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Stephen J. Winters, M.D.
Appointments
- Professor of Medicine
- Division Chief
Departments
Location
- Health Science Center
- Ambulatory Care Building
- A3G11
- 550 South Jackson Street
- Louisville KY 40202
Phone Number
- 502-852-5237
Email Address
Website
Bio
Dr. Winters joined University of Louisville faculty in 1999. Previously he was on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh as Assistant Professor (1978-1983), Associate Professor (1984-1993) and Professor of Medicine (1993-1999). He is a member of the Endocrine Society and the American Society of Andrology, and was elected to membership in the Central Society for Clinical Research and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Dr. Winters has been a member of the Food and Drug Administration, Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee, the Veterans Administration Merit Review Subcommittee for Endocrinology, and many NIH study sections. He has served on the Editorial boards of Endocrinology, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Journal of Andrology, and the International Journal of Andrology. Dr. Winters is ABIM certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology.
Educational Background
- MD, cum laude, AOA, State University of New York at Syracuse, 1972
- Resident in Medicine, , Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, New York, 1972-1975
- Clinical Associate and Research Fellow, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD. 1975-1978
Research Interests
- Male Reproductive Biology
- Gonadotropins
- PACAP
- Follistatin
Publications
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Recent Publications
Moore JP, Jr., Betty C. Villafuerte BC, Unick CA, Winters SJ. Developmental Changes in Pituitary PACAP Expression during the Perinatal Period: Possible Role in Fetal Gonadotroph Regulation. Endocrinology, 150(10):4802-9.
Bohler, H. Jr., Mokshagundam S, Winters SJ. Adipose Tissue and Reproduction in Females. Fertility and Sterility, 2009 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print].
Winters SJ, Chennubhatla R, WangC, Miller JJ. Influence of Obesity on Vitamin D Binding Protein and 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D levels in African American and Caucasian Women. Metabolism 58: 438-42, 2009.
Maudar V, Winters SJ, Villafuerte BC. Hot flashes and fatigue relieved by Metformin. Endocrine Practice, 15:30-4, 2009.
Matsumoto A.M. Snyder PJ. Bhasin S, Martin K, Weber T, Winters SJ, Spratt D, Brentzel J, O’Dea L. Stimulation of spermatogenesis with recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (follitropin alfa; GONAL-f®) long term treatment in azoospermic men with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Fertil Steril 92(3):979-90, 2009.
Moore JP Jr, Winters SJ. Weaning and the developmental changes in follicle stimulating hormone, pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide and inhibin-B in the male rat. Biology of Reproduction, 78: 752–760, 2008.
Chen YC, Cochrum RK, Tseng MT, Ghooray DT, Moore JP, Winters SJ, Clark BJ, Effects of CDB-4022 on Leydig Cell Function in Adult Male Rats. Biology of Reproduction 77: 1017-1026, 2007.
Winters SJ, Ghooray, DT, Fujii Y, Moore JP, Kakar, SS. Transcriptional Regulation of Follistatin Expression by GnRH in Mouse Gonadotroph Cell Lines: Evidence for a Role for cAMP Signaling. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 271:45-54. 2007.
Winters SJ, Wang C, Abdelrahaman E, Hadeed V, Dyky MA, Brufsky A. Inhibin-B levels in healthy young adult men and pre-pubertal boys: Is obesity the cause for the contemporary decline in sperm output because of fewer Sertoli cells? J Androl 27: 560-564, 2006.
Winters, SJ (ed). Male Hypogonadism: Basic, Clinical and Therapeutic Principles, Contemporary Endocrinology Series, Humana Press, 2004.
