The Ovary (3^rd Ed.)

Part I. The Ovarian Follicular Apparatus: Operational Characteristics
1. Follicle Selection in Mammalian Ovaries
2. Regulation of follicle formation and development by ovarian signaling pathway
3. Human Folliculogenesis Revisited:  The Menstrual Cycle Visualized by Ultrasonography
4. Development of the Mammalian Ovary and Follicles
5. Organization of Ovarian Steroidogenic Cells and Cholesterol Metabolism
6. Inhibin, Activin and Follistatin in Ovarian Physiology
7. Cell-cell Interactions in the Ovarian Follicles: Role of TGF-beta Superfamily Members
8. Mutations and Polymorphisms, and their Functional Consequences, in Gonadotropin and Gonadotropin Receptor Genes
9. Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Ovarian Disease
Part II. Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation
10. Mammalian Oogenesis – the fragile foundation of the next generation
11. Regulation of Mammalian Oocyte Maturation
12. Oocyte Meiotic Maturation
13. Gene Expression During Oogenesis and Oocyte Development
Part III. The Corpus Luteum
15. Molecular Regulation of Progesterone Production in Corpus Luteum
16. Corpus Luteum Formation
17. Luteolysis and The Corpus Luteum of Pregnancy
Part IV. Novel Experimental Models
18. Transgenic Mouse Models in the Study of Ovarian Function
19. Genome-Wide Association Studies of Ovarian Function Disorders
20. Mitchondria Research in Human Reproduction
21. The Role of Mitochondria in Reproductive Function and Assisted Reproduction
Part V. Human Ovarian Pathophysiology: Select Aspects
22. Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
23. The Role of GnRH Agonist Triggering in GnRH Antagonist-Based Ovarian Stimulation Protocols
24. The Ovarian Factor in Assisted Reproductive Technology
25. The Role of Antimullerian Hormone in Assisted Reproduction
26. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
27. Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Aetiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
28. Germ Cell Failure and Ovarian Resistance: Human Genes and Disorders
29. Environmental Contaminants and Ovarian Toxicity
30. Autologous Transplantation of Human Ovarian Tissue
31. Oncofertility: Preservation of ovarian function after a cancer diagnosis
Part VI. Human Ovarian Cancer
32. Ovarian cancers: their varied origins and pathologically implicated microenvironment
33. Phenotypic Plasticity and the Origins and Progression of Ovarian Cancer
34. Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Targets for Ovarian Cancer
35. Molecular and Cellular Basis of Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer

Reproductive endocrinologists, physiologists, cell and molecular biologists, fertility/infertility specialists, as well as OB/GYNs

Dr. Leung is a Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and former Associate Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. Dr. Leung received his PhD from Western University. After post-doctoral training at the University of California at Los Angeles and the Laval University, he joined the University of British Columbia in 1982 as a faculty member. Dr. Leung has received a number of prestigious awards, including a Scholar Award and a Scientist Award from the Medical Research Council of Canada, a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and a Senior Scientist Award from the BC Children Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Leung has served on many national and international organizations, including as President of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Director of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Director of the Ovarian Workshops in the USA, temporary advisor to the World Health Organization, Fellow of the Canadian Academy for Health Sciences, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Leung’s research focuses on hormonal determinants of women’s reproductive health. His publication record to date includes 400 papers, 350 abstracts, 22 book chapters and 7 monographs. Since his appointment at UBC, Dr. Leung has served as the research supervisor for more than 100 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists.
The former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University (during its 2007 renaming in honor of Mr. Warren Alpert), Dr. Adashi is an academic physician-executive, a graduate of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health program in Health Care Management (MS, 2005), and the former president of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists (SRE), the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI), and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society(AGOS).

Dr. Adashi received his medical degree in 1973 from the Sackler School