Thomas Michael Jaffe, M.D.

 

Stept and Arnheim Urologic Associates

580 S. Aiken Avenue, Suite 610

Pittsburgh, PA 15232

412-621-8260 – For appointments/ General information

 

 

About My Practice:

 

After my general Urology residency, I continued my training at Baylor University.  At Baylor, I completed a fellowship in Male Infertility with Dr. Larry Lipshultz. This training, as well as my association with St. Clair Hospital and Allegheny General Hospital IVF programs, allows state of the art diagnosis and treatment of problems resulting in male infertility.  This includes microscopic sperm retrieval, vasectomy reversal, and varicocele repair.  Finally, our IVF centers are actively utilizing advanced techniques including testicular sperm extraction for ICSI.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

8/97-present  Private practice urology, Stept & Arnheim Urologic Associates, Ltd., Pittsburgh, PA.

 

8/97-present  Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

 

7/96 - 6/97     Fellow in Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Scott Department of Urology,

                      Baylor College of Medicine. 

 

7/92 - 6/96     Resident in Urology.  Boston University School of Medicine.

 

7/90 - 6/92     Resident in General Surgery.  Boston University School of Medicine.

 

CERTIFICATION:

2/28/99            Diplomate, American Board of Urology

 

EDUCATION:

 

Doctor of Medicine                Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

May 1990                                Cleveland, Ohio 44106

 

Bachelor of Arts                     Johns Hopkins University

May 1982                                Baltimore, Maryland 21218

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Jaffe, TM, Kim, ED, Hoekstra, TH, Lipshultz, LI: Sperm pellet analysis: Technique to detect the presence of sperm in men considered to have azoospermia by routine semen analysis. Journal of Urology, Vol. 159, Number 5, pgs 1548 -1550, May 1998.

 

Jaffe,TM: Evaluation of the male in the infertile couple.  Resolve of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Newsletter, Volume XIX, Number 5, Winter 1997

 

Lipshultz, LI, Jaffe, TM:  Varicocele.  Published by Resolve ( National Infertility Support Group), 1997.

 

Jaffe, T, Oates, RD:  Genetic abnormalities and male reproductive failure.  Infertility in the Male, 3rd Edition Lipshultz, LI, Howards, SS (eds).Mosby, 1997

 

Posner, R, Edelstein, R, Jaffe, T, Battenelli, D:  Diagnosis of postoperative urinary ascites using renal scintigraphy. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Vol 22, Number 8, 523-525, 1997.

 

Jaffe, T, Oates, RD:  Genetic disorders affecting male infertility.  Accepted for publication to Advances in Urology,  McGuire, EJ, Bloom, D, Catalona, WJ, Lipshultz, LI (eds).

 

Reijo, R, Seligman, J, Dinulos, MB, Jaffe, T, Brown, L, Disteche, CM, Page, DC: Mouse autosomal homolog of DAZ, a candidate male sterility gene in humans, is expressed in male germ cells before and after puberty.  Genomics, 35(2), 346-52, July,15,1996.

 

Reijo, R, Lee, T-Y,  Salo, P, Alagappan, R, Brown, LG, Rosenberg, M, Rozen, S, Jaffe, T, Straus, D, Hovatta, O, de la Chapelle, A, Silber, S, Page, DC:  Diverse spermatogenic defects in humans caused by overlapping, de Novo Y deletions encompassing a novel RNA binding protein gene.  Nature Genetics Vol 1: 383-393,  August 1995

 

Jaffe, T, Oates, RD:  Male genetic abnormalities and reproductive failure.  In press.  Brazil.

 

Jaffe, T, Oates, RD:  Genetic abnormalities and reproductive failure.  Urologic Clinics Of North America 23:1, 1994.

 

Stewart, JK, Clifton, DK, Koerker, DJ, Rogol, AD, Jaffe, T, and Goodner, CV:  Pulsatile release of growth hormone and prolactin from the primate pituitary in Vitro.  Endocrinology 116:(1-5), 1985.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS, COURSE SYLLABI:

 

Lipshultz, LI, Jaffe, TM, Tripp, BM: Infertility evaluation and sperm function testing.  “Urology State of the Art.”  Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, February 8, 1997.

 

Lipshultz, LI, Jaffe, TM:  Electroejaculation.  “Urology State of the Art.”  Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, February 8, 1997. 

 

Lipshultz, LI, Jaffe, TM:  Basic History and Physical Examination.  “Male Infertility”, American Urologic Association Postgraduate Course, Cancun, Mexico, February 23-26, 1997.

 

Lipshultz, LI, Jaffe TM, Tripp, BM:  Office evaluation:  History, physical examination, semen analysis, and sperm function tests.  “Advances in the evaluation and management of the infertile male.” Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 12-17, 1997.

 

ABSTRACTS:

 

Fallick, ML, Tripp, BM, Jaffe, TM, Lipshultz, LI:  The use of transrectal  ultrasound guided seminal vesicle aspiration to determine concurrent ejaculatory duct and epididymal obstruction.  Abstract O – 068.  Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San-                   francisco, CA, October 4-9, 1998.

 

Hoekstra, TH, Smith, CP, Jaffe, TM, Hu, J, Scherefred, L, Kahn,M, Lipshultz, LI:  Ultrasound evaluation of seminal vesicle size and the effect of ejaculatory duct cysts.  Abstract O-070. American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 18-22, 1997.

 

Hoekstra, T, Witt, M, Jaffe, T, Carson, S, Grunert, G, Buster, J, Casson, P, Dunn, R, Valdes, C, Cisneros, P, Wun, W, Gvakhari, M, Tucker, M, Kattan, M, Lamb, D, Lipshultz, L:  Effect of sperm source on embryo grade and rate of cell division after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Abstract 662.  Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 12-17, 1997.

 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

7/94 - 12/94     Genetics of infertility.  Work with Dr. David Page at the Whitehead                                           Institute of M.I.T. in the localization and characterization of the DAZ gene.

 

1986 - 1988     Progression of diabetic retinopathy during pregnancy. 

                        Mount Sinai Medical Center, (Cleveland, Ohio), Department of

                        Ophthalmology.

 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, CONTINUED:

 

1985 - 1986     Streptococcal M Protein Size Mutants Occur at High Frequency Within a                                              Single Strain, Fischetti, et al., Journal of Experimental Medicine, 164:(971-980),                                  1986.  Work done with Dr. Vincent Fischetti at the Rockefeller

                        University, New York City, New York.

 

1984 - 1985     Control of diabetes in pancreatectomized dogs with implantable insulin pumps.

Johns Hopkins University Division of Endocrinology.

           

1980 - 1982     Learning in patients with Wernicke's encephalopathy.  Johns Hopkins University,                                   Department of Psychology.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

Instructor, “Microsurgery.” American Urologic Association Surgical Learning Center, Houston, Texas, May 23-25, 1997.

 

CONFERENCES:

 

January 1996   Chief Residents Meeting, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas -  Chief residents from Boston University, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mayo Clinic, Baylor University, and Northwestern University participated in journal club, research presentations and case presentations.  The Visiting Professor was Dr. Richard Williams from University of Iowa.

           

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

American Urologic Association (Associate member)

 

American Society of Reproductive Medicine

 

Society for the Study of Male Reproduction