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Ronald Swerdloff, M.D.

Contact Information:

Fax Number:

(310) 533-0627

Work Phone Number:

(310) 222-1867
(310) 222-1867

Laboratory Address:

Laboratory
Walter Martin Research Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Office Address:

1124 West Carson Street RB-1
Torrance, CA 90502
UNITED STATES

Work Address:

Harbor-UCLA Medl Cntr-Endo
1000 W. Carson Street Box 446
Los Angeles, CA 90509
UNITED STATES

Email Address:

swerdloff@labiomed.org

Website:

Home Page.

Chief of Division of Endocrinology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Chief, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism

Professor, Medicine

ENDOCRINOLOGY, METABOLISM & NUTRITION

Administrator, Center for Men's Health

Harbor-UCLA Center for Men's Health

Member, Internal Advisory Board

CTSI

Research Education, Training, and Career Development Program (CTSI-ED)


A Short Biography:

Dr. Swerdloff is the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine and the Director of a World Health Organization Collaborative Center in Reproduction, a Mellon Foundation Center for Contraceptive Development and a NIH Contraceptive Clinical Trial Center.  Dr. Swerdloff is also director of the Harbor-UCLA Reproductive Program. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, followed by residency in internal medicine at University of Washington and UCLA, and fellowships in endocrinology at the National Institute of Aging and Harbor-UCLA. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine (internal medicine and endocrinology). He has received many awards including the Distinguished Educator Award of the Endocrine Society and American Society of Andrology's Distinguished Andrologist Award. Dr. Swerdloff has been an invited plenary lecturer at many national and international scientific meetings. His research papers, articles, and abstracts number in the 600s, and he has edited a number of books and authored over 100 book chapters.

Awards and Honors:

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University fo Washington, Seattle

Publications:

Yin Anthony Y, Htun Michelle, Swerdloff Ronald S, Diaz-Arjonilla Maruja, Dudley Robert E, Faulkner Sandra, Bross Rachelle, Leung Andrew, Baravarian Sima, Hull Laura, Longstreth James A, Kulback Steven, Flippo Gregory, Wang Christina   Reexamination of pharmacokinetics of oral testosterone undecanoate in hypogonadal men with a new self-emulsifying formulation. Journal of andrology, ; 33(2): 190-201.
Surampudi Prasanth N, Wang Christina, Swerdloff Ronald   Hypogonadism in the aging male diagnosis, potential benefits, and risks of testosterone replacement therapy. International journal of endocrinology, 2012; 2012(1): 625434.
Dusick Joshua R, Wang Christina, Cohan Pejman, Swerdloff Ronald, Kelly Daniel F   Pathophysiology of hypopituitarism in the setting of brain injury. Pituitary, 2012; 15(1): 2-9.
Wahjudi Paulin N, K Yee Jennifer, Martinez Steven R, Zhang Jin, Teitell Michael, Nikolaenko Liana, Swerdloff Ronald, Wang Christina, Lee W N Paul   Turnover of nonessential fatty acids in cardiolipin from the rat heart. Journal of lipid research, 2011; 52(12): 2226-33.
Ilani Niloufar, Liu Peter Y, Swerdloff Ronald S, Wang Christina   Does ethnicity matter in male hormonal contraceptive efficacy? Asian journal of andrology, 2011; 13(4): 579-84.
Wang Christina, Jackson Graham, Jones T Hugh, Matsumoto Alvin M, Nehra Ajay, Perelman Michael A, Swerdloff Ronald S, Traish Abdul, Zitzmann Michael, Cunningham Glenn   Low testosterone associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome contributes to sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease risk in men with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care, 2011; 34(7): 1669-75.
Liu Peter Y, Kalak Robert, Lue Yanhe, Jia Yue, Erkkila Krista, Zhou Hong, Seibel Markus J, Wang Christina, Swerdloff Ronald S, Dunstan Colin R   Genetic and hormonal control of bone volume, architecture, and remodeling in XXY mice. Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2010; 25(10): 2148-54.
Lue YanHe, Swerdloff Ronald, Liu QingHai, Mehta Hemal, Hikim Amiya Sinha, Lee Kuk-Wha, Jia Yue, Hwang David, Cobb Laura J, Cohen Pinchas, Wang Christina   Opposing roles of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 and humanin in the regulation of testicular germ cell apoptosis. Endocrinology, 2010; 151(1): 350-7.
Liu Peter Y, Swerdloff Ronald S, Anawalt Bradley D, Anderson Richard A, Bremner William J, Elliesen Joerg, Gu Yi-Qun, Kersemaekers Wendy M, McLachlan Robert I, Meriggiola M Cristina, Nieschlag Eberhard, Sitruk-Ware Regine, Vogelsong Kirsten, Wang Xing-Hai, Wu Frederick C W, Zitzmann Michael, Handelsman David J, Wang Christina   Determinants of the rate and extent of spermatogenic suppression during hormonal male contraception: an integrated analysis. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2008; 93(5): 1774-83.
Lue YanHe, Erkkila Krista, Liu Peter Y, Ma Kimberley, Wang Christina, Hikim Amiya Sinha, Swerdloff Ronald S   Fate of bone marrow stem cells transplanted into the testis: potential implication for men with testicular failure. The American journal of pathology, 2007; 170(3): 899-908.
Liu Peter Y, Swerdloff Ronald S, Christenson Peter D, Handelsman David J, Wang Christina, Wang Christina   Rate, extent, and modifiers of spermatogenic recovery after hormonal male contraception: an integrated analysis. Lancet, 2006; 367(9520): 1412-20.
Lue Yanhe, Jentsch J David, Wang Christina, Rao P Nagesh, Hikim Amiya P Sinha, Salameh Wael, Swerdloff Ronald S   XXY mice exhibit gonadal and behavioral phenotypes similar to Klinefelter syndrome. Endocrinology, 2005; 146(9): 4148-54.
Simpson Joe Leigh, de la Cruz Felix, Swerdloff Ronald S, Samango-Sprouse Carole, Skakkebaek Niels E, Graham John M, Hassold Terry, Aylstock Melissa, Meyer-Bahlburg Heino F L, Willard Huntington F, Hall Judith G, Salameh Wael, Boone Kyle, Staessen Catherine, Geschwind Dan, Giedd Jay, Dobs Adrian S, Rogol Alan, Brinton Bonnie, Paulsen C Alvin   Klinefelter syndrome: expanding the phenotype and identifying new research directions. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2003; 5(6): 460-8.
Fales Christina L, Knowlton Barbara J, Holyoak Keith J, Geschwind Daniel H, Swerdloff Ronald S, Gonzalo Irene Gaw   Working memory and relational reasoning in Klinefelter syndrome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2003; 9(6): 839-46.
Hikim Amiya P Sinha, Lue Yanhe, Yamamoto Cindy M, Vera Yanira, Rodriguez Susana, Yen Pauline H, Soeng Kevin, Wang Christina, Swerdloff Ronald S   Key apoptotic pathways for heat-induced programmed germ cell death in the testis. Endocrinology, 2003; 144(7): 3167-75.
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