Dr.
Santiago Brugo Olmedo
A man who
has seven children, no matter what his profession may be, is by
spontaneous deduction, someone with special respect for fatherhood. But
if moreover, this man is an Andrologist and specialized in Assisted
Reproduction, that respect starts to become passion. (Back cover of the
book “It Is Also a Male Issue”, by Santiago Brugo Olmedo, Editorial
Atlantida, February 2004).
Specialized in Human Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Doctor
Santiago Brugo Olmedo was part of the team which performed the first in
vitro fertilization in Argentina, in 1985. Thanks to this successful and
at that time revolutionary method, the tucumanos twins Pablo and
Eliana Delaporte were born on 7th. February, 1986 and they
are the first of a current list of more than ten thousand Argentineans
born through assisted fertilization procedures.
Doctor
Santiago Brugo Olmedo studied Medicine at the National University of
Cordoba, Argentina, and got his degree as a medical surgeon in 1977.
Afterwards, he did his post-grade training at the Endocrinology Service
of the Ricardo Gutierrez Children’ s Hospital in Buenos Aires, at the
Barcelona Puigvert Foundation and at the In Vitro Fertilization
Laboratory of
The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine,
Eastern Virginia Medical School de Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Brugo
Olmedo was Chief of the Andrology Consulting Offices of the 1st. Chair
of Gynecology of the Clinics National Hospital in Buenos Aires and
member of the In Vitro Fertilization/ GIFT Laboratory of the Center of
Studies on Gynecology and Reproduction (CEGyR), where he got to be Chief
of the Andrology Department in 1986.
In
1985-1986 he was effective member and associated researcher at The
Howard and Georgeanna Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eartern
Virginia, Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
A year
later, between 1987 and 1988, he worked as the Department Chief of
Teaching and Investigation of the Edgardo Nicholson Foundation and from
1988 to 2005, as Director of the CEGyR Embryology Laboratory. In this
scenario, from 1995 to 2005 he was Medical Director of this entity.
In
February 2000 he had the role of “Evaluator” for the accreditation of
the Assisted Reproduction Centers situated in Brazil.
Since
2006 he has directed the Center specialized in human reproduction:
SEREMAS, Medicine for Men and Women, of which he is the Medical
Director.
The
Argentinean Society of Andrology has had Dr. Brugo Olmedo among his
members since 1984. In this society he had the position of pro secretary
from 1988 to 1990.
Between
1991 and 1993 he was Director of Publications of the Argentinean Society
for Sterility and Fertility, and he has been a member since 1984.
He has
also been an active member of the American Fertility Society since 1985
and member of The American Society of Andrology.
In the
Latin-American area he has been Foreigner Member of the Brazilian
Society of Human Reproduction (since 1992) and the Colombian Society of
Human Reproduction (since 1995)
The
Colombian Association of Fertility and Sterility named him “Foreigner
Honorary Member” in 1998.
The
Argentinean Society of Urology has counted him among his members since
1995.
He is
currently the vice-president of the Argentinean Society of Andrology.
Along his
long career he has received numerous awards and recognitions.
1987
-“Second Generation Semen Analysis: Advances in the Metabolic Study of
the Spermatozoon”. “Alberto Peralta Ramos” Award. Buenos Aires,
Argentina, April 1987.
-“Cytogenetic studies on human oocytes retrieved in IVF”. Award to the
best poster. VI Argentinean Congress of Sterility and Fertility, Mar del
Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 1987.
1989
-“Intrauterine homologue artificial insemination. Experience at CEGyR”.
“Argentinean Society of Sterility and Fertility” Award given by the
Argentinean Society of Sterility and Fertility. Buenos Aires, Argentina,
April 1989.
1990:
-“Ovulation
Stimulation for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) comparison between FSH pure
and combined with hMG”. Submitted for the Argentinean Society for
Sterility and Fertility Award and “Alberto Peralta Ramos” Award on
November 1st. 1990.
-“Use of GnRH analogue
associated to gonadotrophins in ovulation stimulation for IVF”.
Submitted for the Argentinean Society for Sterility and Fertility Award
and “Alberto Peralta Ramos” Award on November 1st. 1990.
-“Ovulation Stimulation
for IVF”. Award of the II Congress of the Gynecology and Obstetrics
Association of Argentina (A.G.O.R.A) to the best scientific work. Buenos
Aires, Argentina, September 1990.
-Award given by the
Buenos Aires Junior Chamber to the 10 most outstanding young people in
Argentina in 1989, being awarded in the category Medical Innovation. The
recognition was handed in person by the President of the Nation, at a
public celebration in October 1990.
1991
-“ Correlation between embryo quality and pregnancy rate in an In
Vitro Fertilization program”. "Prof. Dr. Alberto G. Peralta Ramos"
Accessit Award. Given by the Argentinean Society for Sterility and
Fertility to the best scientific work, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 6th.
1991.
-“Epidemiologic study
of Sterility in 636 patients in a specialized Center”. Obstetrics and
Gynecology Society of Buenos Aires Award to the best scientific work.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 1991.
1992
-“Results of the first experience of high complexity assisted
fertilization in Paraguay”. "Professor Vicente Chase Sosa" Award. VII
Paraguayan Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology. II Paraguayan Congress
on Perinatology. Asuncion, Paraguay, May 1992.
1995
-“Multi-center comparative study on the use of Leuprolide acetate in
an only doses in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for High Complexity
Assisted Fertilization”. Argentinean Society for Sterility and Fertility
Award to the best scientific work. Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 1995.
1996
-“ICSI in 11 cases of Azoospermia”. Latin-American Federation of
Societies of Sterility and Fertility (FLASEF) Award to the best poster
at the V Congress of that Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 1996.
1998
-“Alteration of the Molecular Mechanisms and Abortive Activation in
Human Oocytes during Fertilization Failures – Biological Aspects –
“SERONO” Award (Argentinean Society for Sterility and Fertility, SAEF,
1998).
1999
-“Cromosomic Segregation Models in men 47, XYY”. The Argentinean Society
for Genetics gave him the “Leonardo Satz” Award to this work. Buenos
Aires, Argentina, September 5th. 1999.
Part of
his broad experience in human reproduction is today reflected in his two
books “It Is Also a Male Issue, the causes of male infertility”
(Editorial Atlantida, February 2004) and “The Despair of Adam, Aging
Male: symptoms, risks and solutions” (Editorial Atlantida, June 2007).
Conferences
His
trajectory as a specialist in human reproduction includes his
participation in congresses and scientific meetings in different
countries, among them, France, Italy, Austria, Ireland, Spain, Morocco,
Switzerland, Singapore, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile,
Brazil and Argentina, where he has given presentations on different
aspects of andrology and reproduction in 125 opportunities.
Main
publications
Some of his 62 papers
of research have been published by prestigious scientific journals such
as Human Reproduction, Fertility and
Sterility, Molecular Human Reproduction and Asian Journal of Andrology,
among others.
