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 Thomas
H. Tarter, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Urology
E-mail: ttarter@siumed.edu
Research
Interests/Areas of Expertise:
- Urologic oncology
- Bladder reconstruction after surgery for bladder cancer
- Prostate cancer
Dr. Thomas H. Tarter heads the Section of Urologic Oncology
within the Division of Urology at Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine.
Dr. Tarter earned his PhD degree at the Oregon Health Sciences
University School of Medicine, where he studied the interactions
of the male reproductive system with the immune system. As a
graduate student, he won the New Investigator Award of the American
Society of Andrology. He continued his studies as a fellow at
the Population Council Center for Biomedical Research on the
campus of the prestigious Rockefeller University in New York
City.
Dr. Tarter attended medical school at the Albany Medical College.
After medical school, he completed residency in Urology at the
University of Southern California, where he was trained in urologic
oncology.
Dr. Tarter has practiced urologic surgery in Central Illinois
for the past five years with the Carle Clinic Association, where
he established a reputation for bladder reconstruction after
surgery for bladder cancer, and where he co-founded an interdisciplinary
Prostate Cancer Center.
Dr. Tarter has clinical practices in urologic oncology and urologic
surgery. For an appointment, call SIU Physicians and Surgeons
at 217-545-7500.
- Albany
Medical College - Medicine M.D., 1990
Albany, New York
- Oregon
Health Sciences University - Anatomy Ph.D., 1983
School of Medicine
Portland, Oregon
- Linfield
College
McMinnville, Oregon - Biology B.A., 1977
Guide to America's Top Urologists, 2007 Edition.
Best Doctors in America, 2007.
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2006/2007.
Faculty Teacher of the Year for Residents Award, Department of Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 2006.
Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Students Award, Department of Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 2005.
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Glen H. Leak Memorial Fellowship, American Cancer Society, New York State Division, 1987.
New Investigator Award, American Society of Andrology, 1983.
N.L. Tartar Trust Fellowship Award, Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, 1982.
National Research Service Award, Public Health Service, July 1980 – June, 1983.
Biology Departmental Honors, Honors Thesis Program, Linfield College, 1977.
- Mentor: The utility of free PSA testing in men seen in consultation for an elevated PSA, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Resident Research, 2008 (First place poster, Department of Surgery Resident Research award).
- Co-Investigator: A tissue engineered bone construct for the in vitro and in vivo assessment of bone tumor metastasis, Central Research Committee, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 2008, $13,946.
- Mentor: COX-2 promoter genotyping in renal cell carcinoma, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Resident Research Award, 2007, $2,500.
- Mentor: Does loss of androgen sensitivity in prostate cancer alter NF-kB and androgen receptor DNA binding activity? Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Resident Research Award, 2007, $2,500.
- Mentor: CD117 in human bladder cancer, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Resident Research Award, 2007, $2,500.
- Mentor: Does Kit knockdown in bladder cancer induce apoptosis and alter AKT phyophorylation? Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Resident Research Award, 2006, $2,500.
- Principal Investigator: Significance of Prostaglandin E2 Production in Human Renal Cell Carcinoma, Central Research Committee, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 2005, $14,000.
- Mentor: Significance of Prostaglandin E2 Production in Human Renal Cell Carcinoma, Student American Cancer Society Award, SIU SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute, $1,250.
- Principal Investigator: Computer Assisted Pelvic Muscle Floor Training in Men After Treatment for Prostate Cancer, St. John’s Hospital Foundation, 2002, $62,000.
- American Medical Association, 1993
- American Urological Association, 1996
- Illinois Urological Society, 1996
- American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, Member # 5993, 2003
- National Cancer Institute, Investigator # 35210, 2003
- Society of Urologic Oncology, 2007
- Society for University Urologists, 2008
- Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners
July 1, 1991, Certificate Number 389295
- Controlled Substances Registration Certificate
Drug Enforcement Administration
November 11, 1992, Registration Number BT3417993
- Physicians and Surgeon License, State of Illinois
June 3, 1996, License Number 9467131
- American Board of Urology
February 28, 1998, Certificate Number 11866
November 2, 2006, Re-certified
- 2008-2011 Faculty Senate, Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale
- 2008-present Faculty Status and Welfare Committee, Faculty Senate, SIU Carbondale
- 2006-2008 Dept. of Surgery Research Committee, SIU School of Medicine
- 2003-2004 Electronic Medical Record Advisory Committee, SIU Physicians and Surgeons
- 2002-present Springfield Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects (Inter-Institutional IRB)
- 2002-present Reproductive Medicine 2nd Year Course Committee, SIU School of Medicine
- 2002-present Urology 4th Year Elective Course Director, SIU School of Medicine
- 2002-2007 Oncology Committee, St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, IL
- 2002-2005 Continuing Medical Education Advisory Committee, SIU School of Medicine
- 2002 Conscious Sedation Task Force, SIU Physicians and Surgeons
- 2002- present Director, Urologic Oncology, SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute,
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- 2001- present Associate Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery,
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- 2000 – 2001 Board of Governors, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, Illinois
- 2000 – 2001 Board of Directors, Health Alliance Medical Plans, Urbana, Illinois
- 1997 – 2001 Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
- 1996 – 2001 Attending Physician, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, Illinois
- 1992 – 1996 Resident in Urology, Department of Urology, Los Angeles County Hospital – University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- 1991 – 1992 Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County Hospital – University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- 1990 – 1991 Intern in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County Hospital – University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- 1988 – 1990 Consultant, Leading Institute for Fertility Enhancement, Memorial Hospital, Albany, New York
- 1983 – 1986 Fellow-in-Residence, The Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, Rockefeller University, New York, New York
- 1979 – 1981 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
Antisperm Antibodies: Genetic and Physiologic Regulation. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1983.
- Anderson DJ, and Tarter TH: Immunosuppressive effects of mouse seminal plasma components in vivo and in vitro. J. Immunol. 128:535-539, 1982.
- Tarter TH, and Alexander NJ: Genetic control of humoral immunity to cell surface and acrosomal antigens of sperm. J. Reprod. Immunol. 6:213-226, 1984.
- Tarter TH, and Alexander NJ: Complement-inhibiting activity of seminal plasma. Am. J. Reprod. Immunol. and Microbiol. 6:28-32, 1984.
- Tarter TH, Cunningham-Rundles S, and Koide SS: Suppression of natural killer cell activity by human seminal plasma in vitro: Identification of 19-OH-PGE as the suppressor factor. J. Immunol. 136:2862-2867, 1985.
- Kogan S, Owens G, Tarter TH, Nehlsen-Cannarella S, Bennett B, Gill B, and Levitt S: Mechanism of injury in unilateral testis torsion. Eur. Urol. 12:184-186, 1986.
- Alexander NJ, Tarter TH, Fulgham DL, Ducsay CA, and Novy MJ: Rectal infusion of semen results in transient elevation of blood prostaglandins. Am. J. Reprod. Immunol. Microbiol. 15:47-51, 1987.
- Tarter TH, Kawachi MH, and Wilson TG: Entero-pouch fistula: Rare complication of right colon continent urinary diversion. J. Urol. 154:364-366, 1995.
- Stein JP, Huffman JL, Freeman JA, Esrig D, Elmajian DA, Tarter TH, Skinner EC, Boyd SD, Lieskovsky G, and Skinner DG: Complications of the afferent antireflux valve in the Kock pouch continent urinary diversion. J. Urol. 155:1579-1584, 1996.
- Ginsberg D, Stein JP, Grossfeld GD, Tarter TH, and Skinner DG: Traumatic pyeloduodenal fistula: a case report and review of the literature. Urology 47:588-591, 1996.
- Freeman JA, Tarter TH, Esrig D, Stein JP, Elmajian DA, Chen SC, Groshen S, Lieskovsky G, and Skinner DG: Urethral recurrence in patients with orthotopic ileal neobladders. J. Urol. 156:1615-1619, 1996.
- Tarter TH, Cunningham-Rundles S, Laurence J, and Koide SS: Soluble factor of transformed B lymphocytes in patients with HIV infection stimulates monocytes to produce PGE2. Clin. Immunol. and Immunopathol. 82:303-305, 1997.
- Morgan BR, and Tarter TH: Serum heterophile antibodies interfere with PSA test and result in over-treatment for a patient with prostate cancer. J. Urol. 166:2311-2312, 2001.
- Powell TM, Tarter TH: Management of nonpalpable incidental testicular masses. J Urol. 176, 96-99, 2006.
- Tarter TH, and Alexander NJ: Spermatogenesis. Contemporary Ob/Gyn 22:225-236, 1983.
- Alexander NJ, Tarter TH, and Isahakia M: Regulation of the immune response to sperm antigens. In: Pathology of Infertility, D. Riddick, and B. Gondos, eds., Thieme-Stratton, New York, pp 317-334, 1987.
- Tarter TH, and Kogan SJ: Contralateral testicular disease after unilateral testicular injury: current concepts. Semin. Urol. 6:120-139, 1988.
- Tarter TH, and Ablin RJ: Immunoregulatory properties of seminal plasma. J. Invest. Allergol. Clin. Immunol. 2:106-112, 1992.
- Tarter TH, and Vaughan DE 5 alpha-Reductase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, and in the Prevention of Prostate Cancer. Current Pharm. Design 12:775-83, 2006.
- Miller J, and Tarter TH: Update on the Use of Dutasteride in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2:99-104, 2007.
- Tarter TH, and Anderson DJ: Immunosuppressive activities of male accessory sex organ fluids in the mouse. Fed. Proc. 39:458, 1980.
- Anderson DJ, and Tarter TH: Immunosuppressive activities of rhesus monkey seminal plasma and accessory sex organ fluids. Andrologia Contemporanea 3:162-163, 1980.
- Tarter TH: Immune responsiveness to sperm antigens after vasectomy in Lewis and Sprague-Dawley rats. Biol. Reprod. (Suppl. 1):88, 1981.
- Tarter TH, and Isahakia M: Inhibition of complement-mediated hemolysis by aqueous extracts of monkey prostate and seminal vesicle. J. Androl. 3:10, 1982.
- Tarter TH, and Alexander NJ: Genetic differences in the immune response to sperm antigens. Arch. Androl. 9:60, 1982.
- Tarter TH, and Alexander NJ: Anatomical origins of the human seminal plasma complement inhibitor. J.Androl. 4:28, 1983.
- Tarter TH, Koide SS, and Cunningham-Rundles S: Human seminal plasma suppression of natural killer cell activity. Clin. Res. 32:385, 1984.
- Kogan S, Owens G, Fand B, Nehlsen-Cannarella S, Bennett B, Gill B, Levitt S, and Tarter TH: Mechanism of experimentally induced contralateral testicular injury in unilateral testicular disease. J. Androl. 6 (Suppl.): 97, 1985.
- Tarter TH, Freeman JA, Chen SC, Esrig D, Elmajian DA, Stein JP, Groshen S, Lieskovsky G, and Skinner DG: Urethral recurrence in patients with ileal neobladders. J. Urol. 153 (Suppl.):314A, 1995.
- Tarter TH, Whelan CM. Production in vivo of prostaglandin E2 in patients with renal cell carcinoma. J Urol. 173 (4 Suppl.):100, 2005.
- Cunningham DJ, Karnes RJ, Tarter TH: Loss of ckit expression in bladder cancer results in decreased AKT phosphorylation and increased apoptosis. J. Urol. 177:257, 2007.
- Tarter TH, Cunningham-Rundles S, and Laurence J: Increased production of PGE by mononuclear leukocytes from patients with lymphadenopathy syndrome and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ares Serono Symposium: Recent Advances in Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiences, Boston, 1985.
- Alexander NJ, Tarter TH, Ducsay CA, Fulgham DL, and Huso N: Rectal absorption of semen. Third International Congress of Reproductive Immunology, Toronto, 1986.
- Tarter TH: The effects of rectal insemination on host defense. Eighth Annual Symposium of the American Society for the Immunology of Reproduction, Prouts Neck, Maine, 1988.
- Tarter TH, Owens G, and Kogan S: Pathologic and immunologic effects of testicular torsion in genetically standardized strains of rats. Western Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Seattle, Washington, 1994.
- Tarter TH, Kawachi MH, and Wilson TG: Enteropouch fistula: A rare complication of patients with right colon urinary reconstruction. Western Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Seattle, Washington, 1994.
- Tarter TH, Fugelso P, Lowe P, and Hardy BE: Cystine nephrolithiasis in a 4 year old patient with a history of vesicoureteral reflux. Western Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Seattle, Washington, 1994.
- Tarter TH, Freeman JA, Chen SC, Elmajian DA, Stein JP, Groshen S, Lieskovsky G, and Skinner DG: Urethral recurrence after cystectomy in the era of orthotopic bladder replacement. Western Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1995.
- Tarter TH, Asai PM, Shidban H, Hsieh PC, and Mendez R: Incidental renal cell carcinoma in a living nonrelated renal transplant donor. Western Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1995.
- Tarter TH, Whelan CM, McAsey MD, Schwartz BF, and Karnes RJ: Measurement of in vivo Prostaglandin E2 Production in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma. North Central Section, American Urological Association, October 2004.
- SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute Symposium, Springfield, IL
Case Discussion “Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Team Case
Discussion Panel”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL February 10, 2006
- North Central Section AUA
Chicago, IL
Moderator “Poster Session: Prostate Benign/Malignant”
North Central Section
Schaumburg, IL September 8, 2005
- American Urological Association
San Antonio, TX
Moderator “Poster Session #25: Prostate Cancer: Localized III"
AUA
Linthicum, MD May 25, 2005
- North Central Section AUA
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Measurement of in vivo PGE2 Production and Identification of
Inducible COX-2 and PGE Synthase in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma"
- North Central Section
Schaumburg, IL October 6, 2004
- North Central Section AUA
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Moderator: “Prostate Cancer III”
- North Central Section
Schaumburg, IL October 9, 2004
- Cancer Institute Symposium
Crowne Plaza Hotel
“Screening, prevention, and follow-up”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL February 6, 2004
- Medicine for Today
Family Practice Conference
“Prostate cancer”
Springfield Clinic
Springfield, Illinois November 13, 2003
- Department of Surgery
Division of Urology Grand Rounds
“Male infertility”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois October 29, 2003
- Illinois Urological Society
Annual Meeting
“Treatment options for metastatic renal cell carcinoma”
The Chateau Hotel
Bloomington, Illinois October 4, 2003
- Department of Medicine
Nephrology Symposium
“Acute management of kidney stones”
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, Illinois May 7, 2003
- Medicine for Today
Community Family Practice Conference
“Prostate screenings”
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield, Illinois April 10, 2003
- Department of Family and Community Medicine
Grand Rounds
“Erectile dysfunction”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois April 2, 2003
- Regional Cancer Center
Prostate Cancer Support Group ‘Us, Too’
“Radical prostatectomy”
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, Illinois March 12, 2003
- Department of Surgery
Division of Urology Grand Rounds
“Bladder cancer #1”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois March 7, 2003
- Department of Surgery
Grand Rounds
“Radical prostatectomy: A century of science in surgery”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois February 13, 2003
- Cancer Institute Symposium
Crowne Plaza Hotel
“Surgical treatment of prostate cancer”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois February 7, 2003
- Department of Surgery
Division of Urology Grand Rounds
“Local recurrence of prostate cancer”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois January 3, 2003
- Department of Medicine
Grand Rounds
“Screening for prostate cancer”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois December 3, 2002
- Men’s Health It’s a Guy Thing
“Screening for prostate cancer”
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Springfield, Illinois November 15, 2002
- Illinois Urological Society
Annual Meeting
“Bladder reconstruction after cystectomy”
Starved Rock Lodge
Utica, Illinois September 14, 2002
- Regional Cancer Center
Prostate Cancer Support Group ‘Us, Too’
“Hormone therapy and prostate cancer”
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, Illinois August 14, 2002
- 15th Annual Nephrology Symposium
Nephrology and Hypertension Update
“Current diagnosis and management of renal cell carcinoma”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois May 1, 2002
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
Grand Rounds
“Renal stones”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois April 17, 2002
- Regional Cancer Center
Prostate Cancer Support Group ‘Us, Too’
“Prostate cancer recurrence: Diagnosis and treatment”
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, Illinois April 10, 2002
- Department of Surgery
Grand Rounds
“Bladder reconstruction after cystectomy”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois March 21, 2002
- Department of Surgery
Division of Urology Grand Rounds
“Testis cancer II: retroperitoneal lymph node dissection”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois March 1, 2002
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
Grand Rounds
“Prostate cancer screening”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois February 20, 2002
- Cancer 2002
Advances in Research, Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment
“Controversies in management of early prostate cancer”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois February 16, 2002
- Department of Surgery
Division of Urology Grand Rounds
“Bladder cancer II: High grade superficial and stage T1 bladder
cancer”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois February 8, 2002
- Department of Family and Community Medicine
Grand Rounds
“Genitourinary complications of diabetes”
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois January 23, 2002
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