Present Position:
-Senior Urologist and Reproductive Andrologist, Hospital Clínic from Barcelona.
Training:
-Medical Doctor (1993) Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
-PhD (2000) Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
-Master in Laparoscopic surgery (2009), Paris University.
Teaching:
Director and Lecturer in the Course of Reproductive Andrology (2016-)
Organized by the Urology Service of the Hospital clinic form Barcelona
Selected publications:
Ferran J, Álvarez JG, Corral JM, Bassas Ll, Moncada I, Martínez JM, Meijide F, García-Baquero R, Rosselló M, Lledó E, C Luque , Prieto R, Martinez JM. SARS-CoV-2 infection: implications for sexual and reproductive health. A position statement of the Asociación Española de Andrología, Medicina Sexual y Reproductiva (ASESA). Rev Int Androl. 2020;18:117-23.
Mateu L, Corral JM, Melnick A, Guimera M, Oliva R, Ballesca JL, Alcaraz A. Antioxidant treatment in men with idiopathic infertility. Rev Int Androl. 2017; 15 (2), 45-50
García-Cruz E, Piqueras M, Gosálbez D, Pérez-Márquez M, Peri L, Izquierdo L, Franco A, Luque P, Corral JM, Alvarez-Vijande R, Alcaraz A. Erectile dysfunction and its severity are related to the number of cardiovascular risk factors. Actas Urol Esp. 2012;36(5):291-5.
Filella X, Alcover J, Molina R, Luque P, Corral JM, Augé JM, Coca F. Usefulness of proprostate-specific antigen in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Anticancer Res. 2007;27(1B):607-10.
Alcaraz A, Corral JM, Ribal MJ, Mallofré C, Mengual L, Carrió A, Gil-Vernet Sedó JM, Villavicencio H. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of matched primary tumour and lymph-node metastasis of D1 (pT2-3pN1M0) prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2004;94(3):407-11.
Beardo P, Manasia P, Corral JM, Truan D, Alcover JB, Micali F. Rare secondary carcinoma from bladder to testis. Urol Int. 2002;68(3):204-5.
Filella X, Alcover J, Corral JM, Molina R, Beardo P, Ballesta AM. Free to complexed PSA ratio in differentiating benign prostate hyperplasia from prostate cancer. Anticancer Res. 2001;21(5):3717-20.
Alcaraz A, Barranco MA, Corral JM, Ribal MJ, Carrió A, Mallofré C, Llopis J, Cetina A, Alvarez-Vijande R. High-grade prostate intraepithelial neoplasia shares cytogenetic alterations with invasive prostate cancer. Prostate. 2001 Apr;47(1):29-35.
Barranco MA, Alcaraz A, Corral JM, Solé M, Mallofré C, Llopis J, Rodríguez A, Ribal MJ, Alvarez-Vijande R, Carretero P. Numeric alterations in chromosomes 7 and 8 detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization correlate with high-grade localized prostate cancer. Eur Urol. 1998;34(5):419-25.
Publications
4: Castillo J, Gay M, de la Iglesia A, Arauz-Garofalo G, Vilanova M, Leiva M, Corral JM, Guimerà M, Manau D, Vilaseca M, Jodar M, Oliva R.
Alterations in the abundance of protamine proteoforms related to sperm chromatin packaging, obesity, and age in normozoospermic men.
Mol Hum Reprod. 2025 Apr 3;31(2):gaaf019
3: Jodar M, Barral Y, Leiva M, Castillo J, Barrio R, Agustí I, Borràs A, Carrillo P, Matheu R, Ferreti R, Herrero J, Reimundo P, Navero-Castillejos J, Casals G, Guimerà M, Corral JM, Martinez M, Carbonell M, Bassas L, Manau D, Oliva R.
Reversible effects of the SARS-CoV-2 on semen parameters.
Syst Biol Reprod Med. 2024;70:261-271
2: Barrachina F, de la Iglesia A, Jodar M, Soler-Ventura A, Mallofré C, Rodriguez-Carunchio L, Goudarzi A, Corral JM, Ballescà JL, Castillo J, Oliva R.
Histone H4 acetylation is dysregulated in active seminiferous tubules adjacent to testicular tumours.
Hum Reprod 2022;37:1712-1726
1: de la Iglesia A, Jauregi P, Jodar M, Barrachina F, Ded L, Mallofré C, Rodríguez-Carunchio L, Corral JM, Ballescà JL, Komrskova K, Castillo J, Oliva R.
H4K5 butyrylation coexist with acetylation during human spermiogenesis and are retained in the mature sperm chroma-tin.
Int J Mol Sci 2022;23:12398.