Sergio Reis Soares, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of IVI Lisbon

IVI Lisbon

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Biography

Dr. Sergio Reis Soares is the Director of the IVI Lisbon, Portugal. He completed medical school, and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecologyat the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he alsoobtained a Master’s degree in Gynecology. He also obtained a Ph.D. in Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. After that, he spent 5 years at the IVI Valencia, working on his postdoctoral specialization.

Education and Training

BS	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil (1991)
Residency	Hospital das Clínicas da U.F.M.G. de Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1997)
MD	Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain (2002)
Fellowship	IVI – Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Spain (2003)

Publications

Septate uterus and reproductive outcomes: let's get serious about this.
Alonso Pacheco L Ata B Bettocchi S Campo R Carugno J Checa MA de Angelis C Di Spiezio Sardo A Donnez J Farrugia M Ferro J Franchini M Garzon S Gianaroli L Gergolet M Gubbini G Gordts S Grimbizis G Haimovich S Laganà AS Li TC Mencaglia L Rienzi L Saravelos S Soares SR Tanos V Ubeda A Ubaldi FM Van Herendael B Vereczkey A Vitagliano A Vitale SG Zullo F
Hum Reprod. 2020 Sep 24:deaa230. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa230. Online ahead of print.

Donor IUI is equally effective for heterosexual couples, single women and lesbians, but autologous IUI does worse.
Soares SR Cruz M Vergara V Requena A García-Velasco JA
Hum Reprod. 2019 Nov 6. pii: dez179. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez179. [Epub ahead of print]

High sperm DNA fragmentation delays human embryo kinetics when oocytes from young and healthy donors are microinjected.
Esbert M Pacheco A Soares SR Amoros D Florensa M Ballesteros A Meseguer M
Andrology, 6(5):697-706, 2018.

The association between alcohol intake and cardiac remodeling: an analysis from the CARDIA Study
Rodrigues P Santos-Ribeiro S Teodoro T Veloso-Gomes F Leal I Soares SR Goff Jr D Gonçalves A Lima J
J Am Coll Cardiol, 2018.

Spermatozoa with numerical chromosomal abnormalities are more prone to be retained by Annexin V-MACS columns.
Esbert M Godo A Soares SR Florensa M Amorós D Ballesteros A Vidal F
Andrology, 5(4):807-813, 2018.

Ovarian stimulation under the effect of isotretinoin.
Cozzolino M Domingo J Soares SR
Gynecol Endocrinol. 2017 Sep 23:1-3. doi: 10.1080/09513590.2017.1380185. [Epub ahead of print]

Ovarian stimulation under the effect of isotretino
Cozzolino M Domingo J Soares SR
Gynecol Endocrinol 2018 Feb;34(2):107-109. doi: 10.1080/09513590.2017.1380185. Epub 2017 Sep 23.

Ovarian stimulation under the effect of isotretinoin.
Cozzolino M Domingo J Soares SR
Gynecol Endocrinol. 2017 Sep 23:1-3. doi: 10.1080/09513590.2017.1380185. [Epub ahead of print]

Spermatozoa with numerical chromosomal abnormalities are more prone to be retained by Annexin V-MACS columns.
Esbert M Godo A Soares SR Florensa M Amorós D Ballesteros A Vidal F
Andrology. 2017 Jun 14. doi: 10.1111/andr.12376. [Epub ahead of print]

Lights and Shadows about the Effectiveness of IVF in HIV Infected Women: A Systematic Review.
Marques C Guerreiro C Soares SR
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2015;2015:517208. doi: 10.1155/2015/517208. Epub 2015 Dec 8.

Endometriosis and ascites, a strategy to achieve pregnancy.
Sidiropoulou Z Setúbal A Barbosa C Soares SR
J Min Inv Gynecol, Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 11041108, September-October 2015.

Discordant chromosome placental mosaicism in a dichorionic twin pregnancy
Silva M Caetano P Olival V Alves C Simão L Ferreira C Marques B Furtado J Ventura C Soares SR Correia H
AJMG, 161A (6):1498-500, 2013.

Pharmacology therapies in endometriosis: a systematic review.
Soares SR Martínez Varea A Hidalgo Mora J Pellicer A
Fertility and Sterility, Volume 98, Issue 3, pp. 529-555, 2012

Pharmacology therapies in endometriosis: a systematic review
Soares SR Martínez Varea A Hidalgo J Pellicer A
Fertility and Sterility, Volume 98, Issue 3, pp. 529-555, 2012.

Reply of the authors, Etiology of OHSS and use of dopamine agonists.
Soares SR
Fertil Steril 97(6):e27, 2012.

The impact of cigarette smoking on the health of descendants.
Mello M Bellver J Soares SR
Expert Rev Obstet Gynecol, 7(2):167-174, 2012.

Etiology of OHSS and use of dopamine agonists.
Soares SR
Fertility and Sterility, March 1997(3):517-22, 2012.

Physiology and pathology of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
Gómez R Soares SR Busso C García-Velasco JA Simón C Pellicer A
Semin Reprod Med. 28:448-57, 2010.

The role of thrombophilia and thyroid autoimmunity in unexplained infertility, implantation failure and recurrent spontaneous abortion.
Bellver J Soares SR Alvarez C Muñoz E Ramírez A Rubio C Serra V Remohí J Pellicer A
Hum Reprod, 23:278-84, 2008.

Air bubble location inside the uterus after transfer: is the embryo really there?
Soares SR Godinho C Nunes S Pellicer A
Fertil Steril, 90(2):443.e17-8, 2008

Clinical Factors affecting endometrial receptiveness in oocyte donation cycles.
Soares SR García-Velasco JA Fernández-Sánchez M Bosch E Remohí J Pellicer A Simón C
Fertil Steril, 89(3):491-501, 2008

Cigarette smoking and reproductive function
Soares SR Melo MA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynaecol, 20(3):281-291, 2008.

Cigarette Smoking and IVF
Soares SR Melo MA
Expert Rev Obstet Gynaecol, 20: 281-291, 2008.

Targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor system to prevent ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
Soares SR Gómez R Simón C García-Velasco JA Pellicer A
Hum Reprod Update. 14:321-33, 2008.

Clinical factors associated with the outcome of oocyte donation.
Vernaeve V Soares SR Budak E Bellver J Remohí J Pellicer A
Gynecol Obstet Fertil, 35:1015-23, 2007.

Cigarette smoking affects uterine receptiveness.
Soares SR Simón C Remohí J Pellicer A
Human Reproduction, fev; 22(2):543-7, 2007.

Facteurs cliniques et résultats du don dovocytes.
Vernaeve V Soares SR Budak E Bellver J Remohí J Pellicer A
Gynécologie Obstétrique & Fertilité, 35(10):1015-23, 2007

Fresh human orthotopic ovarian córtex transplantation: long-term results.
Sánchez M Alamá P Gadea B Soares SR Simón C Pellicer A
Hum Reprod, 22(3):786-791, 2007.

Improvements achieved in an oocyte donation program over a 10-year period: sequential increase in implantation and pregnancy rates and decrease in high-order multiple pregnancies.
Budak E Garrido N Soares SR Melo MAB Meseguer M Pellicer A Remohí J
Fertil Steril, 88:342-349, 2007.

The singleton, term gestation, and live birth rate per cycle initiated: a 1-year experience in in vitro fertilization cycles with native and donated oocytes.
Bellver J Albert C Soares SR Alvarez C Pellicer A
Fertil Steril, 83:1404-9, 2005.

Age and uterine receptiveness: predicting the outcome of oocyte donation cycles.
Soares SR Troncoso C Bosch E Serra V Simón C Remohí J Pellicer A
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(7):4399-404, 2005.

First trimester biochemical screening for Down's syndrome in singleton pregnancies conceived by assisted reproduction.
Bellver J Lara C Soares SR Ramirez A Pellicer A Remohí J Serra V
Hum Reprod, 20(9):2623-7, 2005.

Intravenous albumin does not prevent moderate-severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in high-risk IVF patients: a randomized controlled study.
Bellver J Muñoz E Ballesteros A Soares SR Bosch E Simón C Pellicer A Remohí J
J. Hum Reprod; 18:2283-8, 2003.

Increased frequency of chromosome abnormalities in embryos obtained from oocyte donation cycles.
Soares SR Rubio C Rodrigo L Simón C Remohí J Pellicer A
Fertility and Sterility, 80(3):656-657, 2003

Análise do DNA do espermatozóide humano por citometria de fluxo (CF)
Garrido N Meseguer M Soares SR Simón C Pellicer A Remohí J
Reproduçao e Climaterio 2002.

Acrocentric chromosome disomy is increased in spermatozoa from fathers of Turner syndrome patients
Soares SR Vidal F Bosch M Martínez-Pasarell O , Nogués C Egozcue J Templado C
Hum Genet, 108:499-503, 2001

Numerical chromosome abnormalities in the spermatozoa of the fathers of children with trisomy 21 of paternal origin: generalised tendency to meiotic non-disjunction.
Soares SR Templado C Blanco J Egozcue J Vidal F
Hum Genet, 108:134-39, 2001.

Diagnostic accuracy of sonohysterography, transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy in uterine cavity diseases.
Soares SR Soares SR Camargos AF
Fertil Steril, 73(2):406-11, 2000

Hysterosalpingo contrast sonography (HyCoSy) for the assessment of tubal patency
Soares SR Soares SR Cançado ML Camargos AF
Hum Reprod, 13 (11):3049-52, 1998.

Esbert M Soares SR Pacheco A Ballesteros A Florensa M Meseguer M Human zygotes respond to sperm dna damage by delaying embryonic development. Presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 6-10, 2018

Sergio Reis Soares, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Education and Training

Publications

Presentations