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Scientific & Medical Consultant | MD, PhD | 20+ years of experience in Vascular Biology and Translational Research

Profile Summary

I am a Medical Doctor and PhD-trained scientist from Argentina, currently performing postdoctoral research in vascular biology and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York). With extensive experience in cell and molecular biology, and translational medical sciences, I’m now transitioning into scientific consulting—helping biotech, pharma, and healthcare organizations accelerate research development and strategic decision-making.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Phenotypic Assays
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Men's Health
• ☆ Prostate Cancer
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Endocrinology
• ☆ Hormone Replacement Therapy
• ☆ Reproductive Medicine
• ☆ Connective Tissue
• ☆ Inflammation
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Cochrane Reviews
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Creative Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Image Analysis

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation, Product Validation

Work Experience

Staff Scientist

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

April 2023 - Present

Researccher

CONICET Cordoba

January 2012 - Present

Professor

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

May 2002 - Present

Education

MD

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

- Present

PhD Inflammation

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Argentina

January 2004 - March 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Amado Quintar, Ayodeji O. Oteyola, Bailey Chan, Dario F. Riascos-Bernal, Michael J. Ross, Nicholas E.S. Sibinga, Wei Chen (2025). Emerging Role of FAT1 in Kidney Function and Disease . Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Pablo A. Perez, Tamara Y. Silva, Jonathan Toledo, Lourdes Gomá, Ana L. De Paul, Amado A. Quintar, Silvina Gutiérrez (2025). Exposure to environmentally relevant levels of DEHP during development modifies the distribution and expression patterns of androgen receptors in the anterior pituitary in a sex-specific manner . Chemosphere.

Franco F. Roldán Gallardo, Daniel E. Martínez Piñerez, Kevin F. Reinarz Torrado, Gabriela A. Berg, Jael D. Herzfeld, Vanina G. Da Ros, Manuel López Seoane, Cristina A. Maldonado, Amado A. Quintar (2024). Extracellular Vesicles Contribute to Oxidized LDL-Induced Stromal Cell Proliferation in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia . Biology.

Franco F. Roldán Gallardo, Daniel E. Martínez Piñerez, Kevin F. Reinarz Torrado, Gabriela A. Berg, Jael D. Herzfeld, Vanina G. Da Ros, Manuel López Seoane, Cristina A. Maldonado, Amado A. Quintar (2024). Extracellular Vesicles Contribute to Oxidized LDL-Induced Stromal Cell Proliferation in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia . Biology.

Amado Quintar, Gustavo H. Oliveira-Paula, Sophia Liu, Alishba Maira, Gaia Ressa, Graziele C. Ferreira, Smitha Jayakumar, Vanessa Almonte, Dippal Parikh, Tomas Valenta, et al. (2024). The β-catenin C terminus links Wnt and sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling pathways to promote vascular remodeling and atherosclerosis . Science Advances.

Fernández SC, Bernhardt MC, Grondona E, Venier AC, Bertolino ML, Pautasso MJ, Mezzano E, Damilano RA, Sala CS, Herrera EJ, et al. (2023). Sellar xanthogranuloma as a diagnostic challenge: a report on five cases . Frontiers in neuroscience.

Quintar AA (2022). [Validity of the hypothesis in the Omics Era] . Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina).

Roldán Gallardo FF, Quintar AA (2021). The pathological growth of the prostate gland in atherogenic contexts . Experimental gerontology.

Peinetti N, Cuello Rubio MM, Sosa LDV, Scalerandi MV, Alasino RV, Peyret V, Nicola JP, Beltramo DM, Quintar AA, Maldonado CA (2020). Testosterone-loaded GM1 micelles targeted to the intracellular androgen receptor for the specific induction of genomic androgen signaling . International journal of pharmaceutics.

Silva JAF, Calmasini F, Siqueira-Berti A, Moraes-Vieira PMM, Quintar A, Carvalho HF (2020). Prostate immunology: A challenging puzzle . Journal of reproductive immunology.

García LN, Leimgruber C, Nicola JP, Quintar AA, Maldonado CA (2020). Neonatal endotoxin stimulation is associated with a long-term bronchiolar epithelial expression of innate immune and anti-allergic markers that attenuates the allergic response . PloS one.

Peyret, V., Nazar, M., Martín, M., Quintar, A.A., Fernandez, E.A., Geysels, R.C., Fuziwara, C.S., Montesinos, M.M., Maldonado, C.A., Santisteban, P., et al.(2018). Functional toll-like receptor 4 overexpression in papillary thyroid cancer by MAPK/ ERK–Induced ETS1 transcriptional activity . Molecular Cancer Research. 16. (5). p. 833-845.

Sundblad, V., Quintar, A.A., Morosi, L.G., Niveloni, S.I., Cabanne, A., Smecuol, E., Mauriño, E., Mariño, K.V., Bai, J.C., Maldonado, C.A., et al.(2018). Galectins in intestinal inflammation: Galectin-1 expression delineates response to treatment in celiac disease patients . Frontiers in Immunology. 9. (MAR).

Scalerandi, M.V., Peinetti, N., Leimgruber, C., Rubio, M.M.C., Nicola, J.P., Menezes, G.B., Maldonado, C.A., Quintar, A.A.(2018). Inefficient N2-like neutrophils are promoted by androgens during infection . Frontiers in Immunology. 9. (SEP).

Peinetti, N., Scalerandi, M.V., Rubio, M.M.C., Leimgruber, C., Nicola, J.P., Torres, A.I., Quintar, A.A., Maldonado, C.A.(2018). The response of prostate smooth muscle cells to testosterone is determined by the subcellular distribution of the androgen receptor . Endocrinology. 159. (2). p. 945-956.

Quintar, A.A., Maldonado, C.A.(2017). Androgen regulation of host defenses and response to inflammatory stimuli in the prostate gland . Cell Biology International. 41. (11). p. 1223-1233.

Quintar, A., McArdle, S., Wolf, D., Marki, A., Ehinger, E., Vassallo, M., Miller, J., Mikulski, Z., Ley, K., Buscher, K.(2017). Endothelial Protective Monocyte Patrolling in Large Arteries Intensified by Western Diet and Atherosclerosis . Circulation Research. 120. (11). p. 1789-1799.

Echevarría, L.U., Leimgruber, C., González, J.G., Nevado, A., Álvarez, R., García, L.N., Quintar, A.A., Maldonado, C.A.(2017). Evidence of eosinophil extracellular trap cell death in copd: Does it represent the trigger that switches on the disease? . International Journal of COPD. 12. p. 885-896.

Quintar, A.A., Gonçalves, B.F., Taboga, S.R., Maldonado, C.A.(2017). The mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) as a model for inflammation-promoted prostate carcinogenesis . Cell Biology International. 41. (11). p. 1234-1238.

Leimgruber, C., Quintar, A.A., Peinetti, N., Scalerandi, M.V., Nicola, J.P., Miano, J.M., Maldonado, C.A.(2017). Testosterone Rescues the De-Differentiation of Smooth Muscle Cells Through Serum Response Factor/Myocardin . Journal of Cellular Physiology. 232. (10). p. 2806-2817.

Quintar, A., Hedrick, C., Ley, K.(2015). Monocyte phenotypes: When local education counts . Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212. (4). p. 432.

García, L.N., Leimgruber, C., Uribe Echevarría, E.M., Acosta, P.L., Brahamian, J.M., Polack, F.P., Miró, M.S., Quintar, A.A., Sotomayor, C.E., Maldonado, C.A.(2015). Protective phenotypes of club cells and alveolar macrophages are favored as part of endotoxin-mediated prevention of asthma . Experimental Biology and Medicine. 240. (7). p. 904-916.

Roth, F.D., Quintar, A.A., Leimgruber, C., García, L., Uribe Echevarría, E.M., Torres, A.I., Maldonado, C.A.(2013). Restoration of the normal Clara cell phenotype after chronic allergic inflammation . International Journal of Experimental Pathology. 94. (6). p. 399-411.

Leimgruber, C., Quintar, A.A., García, L.N., Petiti, J.P., De Paul, A.L., Maldonado, C.A.(2013). Testosterone abrogates TLR4 activation in prostate smooth muscle cells contributing to the preservation of a differentiated phenotype . Journal of Cellular Physiology. 228. (7). p. 1551-1560.

Quintar, A.A., Leimgruber, C., Pessah, O.A., Doll, A., Maldonado, C.A.(2012). Androgen depletion augments antibacterial prostate host defences in rats . International Journal of Andrology. 35. (6). p. 845-859.

Leimgruber, C., Quintar, A.A., Sosa, L.D.V., García, L.N., Figueredo, M., Maldonado, C.A.(2011). Dedifferentiation of prostate smooth muscle cells in response to bacterial LPS . Prostate. 71. (10). p. 1097-1107.

Quintar, A.A., Nishioka, S., Torres, A.I., Maldonado, C.A., Aoki, A.(2011). The initial segment of the rat epididymis is able to uptake immature germ cells shed by testicular damage . Cells Tissues Organs. 193. (3). p. 170-183.

Quintar, A.(2010). Androgen therapy: Its impact in the prostatic immune response,Androgenoterapia: Su impacto en la respuesta inmune prostática . Revista Argentina de Endocrinologia y Metabolismo. 47. (SUPPL.). p. 39-40.

Uribe Echeverria, E.M., Garcia, L., Leimgruber, C., Quintar, A., Uribe Echeverria, A.M., Maldonado, C.(2010). [The induced sputum allows guide a therapeutic strategy to control bronchial asthma].,El esputo inducido permite guiar una estrategia terapeútica para lograr el control del asma broquial . Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Córdoba, Argentina). 67. (4). p. 169-176.

Quintar, A.A., Doll, A., Leimgruber, C., Palmeri, C.M., Roth, F.D., Maccioni, M., Maldonado, C.A.(2010). Acute inflammation promotes early cellular stimulation of the epithelial and stromal compartments of the rat prostate . Prostate. 70. (11). p. 1153-1165.

Gatti, G., Quintar, A.A., Andreani, V., Nicola, J.P., Maldonado, C.A., Masini-Repiso, A.M., Rivero, V.E., Maccioni, M.(2009). Expression of toll-like receptor 4 in the prostate gland and its association with the severity of prostate cancer . Prostate. 69. (13). p. 1387-1397.

Quintar, A.A., Mukdsi, J.H., del Valle Bonaterra, M., Aoki, A., Maldonado, C.A., Pérez Alzaa, J.(2008). Increased expression of uteroglobin associated with tubal inflammation and ectopic pregnancy . Fertility and Sterility. 89. (6). p. 1613-1617.

Roth, F.D., Quintar, A.A., Uribe Echevarría, E.M., Torres, A.I., Aoki, A., Maldonado, C.A.(2007). Budesonide effects on Clara cell under normal and allergic inflammatory condition . Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 127. (1). p. 55-68.

Oberley, R.E., Goss, K.L., Quintar, A.A., Maldonado, C.A., Snyder, J.M.(2007). Regulation of surfactant protein D in the rodent prostate . Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 5.

Quintar, A.A., Roth, F.D., De Paul, A.L., Aoki, A., Maldonado, C.A.(2006). Toll-like receptor 4 in rat prostate: Modulation by testosterone and acute bacterial infection in epithelial and stromal cells . Biology of Reproduction. 75. (5). p. 664-672.

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Franco F. Roldán Gallardo, Daniel E. Martinez Piñerez, Kevin F. Reinarz Torrado, Gabriela A. Berg, Vanina G. Da Ros, Manuel López Seoane, Cristina A. Maldonado, Amado A. Quintar (2024). Extracellular vesicles mediate OxLDL-induced stromal cell proliferation in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia .