Ervin Adam, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Charles University, Faculty of Medicine
Prague, Czech Republic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1969 - present Baylor College of Medicine
1968 Chairman, Clinical and Epidemiological, Department, Research Institute, of Immunology, Prague, Czech Republic

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Epidemiology of female genital neoplasia and it’s association with viral infections.
Co-investigator in the DESAD and The Follow-up of DES Exposed Cohorts.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Harris County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
American College of Preventive Medicine
American College of Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
American Society for Microbiology
American Medical Association

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 223:

• Berkova Z, Kaufmann RH, Adam E Unger ER, Reeves WC,. The effect of time interval between referral and colposcopy on detection of human papillomavirus DNA and on outcome of biopsy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003;188(4):932-7.
• Butel J.S., Wong C., Vilchez R.A., Szucs G., Domok I., Kriz B., Slonim D., Adam E. Detection of Antibodies to Polyomavirus SV40 in Two Central European Countries. Cent. Eur. J. Publ. Health 11, No. 1, P 3-8, 2003.
• Titus-Ernstoff L., Perez K., Hatch E.E., Troisi R., Plamer J.R., Hartge P., Hyer M., Kaufman R., Adam E., Strohsnitter W., Noller K., Pickett K.E., and Hoover R. 2003. Psychosexual characteristics of men and women exposed prenatally to Diethylstilbestrol. Epidemiology, 14(2): 155-160.
• Kaufman R.H., and Adam E. Findings in female offspring of women exposed in utero to Diethylstilbestrol. Am. College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 99(2):197-200, 2002.
• Hatch E.E., Herbst A.L., Hoover R.N., Noller K.L., Adam E., Kaufman R.H., Palmer J.R., Titus-Ernstoff L., Hyer M., Hartge P. and S.J. Robboy. Incidence of squamous neoplasia of the cervix and vagina in women exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol (United States), Cancer Causes and Control, 12:837-845, 2001.
• Strohsnitter, W.C., Noller, K.L., Hoover, R.N., Robboy, S.J., Palmer, J.R., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Kaufman, R.H., Adam, E., Herbst, A.L. and Hatch, E.E. Cancer Risk in Men Exposed In Utero to Diethylstilbestrol. J. of National Cancer Inst., 93(7), 545-551, 2001.
  Adam E, Berkova Z, Daxnerova Z, Icenogle J, Reeves WC, Kaufman RH. Papillomavirus detection: demographic and behavioral characteristics influencing the identification of cervical disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 182(2):257-64, 2000.
• Kaufman RH, Adam E, Hatch EE, Noller K, Herbst AL, Palmer JR, Hoover RN. Continued follow-up of pregnancy outcomes in diethylstilbestrol-exposed offspring. Obstet Gynecol. 96(4):483-9, 2000.
• Kaufman, R.H., Adam, E., and Vonka, V. Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Carcinoma. Cl. Obst. And Gyn. 43(2): pp. 363-380, 2000.
• Hatch, E.E., Palmer, J.R., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Noller, K.L., Kaufman, R.H., Mittendorf, R., Robboy, S.J., Hyer, M., Cowan, C.M., Adam, E., Colton, T., Hartge, P., Hoover, R.N. Cancer Risk in Women Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol In Utero. JAMA 280(7), 630-634, 1998.
  Bornstein, J., Adam, E., Adler-Storthz, K., and Kaufman, R.H. Development of cervical and vaginal squamous cell neoplasia as a late consequence of in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol. Obst. Gyn. Survey 41:15-21, 1988.
• Kaufman, R.H., Adam, E., Gray, M.P. and Gerthoffer, E. Urinary tract changes associated with exposure in utero to diethystilbestrol. Obstet. Gynecol. 56:330-332, 1980.
• Kaufman, R.H., Adam, E., Gary, P.M., Binder, G.L. and Gerthoffer, E.H. Upper genital tract changes and pregnancy outcome in offspring exposed in utero to diethystilbestrol. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 137:299-306, 1980.
• Adam, E., Decker, D.G., Herbst, A.L., Noller, K.L., Tilley, B.C. and Townsend, D.E. Vaginal and cervical cancers and other abnormalities associated with exposure in utero to diethylstilbestrol and related synthetic hormones. Cancer Res. 37:1249-1251, 1977.
• Adam, E., Rawls, W.E. and Melnick, J.L. The association of herpesvirus type 2 infection and cervical cancer. Prev. Med. 3:122-141, 1974.
• Adam, E., Sanders, E.K., Melnick, J.L., Levy, A.H. and Rawls, W.E. Antibodies to herpesvirus type 2 in breast cancer and cervical cancer patients. Cancer 33:147-152, 1974.
• Tilley BC, Barnes AB, Bergstralh E, Labarthe D, Noller KL, Colton T, Adam E. A comparison of pregnancy history recall and medical records. Implications for retrospective studies. Am J Epidemiol.121;269-81, 1985