Robert Oates | Profiles RNS

Robert D. Oates, MD

Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Urology

MD, Boston University
BA, Johns Hopkins University

Websites

	Urology Faculty
	Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
	Male Infertility Specialist - Robert Oates, MD
	ResearchGate

ORCID : 0000-0003-2330-6697

Robert D. Oates, MD, FACS, is a professor of urology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Having completed one of the early clinical fellowships in male reproductive medicine and surgery with Larry Lipshultz, MD, in 1988, he returned to Boston and has had an active clinical fellowship of his own since 1992.

Oates has presented at local, national, and international meetings on innumerable occasions. He has been instrumental in male reproductive surgical research, authoring the first papers on the intentional cryopreservation of epididymal and testis sperm, now a common approach in many IVF centers. He has also been actively involved in clinical and laboratory research on the genetic basis of male reproductive failure.

Oates serves as president of the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR), directs both the fellowship and residency programs for the Boston University department of urology, collaborates both nationally and internationally on numerous research projects with many top investigators, and has a busy clinical practice involving all aspects of male reproductive medicine and surgery.

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Ling L, Li F, Yang P, Oates RD, Silber S, Kurischko C, Luca FC, Leu NA, Zhang J, Yue Q, Skaletsky H, Brown LG, Rozen SG, Page DC, Wang PJ, Zheng K. Genetic characterization of a missense mutation in the X-linked TAF7L gene identified in an oligozoospermic man†. Biol Reprod. 2022 Jul 25; 107(1):157-167. PMID: 35554494; PMCID: PMC9310510; DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioac093;

Milunsky A, Milunsky JM, Dong W, Hovhannisyan H, Oates RD. Correction to: A contiguous microdeletion syndrome at Xp22.13 with non-obstructive azoospermia and congenital cataracts. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2021 Sep; 38(9):2501. PMID: 34146212; PMCID: PMC8490594; DOI: 10.1007/s10815-021-02257-3;

Shepherd S, Oates R. At what age should we attempt to retrieve sperm from males with Klinefelter syndrome. Transl Androl Urol. 2021 Mar; 10(3):1432-1441. PMID: 33850778; PMCID: PMC8039581; DOI: 10.21037/tau-19-858;

Oates RD. Commentary on: A novel hemizygous loss-of-function mutation in ADGRG2 causes male infertility with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2020 06; 37(6):1327-1328. PMID: 32451811; PMCID: PMC7311617; DOI: 10.1007/s10815-020-01834-2;

Bhasin S, Oates RD. Fertility Considerations in Adolescent Klinefelter Syndrome: Current Practice Patterns. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 04 01; 105(4). PMID: 31875917; PMCID: PMC7060759; DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgz308;

Milunsky A, Milunsky JM, Dong W, Hovhannisyan H, Oates RD. A contiguous microdeletion syndrome at Xp23.13 with non-obstructive azoospermia and congenital cataracts. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2020 Feb; 37(2):471-475. PMID: 31916079; PMCID: PMC7056753; DOI: 10.1007/s10815-019-01685-6;

Rague JT, Oates RD, Slama J, Streed C. Detection of Anal Cancer at the Time of Neovaginoplasty: Is There a Role for Anal Cancer Screening Before Gender-Affirming Genital Surgery in High-Risk Patients? LGBT Health. 2020 01; 7(1):68-69.View Related Profiles.

Streed, Carl
Slama, Jaromir
Oates, Robert

PMID: 31809234

Bearelly P, Oates R. Recent advances in managing and understanding Klinefelter syndrome. F1000Res. 2019; 8. PMID: 30755791; PMCID: PMC6352920; DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.16747.1;

Niederberger C, Pellicer A, Cohen J, Gardner DK, Palermo GD, O'Neill CL, Chow S, Rosenwaks Z, Cobo A, Swain JE, Schoolcraft WB, Frydman R, Bishop LA, Aharon D, Gordon C, New E, Decherney A, Tan SL, Paulson RJ, Goldfarb JM, Brännström M, Donnez J, Silber S, Dolmans MM, Simpson JL, Handyside AH, Munné S, Eguizabal C, Montserrat N, Izpisua Belmonte JC, Trounson A, Simon C, Tulandi T, Giudice LC, Norman RJ, Hsueh AJ, Sun Y, Laufer N, Kochman R, Eldar-Geva T, Lunenfeld B, Ezcurra D, D'Hooghe T, Fauser BCJM, Tarlatzis BC, Meldrum DR, Casper RF, Fatemi HM, Devroey P, Galliano D, Wikland M, Sigman M, Schoor RA, Goldstein M, Lipshultz LI, Schlegel PN, Hussein A, Oates RD, Brannigan RE, Ross HE, Pennings G, Klock SC, Brown S, Van Steirteghem A, Rebar RW, LaBarbera AR. Forty years of IVF. Fertil Steril. 2018 07 15; 110(2):185-324.e5.View Related Profiles.

Ross, Heather
Oates, Robert

PMID: 30053940

Barratt CLR, Björndahl L, De Jonge CJ, Lamb DJ, Osorio Martini F, McLachlan R, Oates RD, van der Poel S, St John B, Sigman M, Sokol R, Tournaye H. The diagnosis of male infertility: an analysis of the evidence to support the development of global WHO guidance-challenges and future research opportunities. Hum Reprod Update. 2017 Nov 01; 23(6):660-680. PMID: 28981651; PMCID: PMC5850791; DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmx021;

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Avellino G, Theva D, Oates RD. Common urologic diseases in older men and their treatment: how they impact fertility. Fertil Steril. 2017 Feb; 107(2):305-311. PMID: 28073432; DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.12.008;

Tournaye H, Krausz C, Oates RD. Novel concepts in the aetiology of male reproductive impairment. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017 Jul; 5(7):544-553. PMID: 27395771; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30040-7;

Tournaye H, Krausz C, Oates RD. Concepts in diagnosis and therapy for male reproductive impairment. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017 Jul; 5(7):554-564. PMID: 27395770; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30043-2;

Oates R. Adolescent Klinefelter syndrome: is there an advantage to testis tissue harvesting or not? F1000Res. 2016; 5. PMID: 27441089; PMCID: PMC4937818; DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.8395.1;

Gies I, Oates R, De Schepper J, Tournaye H. Testicular biopsy and cryopreservation for fertility preservation of prepubertal boys with Klinefelter syndrome: a pro/con debate. Fertil Steril. 2016 Feb; 105(2):249-55. PMID: 26748226; DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.12.011;

Yang F, Silber S, Leu NA, Oates RD, Marszalek JD, Skaletsky H, Brown LG, Rozen S, Page DC, Wang PJ. TEX11 is mutated in infertile men with azoospermia and regulates genome-wide recombination rates in mouse. EMBO Mol Med. 2015 Sep; 7(9):1198-210. PMID: 26136358; PMCID: PMC4568952; DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201404967;

Lee NG, Andrews E, Rosoklija I, Logvinenko T, Johnson EK, Oates RD, Estrada CR. The effect of spinal cord level on sexual function in the spina bifida population. J Pediatr Urol. 2015 Jun; 11(3):142.e1-6. PMID: 25864616; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2015.02.010;

Phillips E, Carpenter C, Oates RD. Ejaculatory dysfunction. Urol Clin North Am. 2014 Feb; 41(1):115-28. PMID: 24286771; DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2013.08.018;

Oates RD. Sperm retrieval in adolescents with Klinefelter syndrome. Fertil Steril. 2013 Oct; 100(4):943-4. PMID: 23909990; DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.003;

Oates RD. Poor quality ejaculate sperm: do the data support the use of testis sperm? Biennial Review of Infertility, Volume 3 Schlegel, Fauser, Carrell, Racowsky (eds) Springer. 2013.
Oates RD. Genetic Evaluation of Male Infertility. Male Infertility: Surgical and Medical Management. Golstein, Schlegel (eds). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge (UK). 2013.
Cimino C and Oates RD. Azoospermia. Fertility Preservation in Men with Cancer. Mullhall, Oates, Applegarth, Schlegel (eds). Cambridge University Press. New York. 2013.

Rozen SG, Marszalek JD, Irenze K, Skaletsky H, Brown LG, Oates RD, Silber SJ, Ardlie K, Page DC. AZFc deletions and spermatogenic failure: a population-based survey of 20,000 Y chromosomes. Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Nov 2; 91(5):890-6. PMID: 23103232; PMCID: PMC3487143; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.09.003;

Harnisch BAOates RD. Pre-IVF Evaluation of the Infertile Man. In Vitro Fertilization: A Comprehensive Guide. Ginsburg, Racowsky (eds). Springer Press. Philadelphia. 2012.

Oates RD. The natural history of endocrine function and spermatogenesis in Klinefelter syndrome: what the data show. Fertil Steril. 2012 Aug; 98(2):266-73. PMID: 22846647; DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.024;

Harnisch B, Oates R. Genetic disorders related to male factor infertility and their adverse consequences. Semin Reprod Med. 2012 Apr; 30(2):105-15. PMID: 22549710; DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1307418;

Oates R. Evaluation of the azoospermic male. Asian J Androl. 2012 Jan; 14(1):82-7. PMID: 22179510; PMCID: PMC3735162; DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.60;

Oates RD. Clinical evaluation of the infertile male with respect to genetic etiologies. Syst Biol Reprod Med. 2011 Feb; 57(1-2):72-7. PMID: 21204749; DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.525688;

Oates RD. Strategies for Clinicians: Unravelling the Genetic basis of Severe Male Factor Infertility. Sexuality, Reproduction, and Menopause. 2011; 9:25-30.
Oates RD. Genetic Issues with Male Infertility in Male Infertility: Problems and Solutions, Sabanegh (ed), Humana Press. 2010.

Lange J, Skaletsky H, van Daalen SK, Embry SL, Korver CM, Brown LG, Oates RD, Silber S, Repping S, Page DC. Isodicentric Y chromosomes and sex disorders as byproducts of homologous recombination that maintains palindromes. Cell. 2009 Sep 4; 138(5):855-69. PMID: 19737515; PMCID: PMC3616640; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.07.042;

Oates RdLamb D. Genetic Aspects of Male Infertility. Infertility in the Male. Lipshultz, Howards, Neiderberger (eds). Canmbridge University Press. 2009.

Sadeghi-Nejad H, Oates RD. The Y chromosome and male infertility. Curr Opin Urol. 2008 Nov; 18(6):628-32. PMID: 18832950; DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32831367dc;

Oates RD. The genetic basis of male reproductive failure. Urol Clin North Am. 2008 May; 35(2):257-70, ix. PMID: 18423246; DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2008.01.015;

Kerfoot BP, Baker H, Jackson TL, Hulbert WC, Federman DD, Oates RD, DeWolf WC. A multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of adjuvant Web-based teaching to medical students. Acad Med. 2006 Mar; 81(3):224-30. PMID: 16501262

Repping S, Korver CM, Oates RD, Silber S, van der Veen F, Page DC, Rozen S. Are sequence family variants useful for identifying deletions in the human Y chromosome? Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Sep; 75(3):514-7; author reply 517-9. PMID: 15284951; PMCID: PMC1182031

Repping S, van Daalen SK, Korver CM, Brown LG, Marszalek JD, Gianotten J, Oates RD, Silber S, van der Veen F, Page DC, Rozen S. A family of human Y chromosomes has dispersed throughout northern Eurasia despite a 1.8-Mb deletion in the azoospermia factor c region. Genomics. 2004 Jun; 83(6):1046-52. PMID: 15177557

Repping S, Skaletsky H, Brown L, van Daalen SK, Korver CM, Pyntikova T, Kuroda-Kawaguchi T, de Vries JW, Oates RD, Silber S, van der Veen F, Page DC, Rozen S. Polymorphism for a 1.6-Mb deletion of the human Y chromosome persists through balance between recurrent mutation and haploid selection. Nat Genet. 2003 Nov; 35(3):247-51. PMID: 14528305

Tomasi PA, Oates R, Brown L, Delitala G, Page DC. The pituitary-testicular axis in Klinefelter's syndrome and in oligo-azoospermic patients with and without deletions of the Y chromosome long arm. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2003 Aug; 59(2):214-22. PMID: 12864799

Oates RD. Clinical and diagnostic features of patients with suspected Klinefelter syndrome. J Androl. 2003 Jan-Feb; 24(1):49-50. PMID: 12514082

Oates RD, Silber S, Brown LG, Page DC. Clinical characterization of 42 oligospermic or azoospermic men with microdeletion of the AZFc region of the Y chromosome, and of 18 children conceived via ICSI. Hum Reprod. 2002 Nov; 17(11):2813-24. PMID: 12407032

Repping S, Skaletsky H, Lange J, Silber S, Van Der Veen F, Oates RD, Page DC, Rozen S. Recombination between palindromes P5 and P1 on the human Y chromosome causes massive deletions and spermatogenic failure. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Oct; 71(4):906-22. PMID: 12297986; PMCID: PMC419997

Wang Z, Milunsky J, Yamin M, Maher T, Oates R, Milunsky A. Analysis by mass spectrometry of 100 cystic fibrosis gene mutations in 92 patients with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. Hum Reprod. 2002 Aug; 17(8):2066-72.View Related Profiles.

Milunsky, Aubrey
Oates, Robert
Maher, Thomas

PMID: 12151438

Damani MN, Master V, Meng MV, Burgess C, Turek P, Oates RD, Masters V. Postchemotherapy ejaculatory azoospermia: fatherhood with sperm from testis tissue with intracytoplasmic sperm injection. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Feb 15; 20(4):930-6. PMID: 11844813

Damani MN, Mittal R, Oates RD. Testicular tissue extraction in a young male with 47,XXY Klinefelter's syndrome: potential strategy for preservation of fertility. Fertil Steril. 2001 Nov; 76(5):1054-6. PMID: 11704135

Kuroda-Kawaguchi T, Skaletsky H, Brown LG, Minx PJ, Cordum HS, Waterston RH, Wilson RK, Silber S, Oates R, Rozen S, Page DC. The AZFc region of the Y chromosome features massive palindromes and uniform recurrent deletions in infertile men. Nat Genet. 2001 Nov; 29(3):279-86. PMID: 11687796

de Vries JW, Repping S, Oates R, Carson R, Leschot NJ, van der Veen F. Absence of deleted in azoospermia (DAZ) genes in spermatozoa of infertile men with somatic DAZ deletions. Fertil Steril. 2001 Mar; 75(3):476-9. PMID: 11239526

McCallum T, Milunsky J, Munarriz R, Carson R, Sadeghi-Nejad H, Oates R. Unilateral renal agenesis associated with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens: phenotypic findings and genetic considerations. Hum Reprod. 2001 Feb; 16(2):282-8.View Related Profiles.

Munarriz, Ricardo
Oates, Robert

PMID: 11157821

McCallum TJ, Milunsky JM, Cunningham DL, Harris DH, Maher TA, Oates RD. Fertility in men with cystic fibrosis: an update on current surgical practices and outcomes. Chest. 2000 Oct; 118(4):1059-62.View Related Profiles.

Oates, Robert
Maher, Thomas

PMID: 11035677

Sun C, Skaletsky H, Rozen S, Gromoll J, Nieschlag E, Oates R, Page DC. Deletion of azoospermia factor a (AZFa) region of human Y chromosome caused by recombination between HERV15 proviruses. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Sep 22; 9(15):2291-6. PMID: 11001932

Sun C, Skaletsky H, Birren B, Devon K, Tang Z, Silber S, Oates R, Page DC. An azoospermic man with a de novo point mutation in the Y-chromosomal gene USP9Y. Nat Genet. 1999 Dec; 23(4):429-32. PMID: 10581029

Sadeghi-Nejad H, Oates RD, Nejad HS. Bilateral crossed testicular ectopia with unilateral absence of the vas deferens: a possible case and hypothetical mechanism. Br J Urol. 1998 Mar; 81(3):504-5. PMID: 9523684

Oates RD, Mulhall J, Burgess C, Cunningham D, Carson R. Fertilization and pregnancy using intentionally cryopreserved testicular tissue as the sperm source for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in 10 men with non-obstructive azoospermia. Hum Reprod. 1997 Apr; 12(4):734-9. PMID: 9159434

Jarow JP, Oates RD, Buch JP, Shaban SF, Sigman M. Effect of level of anastomosis and quality of intraepididymal sperm on the outcome of end-to-side epididymovasostomy. Urology. 1997 Apr; 49(4):590-5. PMID: 9111630

Mulhall JP, Reijo R, Alagappan R, Brown L, Page D, Carson R, Oates RD. Azoospermic men with deletion of the DAZ gene cluster are capable of completing spermatogenesis: fertilization, normal embryonic development and pregnancy occur when retrieved testicular spermatozoa are used for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Hum Reprod. 1997 Mar; 12(3):503-8. PMID: 9130751

Mulhall JP, Burgess CM, Cunningham D, Carson R, Harris D, Oates RD. Presence of mature sperm in testicular parenchyma of men with nonobstructive azoospermia: prevalence and predictive factors. Urology. 1997 Jan; 49(1):91-5; discussion 95-6. PMID: 9000192

Colin AA, Sawyer SM, Mickle JE, Oates RD, Milunsky A, Amos JA. Pulmonary function and clinical observations in men with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. Chest. 1996 Aug; 110(2):440-5.View Related Profiles.

Milunsky, Aubrey
Oates, Robert

PMID: 8697849

Nehra A, Werner MA, Bastuba M, Title C, Oates RD. Vibratory stimulation and rectal probe electroejaculation as therapy for patients with spinal cord injury: semen parameters and pregnancy rates. J Urol. 1996 Feb; 155(2):554-9. PMID: 8558659

Oates RD, Lobel SM, Harris DH, Pang S, Burgess CM, Carson RS. Efficacy of intracytoplasmic sperm injection using intentionally cryopreserved epididymal spermatozoa. Hum Reprod. 1996 Jan; 11(1):133-8. PMID: 8671175

Hakim LS, Lobel SM, Oates RD. The achievement of pregnancies using assisted reproductive technologies for male factor infertility after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular carcinoma. Fertil Steril. 1995 Dec; 64(6):1141-6. PMID: 7589667

Mickle J, Milunsky A, Amos JA, Oates RD. Congenital unilateral absence of the vas deferens: a heterogeneous disorder with two distinct subpopulations based upon aetiology and mutational status of the cystic fibrosis gene. Hum Reprod. 1995 Jul; 10(7):1728-35.View Related Profiles.

Milunsky, Aubrey
Oates, Robert

PMID: 8582970

Jarow JP, Sigman M, Buch JP, Oates RD. Delayed appearance of sperm after end-to-side vasoepididymostomy. J Urol. 1995 Apr; 153(4):1156-8. PMID: 7869486

Oates RD. Microsurgical sperm aspiration coupled with the advanced reproductive technologies. Microsurgery. 1995; 16(5):339-44. PMID: 7565025

Jaffe T, Oates RD. Genetic abnormalities and reproductive failure. Urol Clin North Am. 1994 Aug; 21(3):389-408. PMID: 8059496

Oates RD, Amos JA. The genetic basis of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens and cystic fibrosis. J Androl. 1994 Jan-Feb; 15(1):1-8. PMID: 8188533

Bastuba MD, Alper MM, Oates RD. Fertility and the use of assisted reproductive techniques in the adult male exstrophy/epispadias patient. Fertil Steril. 1993 Oct; 60(4):733-6. PMID: 8405537

Hall S, Oates RD. Unilateral absence of the scrotal vas deferens associated with contralateral mesonephric duct anomalies resulting in infertility: laboratory, physical and radiographic findings, and therapeutic alternatives. J Urol. 1993 Oct; 150(4):1161-4. PMID: 8371379

Oates RD, Amos JA. Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens and cystic fibrosis. A genetic commonality. World J Urol. 1993; 11(2):82-8. PMID: 8343799

Dubey AK, Oates RD, Cardone VR, Harrington NA, McInnes DR. A simplified method for processing sperm obtained during microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA) for use in in vitro fertilization. J Assist Reprod Genet. 1992 Dec; 9(6):580-3. PMID: 1299392

Seftel AD, Oates RD, Goldstein I. Use of a polytetrafluoroethylene tube graft as a circumferential neotunica during placement of a penile prosthesis. J Urol. 1992 Nov; 148(5):1531-3. PMID: 1433566

Kuligowska E, Baker CE, Oates RD. Male infertility: role of transrectal US in diagnosis and management. Radiology. 1992 Nov; 185(2):353-60.View Related Profiles.

Kuligowska, Ewa
Oates, Robert

PMID: 1410338

Anguiano A, Oates RD, Amos JA, Dean M, Gerrard B, Stewart C, Maher TA, White MB, Milunsky A. Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. A primarily genital form of cystic fibrosis. JAMA. 1992 Apr 1; 267(13):1794-7.View Related Profiles.

Milunsky, Aubrey
Oates, Robert
Maher, Thomas

PMID: 1545465

Oates RD, Honig S, Berger MJ, Harris D. Microscopic epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA): a new option for treatment of the obstructive azoospermia associated with cystic fibrosis. J Assist Reprod Genet. 1992 Feb; 9(1):36-40. PMID: 1617248

Seftel AD, Oates RD, Krane RJ. Disturbed sexual function in patients with spinal cord disease. Neurol Clin. 1991 Aug; 9(3):757-78. PMID: 1921957

Oates RD. Using transrectal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ejaculatory duct obstruction. Contemp Urol. 1991 Jul; 3(7):47; 50-8; 63. PMID: 10148059

Oates RD. Male infertility: actual or potential. Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1989 Sep 30; 24(9A):20, 22, 25 passim. PMID: 2506202

Stilmant MM, Freedlund MC, de las Morenas A, Shepard RL, Oates RD, Siroky MB. Expanded role for fine needle aspiration of the prostate. A study of 335 specimens. Cancer. 1989 Feb 1; 63(3):583-92.View Related Profiles.

De Las Morenas, Antonio
Oates, Robert

PMID: 2912534

Oates RD, Stilmant MM, Freedlund MC, Siroky MB. Granulomatous prostatitis following bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy of bladder cancer. J Urol. 1988 Oct; 140(4):751-4. PMID: 3418796

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 78 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1992 and 2013

Bar chart showing 78 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1992 and 2013

Year	Publications
1988	1
1989	2
1991	2
1992	5
1993	3
1994	2
1995	4
1996	3
1997	4
1998	1
1999	1
2000	2
2001	4
2002	4
2003	3
2004	2
2006	1
2008	2
2009	2
2010	1
2011	3
2012	4
2013	5
2015	3
2016	3
2017	2
2018	1
2019	2
2020	3
2021	2
2022	1