ISSM Meeting Prizes

Best Abstract Prizes

Best Abstract Presentation - Male Sexual Dysfunction - Clinical - USD 2,500
Surgical Outcomes in Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Surgery Are Not Negatively Influenced by Diversely Trained Assistants: Multicenter Update
Atwater, BL; Gross, MS; Madden-Fuentes, RJ

Best Abstract Presentation Psychosexual, Gender and Sexology - USD 2,500
Preliminary Results on Sexual Distress Related to Partnered Sexual Activity: Understanding Sexually Distressed Heterosexual People’s Experiences Through a Qualitative Lens
Pascoal, PM; Manão, AA

Best Abstract Presentation Female Sexual Dysfunction - Clinical - USD 2,500 
The Vaginal Penetration Skills Scale (VPSS): A Novel Psychometric Self-Report Instrument to Screen and Assess Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration Disorder Symptoms
Maldonado, M; Figueira, G; Nardi, AE; Sardinha, A

Best Abstract Presentation Preclinical USD 2,500
Endothelium-Derived 6-Nitrodopamine Relaxes the Human Corpus Cavernosum
Lorenzon, F; Caliani Mathias-netto, F; Placco Araujo Glina, F; Glina, S; Paiva, O; Fregonesi, A; De Miranda Cará, A; Cintra Júnior, W; Itocazo Rocha, R; De Nucci, G

ISSM Emil Tanagho Prize – USD 2500

Evaluation of Genital Sensitivity, Body Image, Anxiety, Depression, Congruence and Sexual Function in Transgender Women Submitted to Gender-Affirming Surgery Using Penile Inversion Technique
Monteiro Filho M; Batista, R; Tassi, F; Sá, M; Silva, L; Silva, B; Domenice, S; Costa, E; Tavares, A; Mendonça, B; Denes, F; Sircili, MH

ISSM Best Journal Paper Prizes

Gold prize winner Sexual Medicine Open Access - USD 1,000
Erectile dysfunction in copper and cobalt miners: a cross-sectional study in the former Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sex Med. 2023 Oct 19
Paul Musa Obadia, MD, Joseph Pyana Kitenge, MD, Trésor Carsi Kuhangana, MSc, Georges Kalenga Ilunga, MD, Jaak Billen, MD, PhD, Tony Kayembe-Kitenge, MD, PhD, Vincent Haufroid, PhD, Abdon Mukalay Wa Mukalay, MD, PhD, Laurence Ris, PhD, Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu, PhD, Benoit Nemery, MD, PhD, Paul Enzlin, PhD

Silver prize winner Sexual Medicine Open Access - USD 750
Pleasure despite pain: Associations between experiences of vulvar pleasure, vulvar pain, and sexual function in patients with chronic vulvar pain conditions. Sex Med. 2023 Sep 3
Theodora T Mautz, BA, Maeve E Mulroy, MSc, Jill M Krapf, MD, MEd, Andrew T Goldstein, MD, Caroline F Pukall, PhD, CPsych

Bronze prize winner Sexual Medicine Open Access - USD 500
Pelvic floor disorders and impact on sexual function: a cross-sectional study among non-sexually active and sexually active women. Sex Med. 2024 May 9
Signe Nilssen Stafne, PhD, Silje Kristine Sveen Ulven, MD, Tone Prøsch-Bilden, MSc, Susan Saga, PhD

Gold prize winner Sexual Medicine Reviews - USD 1,000
From couplepause to doublepause: the impact of midlife physical, psychological, and social changes on the sexual life of aging couples. Sex Med Rev. 2024 Jun 26
Giraldi A, MD, PhD, Nappi RE, MD, PhD, Palacios S, MD, PhD, Reisman Y, MD, PhD, Jannini EA,MD

Silver prize winner Sexual Medicine Reviews - USD 750
Genitourinary syndrome of lactation: a new perspective on postpartum and lactation-related genitourinary symptoms. Sex Med Rev. 2024 Jun 26
Perelmuter S, MPhil, Burns R, MD, Shearer K, BS, Grant R, BS, Soogoor A, BSc, Jun S, BSc, Meurer JA, BS, Krapf J, MD, Rubin R, MD

Bronze prize winner Sexual Medicine Reviews - USD 500
Affective neuroscience: applications for sexual medicine research and clinical practice. Sex Med Rev. 2024 Mar 26
Colleen Mills-Finnerty, PhD, Halee Staggs, BA, Celeste Bittoni, MA, Nan Wise, PhD

Gold prize winner The Journal of Sexual Medicine - USD 1,000
Temporal gene signature of myofibroblast transformation in Peyronie’s disease: first insights into the molecular mechanisms of irreversibility. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2024
Marcus M Ilg, PhD, Sophie Harding, BSc, Alice R Lapthorn, PhD, Sara Kirvell, PhD, David J Ralph, MS, Stephen A Bustin, Graham Ball, PhD, Selim Cellek, MD, PhD

Silver prize winner The Journal of Sexual Medicine - USD 750
Development and validation of 3-dimensional simulators for penile prosthesis surgery. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2024
Yacov Reisman, MD, PhD, Koen van Renterghem, MD, PhD, Boaz Meijer, MD, Anna Ricapito, MD, Mikkel Fode, MD, PhD, Carlo Bettocchi, MD

Bronze prize winner The Journal of Sexual Medicine - USD 500
Associations between recalled childhood gender nonconformity and adult sexual dysfunction in Denmark: baseline assessment in the Project SEXUS cohort study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 12, December 2023
Thula U. Koops, MSc, PhD, Josefine Bernhard Andresen, MSc, Christian Graugaard, MD, PhD, Peer Briken, MD, Mikkel Kjær Bahnsen, MSc, Mikael Andersson, MSc, Morten Frisch, MD, PhD, DSc(Med)

Best Abstract Presentation – Preclinical – USD 2500 
Brain Activation Patterns Associated with Visually Evoked Sexual Arousal in Female-To-Male Transgender Individuals
Park, K; Kim, G; Lee, M; Lee, HS; Jeong, G 

Best Abstract Presentation – Psychosexual, Gender and Sexology - USD 2500
Evaluation of Efficacy of Sexual Novelty as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Treat Hypoactive Sexual Desire Dysfunction in Women in Monogamous Heterosexual Relationships Attributing Reduced Sexual Desire to Sexual Boredom: A Prospective Randomized Study
Bhat, G; Shastry, A

Best Abstract Presentation – Female Sexual Dysfunction – Clinical – USD 2500 
Taking a Step Back for a (Future) Step Forward: Latent Class Analyses of Vulvo-Vaginal Pain Symptoms
Bittoni, C; Kiesner, J

Best Abstract Presentation – Male Sexual Dysfunction – Clinical - USD 2500
Retrospective Concomitant Nonrandomized Comparison of Testosterone Replacement Therapy Versus No Treatment for Erectile Function Post Radical Prostatectomy
Hammad, MAM; Gevorkyan, R; Tran, J; Fung, C; Barham, DW; Ahlering, T; Yafi, FA

ISSM Emil Tanagho Prize – USD 2500
Can Novel SDS-089 Nasal Vardenafil Spray Solution Achieve Satisfactory Drug Plasma Level Similar to Oral Vardenafil Formulation? A Bioanalysis Study Comparing Vardenafil Nasal vs Oral Formulations Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Chung, E; White, S 

ISSM BEST JOURNAL PAPER PRIZES

GOLD PRIZE WINNER (Published in Sexual Medicine Reviews) - USD 3000
Oral testosterone therapy: past, present, and future
Jake A Miller, MD, Tuan T Nguyen, MD, Charles Loeb, MD, Mohit Khera, MD, Faysal A Yafi, MD

SILVER PRIZE WINNER (Published in Sexual Medicine Open Access) - USD 2000
A qualitative study of sexual health and function of females with pelvic cancer
Oveisi N, Khan Z, Brotto LA.

BRONZE PRIZE WINNER (published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine) - USD 1000
Relationship between pelvic sensations and lifetime exposure to receptive anal intercourse among people with prostates
Thomas W Gaither, Allen E D Siapno, Reza Kianian, Nathan Vincent, Kristen C Williams, Eduardo Piquerias, Marcia M Russell, Mark S Litwin.

Zorgniotti-Newman Prize: 
Pathway analysis of microarray data from corpora cavernosal tissue of prostatectomy and Peyronie’s patients, in comparison with a cavernous nerve injured rat model of erectile dysfunction.
Carol Podsalek, Timothy Searl, Samuel  Orlander, Kevin T. McVary.

ISSM Emil Tanagho Prize: 
Gut Microbiota and Sexual Desire Disorder in Women
Li, G; Xiansheng, Z; Xiaojin, H; Yunxia, C

ISSM/SMSNA Female Sexual Dysfunction Prize: 
How Many Nerve Fibers Innervate the Human Clitoris: A Histomorphometric Evaluation of the Dorsal Nerve of the Clitoris.
Maria Uloko, Paige Isabey, Blair Robert Peters.

ISSM/SMSNA Mental Health Prize: 
Sexual Function in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder before and after Treatment with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI).
Sophia Weber, Vibe Frokjaer, Sophia Armand, Julie Nielsen, Gitte Knudsen, Martin Jørgensen, Dea Stenbæk, Annamaria Giraldi.

ISSM/SMSNA Basic Science Abstract Prizes:
Histometric Measurement of CD117 and PGP9.5 Immunopositive Staining in Excised Vestibular Specimens from Patients with Neuroproliferative Vestibulodynia
Drian, A; Yee, A; Kim, N; Goldstein, A; Kady, S; Goldstein, S; Goldstein, I

EMT Induced Transcription Factors Direct Leptin-LEPR-DHH Signaling to Modulate Leydig Stem Cells Differentiation in Testis.
Arora, H; Seetharam, D; Ramasamy, R; Dullea, A

How many Nerve Fibers Innervate the Human Clitoris? A Histomorphometric Evaluation of the Dorsal Nerve of the Clitoris.
Peters, B; Uloko, M; Isabey, P

Association of Androgen Receptor Signaling in Human Corpus Cavernosum with Serum Testosterone Levels.
Khodamoradi, K; Dullea, A; Golan, R; Ory, J; Bidhan, J; Arora, H; Ramasamy, R

Exploring the Effects of Actinidin as a Novel Collagenase on Human Peyronie’s Disease Cells.
Feng, K; Kiattiburut, W; Hickling, D; Burton, J; Campbell, J.

ISSM/SMSNA Clinical Abstract Prizes:
The Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score is a Reliable Tool to Identify Patients with Arteriogenic Erectile Dysfunction at Dynamic Penile Color Doppler Duplex Ultrasound – Findings From a Real-life Cross-sectional Study.
Pozzi, E; Fallara, G; Bertini, A; Raffo, M; Paolo, C; Fallara, G; Belladelli, F; Corsini, C; Cignoli, D; Candela, L; Schifano, N; Lanzaro, F; D'arma, A; Boeri, L; Ventimiglia, E; Matloob, R; Montorsi, F; Salonia, A.

Comorbidity Profile Network Analysis of Men with Erectile Dysfunction.
Greear, G; Dadhich, P; Stanaway, I; Walsh, T; Nicholson, T; Wessells, H; Holt, S; Hehemann, M.

The Effects of Vaginal Testosterone versus Placebo on Female Sexual Function: Interim Analysis of the PIVoT Trial (Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection using Vaginal Testosterone).
Martinez, M; Sandozi, A; Vafina, L; Kaplan-marans, E; Lee, J; Khurgin, J; Lee, A; Polland, A.

The Safety of Vaginal Estrogen Therapy for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause in Women with a History of Breast Cancer – A Claims Database Analysis.
Agrawal, P; Dumas, K; Singh, S; Kohn, J; Kohn, T; Clifton, M

Pharmacological Treatment of Men with Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder - Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Paroxetine and Naltrexone.
Lew-starowicz, M; Draps, M; Kowalewska, E; Obarska, K; Kraus, S; Gola, M.

Zorgniotti-Newman Prize: The Penile Fibro-Vascular Assembly Is the Last Remaining Independent Vascular Compartment to Be Elucidated in The Human Body

Geng-Long Hsu (Hong-Chiang Chang, Eugen Molodysky, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Mang-Hung Tsai, Jue-Hawn Yin, Ming-Tsun Chen)

ISSM Emil Tanagho Prize: The Effects of a Structured Exercise Training Program on Erectile Function, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Parameters in Men Following Prostate Cancer Treatment: Preliminary Results from a Randomised, Controlled Clinical Trial in Prostate Cancer Survivorship

Eric Chung (Vear N.; Skinner T. and Coombes J.)

ISSM Female Sexual Dysfunction Prize: Sexually Induced Orgasm as a Novel Method to Improve Postpartum Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength and Sexual Function in Primiparous Women Who Are Undergoing Vaginal Delivery – A Prospective Randomized Two Arm Study

Gajanan Bhat (Anuradha Shastry)

Best Abstract Presentation – Psychosexual, Gender and Sexology: Contemporary nationwide estimates and socio-demographic associates of bottom gender affirmation surgical procedures among transgender persons with gender dysphoria
Slaughter, K1; Bako , A2; Freet , D3; Blum , K1; Wang , R1; Vahidy , F2
1: UT Health Science Center at Houston - Department of Urology ; 2: Houston Methodist - Center for Outcomes Research ; 3: UT Health Science Center at Houston - Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Best Abstract Presentation – Female Sexual Dysfunction – Clinical: Effects of testosterone treatment on clitoral haemodynamics in women with sexual dysfunction
Cipriani, S1; Maseroli, E1; Di Stasi, V1; Scavello, I1; Todisco, T1; Rastrelli, G1; Fambrini, M1; Sorbi, F1; Petraglia, F1; Jannini, EA2; Maggi, M1; Vignozzi, L1
1: University of Florence; 2: University of Roma Tor Vergata

Best Abstract Presentation – Preclinical: Effects of the light-controlled nitric oxide donor “NORD-1” and light irradiation in rats with neurogenic erectile dysfunction
Hotta, Y1; Mori, T1; Ieda, N1; Kataoka, T1; Nakagawa, H1; Kimura, K1
1: Nagoya City University

Best Abstract Presentation – Male Sexual Dysfunction – Clinical: Premature ejaculation is a brain disorder with altered structural connectivity and depressive symptom
Chen, J1
1: Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Zorgniotti-Newman Prize: Galanin administration partially restores erectile function after cavernous nerve injury and mediates endogenous nitrinergic nerve outgrowth in vitro

Emmanuel Weyne1, Johanna L Hannan2,3, Thomas Gevaert1, Yodi Soebadi1, Hotaka Matsui3,4, Fabio Castiglione1, Koenraad van Renterghem1,5, Dirk De Ridder1, Frank Van der Aa1, Trinity J Bivalacqua3, Maarten Albersen1
1 KU Leuven and University Hospitals, Department of Urology, Leuven, Belgium, 2 East Carolina University, Department of Physiology, Greenville, United States of America, 3 Johns Hopkins, Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, Belgium, 4 University of Tokyo, Department of Urology, Tokyo, Japan, 5 Department of Urology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium

Emil Tanagho Prize: Antagonizing penile smooth muscle contraction by inhibition of Orai calcium channels. A potential therapeutic target in erectile dysfunction

Angulo, J1; El Assar, M2; Romero-Otero, J3; La Fuente, JM4; Fernández, A1; Sánchez-Ferrer, A2; Sevilleja-Ortiz, A1; García-Gómez, B3; Medina-Polo, J3; Rodríguez-Mañas, L5
1: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Spain; 2: FIBio Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Spain; 3: Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Spain; 4: Hospital Santo Antonio, Portugal; 5: Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Spain

Best Abstract Presentation – Psychosexual, Gender and Sexology: Is gender affirming hormonal therapy linked to aggression in transgender people?

Defreyne, J1; T’Sjoen, G1; Bouman, WP2; Brewin, N2; Arcelus, J2
1: Ghent University Hospital, Belgium; 2: The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health, Nottingham, UK

Best Abstract Presentation – Female Sexual Dysfunction – Clinical: Efficacy and safety of on-demand use of 2 treatments designed for different etiologies of female sexual interest/arousal disorder: 3 randomized clinical trials

Tuiten, A1; van Rooij, K2; Bloemers, J2; Eisenegger, C3; van Honk, J4; Kessels, R1; Kingsberg, S5; Derogatis, LR6; de Heede, L7; Gerritsen, J8; Koppeschaar, HPF1; Olivier, B9; Everaerd, W10; Frijlink, HW11; Höhle, D12
1: Emotional Brain BV, Almere, The Netherlands; 2: Emotional Brain BV, Almere, The Netherlands; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3: Neuropsychopharmacology and Biopsychology Unit, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 4: Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; (IDM), University of Cape Town, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa;; 5: Reproductive Biology and Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; MacDonald Women’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA; 6: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Maryland Center for Sexual Health, Lutherville, MD, USA;; 7: Exelion Bio-Pharmaceutical Consultancy BV, Waddinxveen, The Netherlands; 8: Emotional Brain BV, Almere, The Netherlands;; 9: Department of Psychopharmacology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 10: Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 11: Research Group of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; 12: Alan Turing Institute Almere, Almere, The Netherlands

Best Abstract Presentation – Preclinical: Galanin mediates endogenous nitrinergic nerve outgrowth in vitro and partially restores erectile function after cavernous nerve injury in vivo

Weyne, E1; Hannan, JL2; Matsui, H3; Sopko, N4; De Ridder, D5; Bivalacqua, TJ4; Van der Aa, F5; Albersen, M5
1: KU Leuven University and University Hospitals, Belgium; 2: East Carolina University, Department of Physiology, Greenville, United States of America; 3: University of Tokyo, Department of Urology, Tokyo, Japan; 4: Johns Hopkins, Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore,United States of America; 5: KU Leuven and University Hospitals, Department of Urology, Leuven, Belgium

Best Abstract Presentation – Male Sexual Dysfunction – Clinical: Testosterone replacement therapy is able to reduce prostate inflammation in men with BPH, metabolic syndrome and hypogonadism: preliminary results from a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Rastrelli, G1; Cipriani, S1; Lotti, F1; Cellai, I1; Comeglio, P1; Boddi, V1; Della Camera, P1; Palma, M1; Gacci, M1; Serni, S1; Maggi, M1; Vignozzi, L1
1: University of Florence, Italy

Best Surgery Video Presentation: How to do a circumcision, when the foreskin is welded to the glans. The ROLOCS (Restoration Of the Lost Obscured Coronal Sulcus) procedure

Skrodzka, M2, Ayers, J1, Rea, A1, Hadway, P1, Britnell, W1, Muneer, A2, Malone, P1, 2
1: The Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading; 2:University College London Hospital

Zorg​niotti-Newman Prize: Dyspareunia and sexual dysfunction following vaginal delivery in Thai primiparous women with second degree perineal tear: a prospective cohort study

Chayachinda, C.1; Ungkanungdecha, A.1; Veeragul, J.1; Jisabai, J.1
1: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Thailand

Emil Tanagho Prize: Icariside II ameliorates erectile function in a rat model of bilateral cavernous nerve injury: Implications for activation of endogenous ste

Xu, Y.1; Guan, R.1; Lei, H.1; Li, H.1; Gao, Z.1; Xin, Z.1
1: Andrology Center, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

Best Abstract Prize Male: Cardiovascular risk associated with testosterone boosting medications: a meta-analysis of the available evidence

Corona, G.1; Maseroli, E.2; Rastrelli, G.2; Isidori, A.3; Maggi, M.2
1: Endocrinology Unit, Italy; 2: Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 3: 3Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Best Abstract Prize Female: Development and validation of the PROMIS vulvar discomfort with sexual activity scales

Flynn, K.1; Weinfurt, K.2; Lin, L.3; Jeffery, D.4; Reese, J.5; PROMIS Sexual Function Domain Group, .
1: Medical College of Wisconsin, United States; 2: Duke University; 3: Duke Clinical Research Institute; 4: Department of Defense; 5: Johns Hopkins University

Poster Prize – 1 PDE5 inhibitors blunt inflammation in human BPH: a potential mechanism of action for PDE5 inhibitors in LUTS

Vignozzi, L.; Gacci, M.; Cellai, I.; Morelli, A.; Maneschi, E.; Comeglio, P.; Santi, R.; Filippi, S.; Sebastianelli, A.; Nesi, G.; Serni, S.; Carini, M.; Maggi, M.
University of Florence, Italy

Poster Prize – 2 Effects of Tadalafil Treatment on Erectile Function Recovery post Bilateral Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

Stolzenburg, J.1; Montorsi, F.2; Brock, G.3; Mulhall, J.4; Moncada, I.5; Patel, H.6; Chevallier, D.7; Krajka, K.8; Henneges, C.9; Dickson, R.10; Büttner, H.9
1: Universitäsklinikum Leipzig, Germany; 2: Instituto Scientifico Universitario San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; 3: University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; 4: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA ; 5: Hospital La Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain; 6: University Hospital North Norway, Tromso, Norway; 7: Hôpital Universitaire Archet 2, Nice, France; 8: 8Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne, Gdansk, Poland; 9: Lilly Deutschland GmbH, Germany; 10: Lilly Canada Inc, Canada

Poster Prize – 3 Evaluation of counterfeit medicines available via the Internet in Germany; implications for patient safety across the globe

Thomson, J.1; Reid, W.S.2; Pullen, H.2
1: EAASM, United Kingdom; 2: Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Zorgniotti-Newman Prize: Testosterone Replacement Therapy with Long Acting Testosterone Undecanoate Improves Sexual Function and Quality of Life Parameters Versus Placebo in a Population of Men with Type 2 Diabetes in a Primary Care Setting

G. Hackett MD¹; N. Cole MD²; M. Bhartia MD¹; D. Kennedy MD¹; P. Wilkinson³
1: Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield UK; 2: Cloisters Practice, Lichfield UK; 3: Wilkinson Associates, Radnor, Herts

Jean François Ginestié Prize: An Oral Formulation of Angiotensin-(1-7) Protects Against Hypercholesterolemic-Induced Corpus Cavernosum Damages

Rodrigo A. Fraga-Silva1; Fabiana P. Costa-Fraga1; Silvia Q. Savergnini1; Frederico B. De Sousa3; Fabrizio          Montecucco4; Daniele da Silva1; Ruben D. Sinisterra3; François Mach4; Nikolaos Stergiopulos1; Rafaela F. da Silva1,2#; Robson A.S. Santos2#
1: Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Department of Physiology and Biophysics; 3: Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; 4: Division of Cardiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Foundation for Medical Researches, Geneva, Switzerland

Emil Tanagho Prize: Complete Recovery of Erectile Function by Combined Intracavernosa Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy and Oral Tadalafil Administration after Cavernous Nerve Injury in Rats

Martínez-Salamanca, J.I.¹; Zurita, M.¹; Martínez-Salamanca, E.²; Fernández, A.²; Cuevas, P.²; Vaquero, J.¹; Carballido, J.¹; Angulo, J.²
1: Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Spain; 2: Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria

Poster Prize on Basic Science: Impaired Adenosine Signaling Contributes to Erectile Dysfunction

Ning, C.1; Wen, J.1; Zhang, Y.1; Blackburn, M.1; Kellems, R.1; Xia, Y.1
1: University of Texas-Medical School at Houston

Poster Prize on Clinical Research: The effect of Low Intensity Shock Waves for the treatment of various degrees of erectile dysfunction severity: 6-month follow up

Vardi, Y.1; Appel, B.1; Massarwi, O.1; Gruenwald, I.1
1: Rambam Medical Center, Israel

Best Poster Prize: Changes in androgens levels during the menstrual cycle and orgasm functioning in women

A.H. Rellini and D. Murray-Close
University of Vermont

Zorgniotti-Newman Prize: Implicit and Explicit Cognitive Sexual Processes in Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Alessandra H. Rellini, David Ing, Cindy M. Meston
University of Texas at Austin, Psychology Department

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Impact of Hypertension, Aging and Antihypertensive Treatment on the Morphology of the Pudendal Artery

Johanna L. Hannan PhD, Mark C. Blaser BEng, Judith J. Pang, Stephen M. Adams BEng, Stephen C. Pang PhD, Michael A. Adams PhD
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Emil Tanagho Prize: Surgical Option for the Correction of Peyronie’s Disease: An Autologous Tissue- Engineered Endothelialized Graft

Annie Imbeault ˡ , Geneviève Bernard ², Gabrielle Ouellet ², Sara Bouhout ², Serge Carrier ³, Stéphane Bolduc ˡ ²
1. Université Laval, CHUQ, Québec, Canada
2. Laboratoire d’Organogénèse Expérimentale/LOEX, CHA, Québec, Canada
3. McGill University, CUSM, Montréal, Canada ”

Female Sexual Dysfunction Prize: Is one question enough to detect female sexual disorders? A diagnostic accuracy study in 6.194 women

Levente Kriston1, Cindy Günzler1, Anke Rohde2, and Michael M. Berner1
1 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hauptstr. 5, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Bonn University Medical Center, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Effects of HO-1 gene inducers and anti-hypertensive drugs on erectile signaling in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Mohammed T. Abdel Aziz1, Taymour Mostafa2, Hazem Atta1, Hanan H. Fouad1, Laila A. Rashed1, Dina Sabry1, Amira Hassouna1, Amira M. Senbel3
1 Medical Biochemistry Department, Unit of Molecular biology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
2 Andrology & Sexology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
3 Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

Emil Tanagho Prize: Non-Cell Line Induced Adipose Derived Stem Cells Enhance Cavernous Nerve Function Following Bilateral Crush Injury in the Rat

Anthony J. Bella2*, Guiting Lin1*, Thomas Fandel1, Lia Banie1, Hongxiu Ning1, Ching-Shwun Lin1, and Tom F Lue1
1 Knuppe Molecular Urology Laboratory, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
2 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Department of Neuroscience, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada

Best Presentation on Basic Science Male: PD-021 CHRONIC TREATMENT OF RHO KINASE INHIBITOR PRESERVED ERECTILE FUNCTION AND PREVENTED CORPORAL APOPTOSIS IN DIABETIC RATS

Park, K; Son, H; Kim , SW; Paick, J-S

Best Presentation on Male Clinical: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, VASCULOGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ENDOGENOUS SERUM TESTOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS. AN INSIGHT INTO THE HORMONAL COMPONENT OF VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION

Rokkas, K; Vlachopoulos, C; Terentes-Printzios, D; Ioakeimidis, N; Aznaouridis, K; Samentzas, A; Sakellariou, G; Fassoulakis, C; Askitis, T; Stefanadis, C

Best Presentation on Female Clinical: SEXUALITY AFTER BREAST CANCER: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MENOPAUSAL COMPLAINTS?

Alder, J; Bitzer, J

Best Presentation on Female Preclinical: IMMUNOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF THE RODENT BRAIN NEURONS INVOLVED IN THE EFFERENT CONTROL OF THE CLITORIS AND THE VAGINA

Gelez, H; Poirier, S; Allers, KA; Reynolds, D; Wayman, C; Bernabé, J; Alexandre, L; Giuliano, F

Best Presentation on Surgery: EFFECTS OF DIET-CONTROL AND PHOSPHODIESTERASE TYPE 5 INHIBITOR ON ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN HIGH CHOLESTEROL-DIET RATS

Min, KS; Kang, DI; Kwak, HS; Yoon, JH; Choi, SH

Zorgniotti-Newman Prize: In-­‐‑situ Activation of Penile Progenitor Cells with Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Guiting Lin1, Amanda B. Reed-­‐‑Maldonado1, Bohan Wang1,2, Yung-­‐‑chin Lee1,3, Jun zhou1,4, Zhihua Lu1,5, Guifang Wang1, Lia Banie1, and Tom F. Lue 1*
1: Knuppe Molecular Urology Laboratory, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; 2: Department of Urology, The Second Hospital, Zhejiang University, China; 3: Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of urology, Faculty of medicine, College of medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 4: Department of Urology, The Third XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, China; 5 Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Female Sexual Dysfunction Prize: Hormonal and psychosocial factors related to sexual dysfunctions in premenopausal women

Sarah Wåhlin-Jacobsen, MD 1, Ellids Kristensen, MD 1,2, Anette Tønnes Pedersen, MD, PhD 3, Nanna Cassandra Læssøe, MD 1, Arieh S. Cohen, PhD 4, David M. Hougaard, MD, DMSc 4, Marika Lundqvist, MSc 4, Prof. Annamaria Giraldi, MD, PhD 1,2
1: Department of Sexological Research, Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Nørre Allé 20, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark; 3: Department of Gynecology and Fertility Clinic, JMC Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; 4: Department for Congenital Disorders, Statens Serum Institute, Artillerivej 5, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark

Emil Tanagho Prize: Ex-Vivo model of human penile transplantation and rejection: Effects of rejection and immunosuppresion on erectile physiology

Sopko, NA1; Matsui, H1; Lough, DM1; Harris, K1; Kates, M1; Miller, D1; Redett, R1; Billups, K1; Burnett, AL1; Brandacher, G1; Bivalacqua, TJ1
1: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, United States

Best Abstract Prize – Clinical: A survey of SMSNA members regarding complications following intralesional injection therapy with clostridium collagenase histolyticum for Peyronie’s disease

Yafi, F.A.1; Anaissie, J.2; Zurawin, J.2; Sikka, S.C.2; Hellstrom, W.J.2
1: Tulane University, United States; 2: Tulane University

Best Abstract Prize – Clinical: Contemporary analysis of the surgical management of men with Peyronie’s disease with hourglass deformity: Comparison of inflatable penile prosthesis implantation vs. sealing technique with collagen fleece

Hatzichristodoulou, G.1; Yafi, F.A.2; Wang, J.2; Anaissie, J.2; Sikka, S.C.2; Hellstrom, W.J.G.2
1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Tulane University, USA

Best Abstract Prize – Clinical: Efficacy and safety of fixed dose combination of tamsulosin and tadalafil in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and erectile dysfunction

Kim, S.W.1; Hyun, J.S.2; Moon, D.G.3; Park, N.C.4; Lee, S.W.5; Kim, S.W.6; Ahn, T.Y.7; Moon, K.H.8; Min, K.S.9; Ryu, J.10; Park, K.11; Park, J.K.12; Yang, S.13; Yang, D.Y.14; Lee, S.W.15
1: Department of Urology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St.Mary`s Hospital, Korea, South; 2: Department of Urology, Gyeongsang National University Hopital, Korea, South; 3: Department of Urology, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea, South; 4: Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea, South; 5: Department of Urology , Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea, South; 6: Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea, South; 7: Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, Korea, South; 8: Department of Urology, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Korea, South; 9: Department of Urology , Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Korea, South; 10: Department of Urology, Inha University Hospital, Korea, South; 11: Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea, South; 12: Department of Urology, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Korea, South; 13: Department of Urology, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Korea, South; 14: Department of Urology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea, South; 15: Department of Urology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Korea, South

Best Abstract Prize – Basic Science: Targeting the microtubule cytoskeleton to promote neural regeneration and improve erectile function outcomes after cavernous nerve injury in a rat model of radical prostatectomy

Baker, L.1; Tar, M.T.1; Charafeddine, R.1; Nacharaju, P.1; Friedman, J.M.1; Sharp, D.J.1; Davies, K.P.1
1: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States

Best Abstract Prize – Basic Science: Extracorporeal in-situ activation of penile progenitor cells

Lin, G.1; Reed-Maldonado, A.1; Wang, B.2; Lee, Y.C.3; Zhou, J.4; Lu, Z.5; Wang, G.1; Banie, L.1; Lue, T.F.1
1: Knuppe Molecular Urology Laboratory, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.; 2: Department of Urology, The Second Hospital, Zhejiang University, China; 3: Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Department of urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 4: Department of Urology, The Third XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, China; 5: Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Best Abstract Prize – Basic Science: Degeneration of parasympathetic nerve can be prevented by inhibitin TNF-alpha signaling

Matsui, H.1; Sopko, N.A.2; Kates, M.2; Liu, X.2; Bivalacqua , T.J.2
1: Department of Urology Doai Memorial Hospital and the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Zorginotti-Newmann Prize: Feasibility of the Use of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors in a Pharmacologic Prevention Program for Recurrent Priapism

Arthur L. Burnett

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Heme oxygenase-1-derived CO and CORM-3 modulate cavernous tissue cGMP

Taymour Mostafa

Emil Tanagho Prize: Hydrogen sulphide, a novel endogenous gasotransmitter facilitates erectile function and opens new window for ED therapy

B. Srilatha

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Age Related Changes In Phosphorylation Of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase In The Rat Penis

Musicki, B.; Kramer, M.F.; Becker, R.E.; Burnett, A.L.
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Zorginotti-Newmann Prize: The Neuropathy of Erectile Dysfunction

Bleustein, C.; Arezzo, J.; Eckholdt H.; Melman, A.
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States

Poster Prize Clinical Male: C-reactive Protein And Erectile Dysfunction

Teloken, P.; Teloken, C.; Grazziotin, T.; Sogari, P
FFFCMPA

Poster Prize Clinical Female: The Central, Acute Effect Of Testosterone In Post-menopausal Women Assessed By fMRI

Shabsigh, R.; Seidman, S.N.; Davis, A.R.; Brown, T.; Miyazaki, M.

Poster Prize Basic Science Male: Dysregulation Of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminihydrolase Causes Elevation Of Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine In Rat Model Of Vasculogenic Erectile Dysfunction.

Park, K.; Kim, S.W.; Paick, J.S.; Son, H.
Seoul National University

Poster Prize Basic Science Female: Cyclic AMP And Cyclic GMP Phosphodiasterase Isoenzymes In The Human Vagina – Relation To NOS Isoforms And VIP-positive Nerves

Ückert, S.; Oelke, M.; Waldkirch, E.; Albrecht, K.; Troeger, H.D.; Jonas, U; Andersson, K.E.; Stief, C.G.; Hedlund, P.

Female Sexual Dysfunction Prize: Effects of Aging, Menopause and Co-morbidities on Neurological Function of the Female Genitalia

Kathleen Connell
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 3332 Rochambeau Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize 1: Peyronie’s Disease Fibroblasts Demonstrate Tumorigenicity in the Scid Mouse Model

John Mulhall
Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The New York Hospital, 525 E 68th St, starr 9, New York, NY 10021, USA

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize 2: Effect of Combination Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Therapy and Sildenafil on Erectile Function in Diabetic Rats

Trinity J. Bivalacqua
Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Urology and Pharmacology, 1430 Tulane Ave. SL42, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

Poster Prize: Isolation and Characterization of a Contractile Smooth Muscle Cell Line Derived from Human Corpus Cavernosum

Michael Di Santo
Department of Urology and Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Emil Tanagho Prize: VEGF Promotes Penile Erection by Activation of AKT and ENOS

Biljana Musicki
Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize 1: The Neuropathy of Erectile Dysfunction

Clifford Bleustein
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize 2: Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein’s Role in Libido

Stephen R. King

Young Investigators Award:

• Derek Bochinski
• Kelvin P. Davies
• Jas Kalsi
• Guiting Lin
• Ricardo M. Munarriz

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize 1: Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on neurotransmission in rat vaginal smooth muscle.

Annamaria Giraldi1, V. Werkstrom2, Gorm Wagner1, Karl-Eric Andersson2
“1 Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2 University hospital, Lund, Sweden”

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize 2: Inhibition of the RHO Kinase Pathway leads to penile erection.

Kanhan Chitaley, C.J. Wingard, R. Clinton Web, H.S. Branam, V.S. Stoppen, R.W. Lewis, Th. M. Mills
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize: A new potential of blood oxygenation level dependant (BOLD) functional MRI for evaluating cerebral centers of penile erection.

Kwangsung Park, Hyung Joon Kim, Jeong Jin Seo, Heoung Keun Kang, Soo Bang Ryu, Gwang Woo Jeong
Chonnan National University, Kwangju, Korea

Emil Tanagho Prize: Significant physiological roles of ancillary penile nerves on the intracavernous pressure response in rats: experiments using electrical stimulation of the MPOA.

Yoshikauzu Sato1, Arnold Melman2, Geoges J. Christ2
“1 Sapporo Medical University Japan
2 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA”

Poster Prize: Nitric Oxide-mediated and electrical field stimulated diabetic rabbit cavernosal smooth muscle relaxation enhanced by catalase and superoxyde dismutase

M.A. Khan, R.C. Calvert, F.H. Mumtaz, C.S. Thompson, D.P. Mikhailidis, R.J. Morgan
Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Perth Prize: Morphological and functional in vitro and in vivo characterization of the mouse corpus cavernosum

H. Mizunawa, P. Hedlund, P. Alm, K.-E. Andersson
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: IGF-I & IGF-B2 have key role on regeneration of nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-containing nerves after cavernousneurotomy in the rats.

Gyung-Woo Jung, Jong-Young Kwang, Soo-Il Kim and Ji-Han Yoon

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize: Diabetes and vascular impotence: does insulin dependence increase the severity?

Michael J. Metro and Gregory A. Broderick

Emil Tanagho Prize: Patch clamp studies of potassium (K) channels in freshly dissociated myocytes from human and rat corpus cavernosum.

Hong-Zhan Wang, Sung Won Lee and George J. Christ

Poster Prize: Spinal and brain neurons controlling the bulbospongiosus muscle: transneuronal tracing with rabies virus combined with transmitter immunochemistry.

Yi Tang, Olivier Rampin, Francois Giuliano, André Calas and Gabriella Ugolini

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Vasculogenic female sexual dysfunction : The haemodynamic basis for vaginal engorgement insufficency and clitoral erectile insufficiency

Kwangsung Park, I. Goldstein, C. Andry, M. Siroky, R.J. Krane and K. Azadzoi (USA/South Korea)

Poster Prize: Melantropic peptide for the treatment of psychogenic erectile dysfunction : double-blind crossover vehicle controlled study

H. Wessells, K. Fusciarelli, J. Hansen, R. Dorr and N. Levine (USA)

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Nitric Oxide synthase is testosterone dependent

G.B. Brock, P. Zvara, R. Sioufi, L.R. Begin, H.M. Schipper

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize: Penile dermal flap for the defect reconstruction in peyronies disease. Refinements in technique and four years experience in 17 patients.

S. Krishnamurti (India)

Poster Prize: Telemetric monitoring of episodic spontaneous increases in intracavernous pressure in the rat over 24 hour period.

J. Bernabe, F. Giuliano, O. Rampin, B.D. Sachs ( France )

Congress President Video Prize: Antegrade dorsal vein arterialisation ( Shah-Parulkar procedure) for penile revascularisation.

Rupin Shah, B.G. Parulkar, V. Kulkarni, G. Shah and V. Jhaveri (India)

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: The role of the endothelium in the control of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle tone

Kazem M. Azadzoi, Noel Kim, Irwin Goldstein, Robert J. Krane and Inigo Saenz de Tejada

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize: Cavernous smooth muscle changes during penile erection and sympathetic stimulation.

C.G. Stief, R. Bosch, W. Diederichs, F. Benard, C. Padula, P.C. Goldsmith, T.F. Lue and E.A. Tanagho

Poster Prize: GAP junctions between human corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells in primary culture: electrophysiological and biochemical characteristics.

A.P. Moreno, A.C. Campos de Carvalho, G.J. Christ, A. Melman, E.L. Herzberg and D.C. Spray

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: The role of the endothelium in the control of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle tone

Kazem M. Azadzoi, Noel Kim, Irwin Goldstein, Robert J. Krane and Inigo Saenz de Tejada

Zorgniotti – Newman Prize: Cavernous smooth muscle changes during penile erection and sympathetic stimulation.

C.G. Stief, R. Bosch, W. Diederichs, F. Benard, C. Padula, P.C. Goldsmith, T.F. Lue and E.A. Tanagho

Poster Prize: GAP junctions between human corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells in primary culture: electrophysiological and biochemical characteristics.

A.P. Moreno, A.C. Campos de Carvalho, G.J. Christ, A. Melman, E.L. Herzberg and D.C. Spray

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: The three dimensional structure of the human tunica albuginea : anatomical and ultrastructural levels.

Geng-Long Hsu, G. Brock, L. Martinez-Pineiro, B. von Heyden, T.F. Lue and E.A. Tanagho

Poster Prize: The significance of time-dependent changes in penile blood blow during pharmacological erection.

R.S. Pickard, C.P. Oates, T.A. Whittingham, and P.H. Powell (United Kingdom)

Congress President Video Prize: A modified radial forearm flap for the total phallic construction

Laurence A. Levine, L.J. Gottlieb (USA)

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Neurotransmitter(s) in human penile erection: the status of noradrenaline, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and prostaglandins.

P.G. Adaikan (Singapore)

Jean Francois Ginestié Prize: Herbert F. Newman (New York City, USA)