.A., and Morales, A: A Therapeutic Taxonomy of Treatments for Erectile Dysfunction: An Evolutionary Imperative. Int. J. of Impotence Research 9:115, 1997.
• Johnston, B., Morales, A., Emerson, L. and Lundie, M.: Rapid Detection of Bladder Cancer: A Comparative Study of Point-of-Care Tests. J. of Urol. 158:2098, 1997.
• Morales, A., Johnston, B., Emerson, L. and Heaton, J.P.W.: Intralesional Administration of Biological Response Modifiers in the Treatment of Localized Cancer of the Prostate: A feasibility Study. Urology 50:495, 1997.
• Morales, A., Heaton, J.P.W.: The Medical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Urologist''s Responsibility. Urol. Intern. 4:27, 1997.
• Schmetter, B.S., Habicht, K.K., Lamm, D.L., Morales, A., Bander, N.H., Grossman, H.B., Hanna Jr., M.G., Silberman, S.R., and Butman, B.T.: A Multicenter Trial Evaluation of the AuraTek FDP Test for Detection and Monitoring of Bladder Cancer. J. of Urol. 158:801, 1997.
• Manabe, K., Heaton, J.P.W., Morales, A., Kumon, H., and Adams, M.: Pre-penile Arteries and Dominant in the Control of Penile Vascular Resistance. Int. J. of Impotence Research. (in press).
• Morales, A., Gingell, C., Collins, M., Wicker, P.A., Osterloh, I.H.: Overall Clinical Safety of Oral Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra®) In the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction. Int. J. of Impotence Res. 10:69, 1998.
• Dagnone, A. Joel, Young, Ian, and Morales, A.: Complete Long Term Regression of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) after Nephrectomy and Active Immunotherapy. Canadian J. Urology 6(2):749, 1999.
• Nickel, J.C., Downey, J., Morales, A., Emerson, L. and Clark, J.: Relative Efficacy of Various Exogenous Glycosaminoglycans in Providing a Bladder Surface Permeability Barrier. J. Urol. 160:612, 1998.
• Morales, A.: Developments in Bladder Cancer Monitoring. Current Opinion in Urology. 8:419, 1998.
• Morales, A.: Andropause, Sexual Endocrinopathies and Their Treatments. In Erectile Dysfunction: Issues in Current Pharmacotherapy. A. Morales, ed., Martin Dunitz, London, pp:141-156, 1998.
• Morales, A., Immunotherapy for Superficial Bladder Cancer. In Textbook of Genitourinary Surgery. H.N. Whitfield, W.F. Hendry, R.S. Kirby, J.W. Duckett, Eds. Blackwell Sciences Ltd., London, pp:1166-1173, 1998.
• Tremblay, R. R. and Morales, A.: Canadian Practice Recommendations for Screening, Monitoring, and Treating Men affected by Andropause or Partial Androgen Deficiency. Aging Male 1:213, 1998.
• Morales, A., Heaton, J.P.W., and Carson, C.: Andropause: A Misnomer for a True Clinical Entity. J. Urol.163:705, 2000.
• Morales, A.: Sexual Endocrinopathies. Molecular Urology (submitted).
• Morales, A., Chin, J. and Phillips, N.: Mycobacterial DNA in the Treatment of Bladder Cancer. J. Urol. (submitted).
• Zusman, R., Morales, A., Glasser, D.B. and Osterloh: Overall Cardiovascular Safety of Sildenafil Citrate. American Journal of Cardiology, 83(5A):35C, 1999.