Premios y Reconocimientos

Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Fertility Society. Paper: Effects of tetra-hydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psycho-active component of marijuana, in gonadal steroidogenesis in primates and rodents. Presented at Annual Meeting of Canadian Fertility and Andrology Societies, Val-David, Quebec, Canada, October 2-4, 1980.

Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Fertility Society. Paper: Luteolytic effect of an LH-RH analog (D-Trp-LHRH) in the non-human primate: Its mechanism of action. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Societies, Val-David, Quebec, Canada, October 15-17, 1981.

Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de la República de Costa Rica-Comité Científico.

Annual Meeting Pacific Coast Fertility Society. Paper: The effects of hyperprolactinemia on the luteal phase of rhesus monkey: Evidence for a direct prolactin effect on the ovary.

Asociación de Obstetricia y Ginecología de Costa Rica.

Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Fertility Society. Paper: News aspects of the ultra-shorloop feedback mechanism controlling LH secretion in rabbits. Presented at 38th Annual Meeting of American Fertility Society, Las Vegas, NV, March 20-24, 1982.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tampico. Tampico, México.

Societas Gynaecologica et Obstetricia Itálica.

Named as one of the top 100 Gynecologists in the nation, April 1984 issue.

Universidad Metropolitana Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia.

For the best paper presented by a former fellow. Paper: Development of the GIFT Technique. 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Reproductive Medicine. Augusta, CA, November 13-16, 1985.

For outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge for the members of the society.

Nominated for the Axel Munthe Award in the Field of Reproduction. Ana-capari, Italy. September 27-29, 1985.

Annual Meeting of American Coast Fertility Society. Paper: Gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) - An the alternative method of conception. Presented at 41st Annual Meeting of American Coast Fertility Society, Chicago, IL, September 30-October 2, 1985.

University of Texas Health Science Center, Jane and Rolan Blumberg Professor, Department of Obtectrics & Gynecology, San Antonio, Texas

Paper: Oocyte donation and GIFT in Premature Ovarian Failure. Reno, Nevada. September 27 – October 2, 1987.

Paper: Measurement of ANTI LH/hCG activity human follicular fluid (hFF). Palm Spring; CA, May 6-10, 1987.

Best paper presented, 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Reproductive Medicine. Paper: Gamete Donation in a GIFT Program. London, Great Britain. June 22, 1988.

Poster Presentation: New treatment of infertility due to congenital absence of the vas deferens: Evidence against the indispensability of the epididymis. Palms Springs, CA, April 15, 1988.

Best paper presented, 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Reproductive Medicine. Paper: Gamete Donation in a GIFT Program. London, Great Britain. June 22, 1988.

Poster Presentation: New treatment of infertility due to congenital absence of the vas deferens: Evidence against the indispensability of the epididymis. Palms Springs, CA, April 15, 1988.

The Significance of Early Fetal Cardiac Motion (CM) on Pregnancy Outcome. November 13-16, 1989.

Co-winner-Movie:45th Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society: Micromanipulation of sperm by a Laser Generated Optical Trap. November 13-16, 1986.

Micro-Surgical Retrieval of Sperm for IVF from the Proximal Epididymis and Vasa Efferentia in Men with Congenital Absence of Vas. April 12-16, 1989.

Poster Presentation: Micromanipulation of Sperm by a Laser-Generated Optical Trap. April 12-16, 1989.

1st Place Award: Asociación de Ginecología y Obstetricia De La República Argentina, Poster Presentation: Producción de Progesterona De Las Células De Granulosa Humana. Su Regulación Hormonal y Correlación Con Los Niveles Hormonales Del Fluido Folicular; Presented at the Simposio International De LH-RH Y Analogos En Reproducción Humana; in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 12-14, 1990.

RESOLVE: 46th Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society as part of the National Infertility Awareness Week 1990. October 13, 1990.

TAP: 38th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society: Non-surgical expulsion of non-viable early pregnancy: A new application of RU486. April 25-29, 1990.

Annual Meeting of the Israel Fertility Society: Micromanipulation of Gametes Using Laser Microbeams. February 1-2, 1990.

Named as one of 26 doctors from Orange County as the “Best Doctors in America” in the book of the same name.

Named as one of the top 100 influentials in the nation; October; 1991 issue.

University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented August 30, 1991, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Assisted Reproductive Techniques in Women Over 40 Years of Age: IVF, GIFT, ZIFT, EGG DONATION: Is There a Best Alternative? Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Indian Wells, CA, April 10-14, 1991.

Second Prize: Embryo Implantation Rates in Stimulated and Hormonal Replacement Cycles; Uterine Versus Tubal Transfers. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society; Indian Wells, CA 10-14, 1991.

Asociación Poblana de Ginecología y Obstetricia, A.C.

Colegio de Ginecólogos y Obstetras del Estado de Puebla.

For recognition of outstanding efforts to enhance diversity and multiculturalism. Presented at the Fifteenth Annual Honors Convocation, Bren Events Center, June 12, 1992.

For this outstanding contributions and dedication to CMSA. Presented April 11, 1992.

Co-author; Congenital absence of the vas deferences and cystic fibrosis: strong evidence for a common genetic background. Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Indian Wells, CA April 8-12, 1992.

Transmyomertial embryo transfer: the Towako Method – Experience of the 104 cases. Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Indian Wells, CA April 8-12, 1992.

Co-author; Lutropin receptor antibodies in premature ovarian failure. Presented at the 41th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Indian Wells, CA April 14-18, 1993.

Named as one of 37 doctors from Orange County as the “Best Doctors in America” in the book of the same name.

Presented at the Associazione Ostetrici Ginecologia Osperdalieri Italiani, Naples, Italy.

For this outstanding contributions to the Chicano/Latino community presented April 16, 1994.