Dr Andrew J. Vicéns Morton
Reproductive Andrology
Dr Andrew J. Vicéns Morton has a degree in Medicine from the Central University of Venezuela and completed his urology training at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. He currently works as a Consultant in the Urology Department of the Parc de Salut Mar de Barcelona. His main areas of interest are Andrology, Male Fertility, Urological Reconstructive Surgery and Kidney Transplantation. Fellowship by the European Board of Urology. He has completed his sub-specialist training with a Fellowship in Solid Organ Transplant Surgery (Guy’s and St Thomas NHS, London, UK) and a Fellowship in Andrology / Fertility and Reconstructive Urethral Surgery (Guy’s and St Thomas NHS, London, UK ).
Speaker at national and international conferences. Member of the Official Col·legi de Metges de Barcelona (COMB), General Medical Council (GMC, UK), Societat Catalana d’Urologia (SCU), Asociación Española de Urología (AEU), European Association of Urology (EAU), European Society for organ transplantation (ESOT).
- Urology Trainee. Bellvitge University Hospital (2009/2014)
- Consultant Urologist, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Dèu, Sant Boi de Llobregat 2014-2016
- Assistant Physician Urological Emergencies – Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital (2015-2016)
- Clinical Fellow Solid Organ Transplant Surgery (Kidney, Pancreas). Renal department. Guys and St Thomas NHS trust. London, United Kingdom. (Sept 2016-Sept 2017)
- Fellow in Andrology / Fertility and urethral reconstructive surgery. Urology Department. Guys and St Thomas NHS trust. London, United Kingdom. (Sept 2017-Sept 2018).
- Consultant Urologist – Parc de Salut Mar de Barcelona 2018-Present • Associate Doctor of Andrology Barcelona Teknon – (2020 – ¿).
- Bachelor in Medicine – Central University of Venezuela (2006)
- MIR (Urology training) – Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (2014)
- Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) – European association of Urology (Brussels, Belgium, 2014)
- Clinical Fellow in Solid Organ Transplant Surgery (Guy´s and St Thomas NHS, London, UK, 2017)
- Fellow in Andrology / Fertility and urethral reconstructive surgery. Urology Department. (Guys and St Thomas NHS trust. London, UK. 2018).
- Urological and endourological surgery
- Microsurgery
- Male andrological prosthetic surgery
- Urogenital reconstructive surgery
- Transplant surgery
- Teaching of undergraduate students from the Bellvitge Campus Medicine Teaching Unit. Bellvitge University Hospital – University of Barcelona (2009-2014)
- Teaching of undergraduate students “Medical School of Urology Lectures”, King’s college of London (Guy’s and St Thomas NHS foundation Trust 2017)
- Teaching for undergraduate students at Pompeu Fabra University (2020-¿)
-Human Reproduction 2019 Oct. Novel use of COMET parameters of sperm DNA damage may increase its utility to diagnose male infertility and predict live births following both IVF and ICSI. Human Reproduction, Volume 34, Issue10, Oct 2019, Pages1915-1923 https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dez151
– Transplant surgery Case reports. 2017- Reconstruction of a damaged polar artery for kidney transplantation using tubularised donor aorta.
– Actas Urol Esp. 2015 Apr; 39 (3): 169-174. Doi: 10.1016 / j.acuro.2014.07.006. Epub 2014 Oct 28. Co-author. Complications of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the prone position using the modified Clavien-Dindo classification.
– Urology. 2014 Sep; 84 (3): 538-43. Doi: 10.1016 / j.urology.2014.03.062.- Co-author. Obesity in percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Is body mass index really important?
-The Journal of Urology 2014 April, Biochemical disease-free and overall survival of treatments for localized prostate cancer: cohort study with a 7 year follow-up.
– Annals of Urology 2013, May. Retroperitoneal fibrosis and its relationship with Sd Hyper-IgG4
-Organs, Tissues & Cells, (16), 99-105, 2013 Co-author- Machine perfusion for preservation of kidneys from expanded criteria donors after brain death improves transplantation results.
-Spanish Surgery Volume 89, Number 06, June 2011 – July 2011 Co-author Laparoscopic gastric plication: a new operation for the treatment of morbid obesity.
2020: Annual meeting of the Catalan Society of Urology: Panel speaker Peyronie’s disease.
2018: EAU annual Meeting Copenhagen 3 oral communications:
– Novel measures of sperm DNA damage increase its usefulness to diagnose male infertility and predict live births following both IVF and ICSI. – A UK multicentre study analyzing the Surgical Sperm retrieval rates in men with non-mosaic Klinefelter’s syndrome undergoing mTESE.
– Defining the inter-relationship between seminal reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA fragmentation index (DFI), polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) and oxidative stress in sperm.
2017: South Thames London Urology regional meeting. Oral communication.
– Where are the major delays in the referral pathway of men presenting to a fertility clinic with azoospermia?
2017: (ESOT) European Society for Organ Transplantation annual meeting Barcelona, author of 2 oral communications:
– Is low / intermediate grade prostate cancer still a contraindication for renal transplant?
– Reconstruction of a damaged polar artery for kidney transplantation using tubularised donor aorta.
2017: British transplant society annual congress, Poster: – Is low / intermediate grade prostate cancer still a contraindication for renal transplant?
2014: EAU annual meeting Stockholm, Sweden, author of oral communication: – Clavien-Dindo classification. Analysis of our complications in 255 percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedures.
2013: 12th Session of the Catalan Transplant Society: Poster. – Preservation of donor kidneys with extended criteria: pulsatile perfusion machine.
2013 Co-author and author, oral communications, Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Urology, Granada:
– Incidence and management of urinary lithiasis in kidney transplant patients.
– Experience with angio-embolization techniques in the management of blunt renal trauma not subject to conservative management.
2012: Oral Communications, Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Urology, Vigo 2012
– Use of the hypothermic renal perfusion machine in the preservation of kidneys obtained from donors with expanded criteria.
– Therapeutic laparoscopy in obstructive allopathy of kidney transplantation. (Video)
- Award for best oral communication. UK multicentre study analyzing the Surgical Sperm retrieval rates in men with non-mosaic Klinefelter’s syndrome undergoing mTESE. EAU annual Meeting, Copenhagen 2018 –
- Award for best oral communication. Defining the inter-relationship between seminal reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA fragmentation index (DFI), polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) and oxidative stress in sperm. EAU annual Meeting, Copenhagen 2018