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Robert E. Brannigan, MD
Associate Professor

Dr. Brannigan completed his residency in urology at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and followed this with a fellowship in male reproductive medicine and surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During his fellowship, Dr. Brannigan trained with Dr. Larry Lipshultz, a world-renowned leader in the field of male reproductive medicine and surgery. Dr. Brannigan is Director of the Andrology Laboratory at Northwestern, which conducts state-of-the-art testing to assist in the evaluation of male factor infertility.

Dr. Brannigan has expertise in the following areas:

• evaluation and treatment of male factor infertility;
• microsurgical vasectomy reversal;
• sperm procurement techniques;
• microsurgical varicocele ligation;
• management of testicular failure and hypogonadism;
• sperm cryopreservation/banking;
• evaluation and treatment of ejaculatory disorders; and
• general urology.

Education

Undergraduate: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Medical school: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Internship: General Surgery, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Surgery residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Urology residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery (Dr. Larry I. Lipshultz, preceptor), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Links

Please visit the following links to learn more about Dr. Brannigan's work and areas of interest:

• The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center of Northwestern University
• Fertile Hope Center of Excellence
• Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR)
  
  

Selected Publications
The following publications are selected from a complete CV.  For more information on Dr. Brannigan's scholarly productivity, please contact his office.

Journal Articles

1. Starr NT, Maizels M, Chou P, Brannigan RE, Shapiro E. Microanatomy and morphometry of hydronephrotic "obstructed" renal pelvis in asymptomatic infants. J Urol. 148(2 Pt 2):519-24. 1992.
2. Wang X, Brannigan RE, Rademaker AW, McVary KT, Oyasu R. One core positive prostate biopsy is a poor predictor of cancer volume in the radical prostatectomy specimen. J Urol. 158(4):1431-5. 1997.
3. Brannigan RE, Kim ED, Oyasu R, McVary KT. Comparison of tunica albuginea substitutes for the treatment of Peyronie’s disease. J Urol. 159(3):1064-8. 1998.
4. Brannigan RE, Shin E, Rademaker A, Oyasu R, Huang CF, Pearle MS, McVary KT. Use­fulness of touch preparation cytological evaluation and prostatic capsule involvement in prediction of prostate cancer recurrence. J Urol. 160(5):1741-7. 1998.
5. Moreira SG Jr, Brannigan RE, Spitz A, Orejuela FJ, Lipshultz LI, Kim ED. Side effect profile of sildenafil citrate (Viagra™) in clinical practice. Urology. 56(3):474-6. 2000.
6. Gonzalez CM, Brannigan RE, Bervig T, Zelner D, Podlasek C, McKenna K, McVary KT. Protein and gene expression of nitric oxide isoforms I and III in the rat penile shaft. J Androl. 22(1):54-61. 2001.
7. Lloyd GL, Case JR, Frias DD, Brannigan RE. Trichomonas vaginalis orchitis with associated severe oligoasthenoteratospermia and hypogonadism: a novel case report. J Urol. 170(3):924. 2003.
8. Jang TL, Yap R, Batler RA, Brannigan RE. Intraperitoneal bladder rupture and bowel injury from perirectal impalement. J Urol. 170(6 Pt 1):2383-4. 2003.
9. Jang TL, Blunt LW, Yap RL, Brannigan RE, Gonzalez CM. Large urethral diverticulum presenting as a scrotal mass: urethral reconstruction with ventral onlay buccal mucosa. J Urol. 171(1):351-2. 2004.
10. Brannigan RE. Ejaculatory disorders and lower urinary tract symptoms. Curr Urol Rep. 5(4):280-6. 2004.
11. Han M, Brannigan RE, Antenor JA, Roehl KA, Catalona WJ. Association of hematospermia with prostate cancer. J Urol. 172:(6 Pt 1):2189-92. 2004. 
12. Powis Z, Pfeifer K, Yates C, Ormond K, Calhoun EA, Brannigan RE. Male infertility: perceptions, utility, and satisfaction with genetic counseling services. Fertil Steril. Submitted. 2004.
13. Williams DH, Fitchev PS, Policarpo-Nicolas M, Wang E, Brannigan RE, Crawford S. Urorectal septum malformation sequence. Urology. Submitted. 2004.

Book Chapters

1. Brannigan RE, Lipshultz LI. Sperm transport and capacitation. In Sciarra J, ed. Gynecology and Obstetrics. Philadelphia, PA; Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2000: 1-9.
2. Brannigan RE, Nadler RB. Male infertility in the transplant patient. In Abecassis MM, Kaufman DB, Stuart FP, eds. Organ Transplantation. Georgetown, TX: Landes Bioscience; 2000: 450-7.
3. Brannigan RE, Grayhack JT. 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. In McVary KT, ed. Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. Totowa, NJ; Humana Press; 2003: 79-96.
4. Chen D, Brannigan RE. Clinical semen collection. In Jeyendran RS, ed. Sperm Collection and Processing Methods: A Practical Guide. Cambridge, UK; Cambridge University Press; 2003: 38-9.
5. Brannigan RE. Azoospermic men. In Jeyendran RS, ed. Sperm Collection and Processing Methods: A Practical Guide. Cambridge, UK; Cambridge University Press; 2003: 50-84.
6. Brannigan RE, Nadler RB. Male infertility in the transplant patient. In Stuart FP, Abecassis MM, Kaufman DB, eds. Organ Transplantation (2nd ed). Georgetown, TX; Landes Bioscience; 2003: 512-9.

Abstracts

1. Case JR, DeMarco KA, Yates CL, Hinton MS, Raviv S, Brannigan RE. Case of 46XX male and retrospective review of cytogenetics registry at Northwestern University Medical School. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Seattle, WA; October 12-17, 2002. 
2. Wambi CO, Brannigan RE, Case JR, Smith ND, Kasjanski RZ, Doll JA, Crawford SE, Pins MR, Kozlowski JM, Lee C, Grayhack JT. Immunohistochemical localization of pigment epithelium-derived factor in the male reproductive tract. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association; Chicago, IL; April 26-May 1, 2003.
3. Case JR, Wambi CO, Smith ND, Kasjanski RZ, Kozlowski JM, Grayhack JT, Brannigan RE. Pigment epithelium-derived factor expression in the developing and adult rat and adult human male reproductive tract. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction; Cincinnati, OH; July 19-23, 2003.
4. Powis Z, Pfeifer K, Yates C, Ormond K, Calhoun EA, Brannigan RE. Male infertility patients’ perceived utility and satisfaction with genetic counseling services. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; San Antonio, TX; October 11-15, 2003.
5. Williams DH, Grayhack JT, Stellmach V, Crawford SE, Case JR, Lee L, Brannigan RE. Leydig cell hyperplasia and increased microvascular density in pigment epithelium-derived factor null mice testes. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association; San Francisco, CA; May 8-13, 2004.
6. Han M, Brannigan RE, Catalona WJ. The association between hematospermia and prostate cancer. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association; San Francisco, CA; May 8-13, 2004.

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