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Anthony Atala

Biography​

Anthony Atala is the G. Link Professor and director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.1 He received his MD from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed a surgery and urology residency at the University of Louisville.1 He completed a clinical and research urology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Boston in 1992; Alan Retik directed the fellowship program.12 He is a founding member of the Tissue Engineering Society.1

Contributions​

Atala's cited publications cover tissue-engineered bladder and urethral reconstruction, including autologous cell-seeded grafts, acellular matrices, and urethral substitution. Other cited papers cover chondrocyte injection for vesicoureteral reflux and preclinical work on engineered urethral stents and testosterone-releasing testicular prostheses.34567

Cited on WARWIKI

14 publications with Anthony Atala as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. el-Kassaby A, AbouShwareb T, Atala A. Randomized comparative study between buccal mucosal and acellular bladder matrix grafts in complex anterior urethral strictures. J Urol. 2008;179(4):1432–6. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Mucosa Graft · Tissue-Engineered Grafts & Bioscaffolds
  2. Chapple C, Andrich D, Atala A, et al. SIU/ICUD consultation on urethral strictures: the management of anterior urethral stricture disease using substitution urethroplasty. Urology. 2014;83(3 Suppl):S31-S47. doi
    Cited on: Johanson Two-Stage Urethroplasty
  3. Orabi H, AbouShwareb T, Zhang Y, Yoo JJ, Atala A. "Cell-Seeded Tubularized Scaffolds for Reconstruction of Long Urethral Defects: A Preclinical Study." Eur Urol. 2013;63(3):531–8. doi
    Cited on: Tissue-Engineered Grafts & Bioscaffolds
  4. Raya-Rivera A, Esquiliano DR, Yoo JJ, Lopez-Bayghen E, Soker S, Atala A. Tissue-engineered autologous urethras for patients who need reconstruction: an observational study. Lancet. 2011;377:1175–82. doi
    Cited on: Tissue-Engineered Grafts & Bioscaffolds
  5. Wu S, Liu Y, Bharadwaj S, Atala A, Zhang Y. "Human Urine-Derived Stem Cells Seeded in a Modified 3D Porous Small Intestinal Submucosa Scaffold for Urethral Tissue Engineering." Biomaterials. 2011;32(5):1317–26. doi
    Cited on: Tissue-Engineered Grafts & Bioscaffolds
  6. Raya-Rivera AM, Baez C, Atala A, Yoo JJ. Tissue-engineered testicular prostheses with prolonged testosterone release. World J Urol. 2008;26(4):351–358. doi
    Cited on: Testicular Prosthesis
  7. Atala A, Bauer SB, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Retik AB. "Tissue-Engineered Autologous Bladders for Patients Needing Cystoplasty." Lancet. 2006;367(9518):1241–1246. doi
    Cited on: Omental Flap
  8. Atala A, Bauer SB, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Retik AB. Tissue-engineered autologous bladders for patients needing cystoplasty. Lancet. 2006;367(9518):1241–1246. PMID 16631879.
    Cited on: Reconstructive Ladder
  9. Paltiel HJ, Diamond DA, Zurakowski D, Drubach LA, Atala A. Endoscopic Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux With Autologous Chondrocytes: Postoperative Sonographic Features. Radiology. 2004;232(2):390-397. doi
    Cited on: Autologous Chondrocyte Injection — Historical Bulking Research
  10. Atala A. "Experimental and Clinical Experience With Tissue Engineering Techniques for Urethral Reconstruction." Urol Clin North Am. 2002;29(2):485–92. doi
    Cited on: Tissue-Engineered Grafts & Bioscaffolds
  11. Amiel GE, Yoo JJ, Kim BS, Atala A. Tissue Engineered Stents Created From Chondrocytes. The Journal of Urology. 2001;165(6 Pt 1):2091-2095. PMID: 11371934.
    Cited on: Autologous Chondrocyte Injection — Historical Bulking Research
  12. Chen F, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Acellular collagen matrix as a possible "off the shelf" biomaterial for urethral repair. Urology. 1999;54:407–410. doi
    Cited on: Porcine Acellular Collagen Matrix

Footnotes​

  1. Anthony Atala, MD. Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Ann Parson. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. Atala A, Bauer SB, Soker S, Yoo JJ, Retik AB. "Tissue-Engineered Autologous Bladders for Patients Needing Cystoplasty." Lancet. 2006;367(9518):1241–1246. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(06)68438-968438-9)) ↩

  4. el-Kassaby A, AbouShwareb T, Atala A. Randomized comparative study between buccal mucosal and acellular bladder matrix grafts in complex anterior urethral strictures. J Urol. 2008;179(4):1432–6. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.101 ↩

  5. Orabi H, AbouShwareb T, Zhang Y, Yoo JJ, Atala A. "Cell-Seeded Tubularized Scaffolds for Reconstruction of Long Urethral Defects: A Preclinical Study." Eur Urol. 2013;63(3):531–8. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2012.07.041 ↩

  6. Atala A. "Experimental and Clinical Experience With Tissue Engineering Techniques for Urethral Reconstruction." Urol Clin North Am. 2002;29(2):485–92. doi:10.1016/s0094-0143(02)00033-200033-2)) ↩

  7. Wu S, Liu Y, Bharadwaj S, Atala A, Zhang Y. "Human Urine-Derived Stem Cells Seeded in a Modified 3D Porous Small Intestinal Submucosa Scaffold for Urethral Tissue Engineering." Biomaterials. 2011;32(5):1317–26. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.10.006 ↩