Male Infertility

This state-of-the-art, evidence-based textbook incorporates new multidisciplinary and complementary medicine approaches to create a first-of-its-kind guide to treatment strategies for male infertility and beyond. While this new edition is primarily designed as a reference for students and residents in reproductive medicine and andrology, it will be equally useful as well for professionals in urology, reproductive endocrinology, embryology, and research fields who are interested in the role that antioxidants play in male infertility.

What is the content of "Male infertility : Contemporary clinical approaches, Andrology, ART and Antioxidants" ?

World-renowned experts in these areas have been selected to participate in this work. Careful selection of the highest quality content will span the whole range of topics in the area of male infertility, providing a complete review of well-established and current diagnostic and treatment techniques for male infertility. The incorporation of 20 new chapters will enhance the book’s appeal by including the most recent advances brought to the male infertility arena. Additionally, this edition incorporates new features, including bulleted key points, review criteria and select video clips demonstrating some of the most fascinating male infertility treatment modalities. A dedicated new section on current guidelines on male infertility will enlighten readers on how to most optimally manage male infertility clinical scenarios.  

Covering all aspects of diagnosis and management, ART, lifestyle factors and associated conditions for male infertility, Male Infertility: Contemporary Clinical Approaches, Andrology, ART and Antioxidants will be a readily accessible, high quality reference  for medical students and residents, and will be of significant value to professionals working in the various fields treating this condition as well.

Who are the authors of "Male infertility : Contemporary clinical approaches, Andrology, ART and Antioxidants" ?

Dr. Sijo Parekattil is Co-Director of PUR Clinic (Personalized Urology & Robotics) at South Lake Hospital & Orlando Health & Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He was an Electrical Engineer (University of Michigan) prior to his medical training and thus has interests in surgical techniques incorporating technology, robotics and microsurgery. He completed his urology residency training at Albany Medical Center and then went onto complete dual fellowship training from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland in Laparoscopy/Robotic Surgery and Microsurgery/Male Infertility.

Sandro C. Esteves is Medical & Scientific Director of ANDROFERT—Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic—a referral Fertility Center for Male Reproduction in Brazil.

Sandro is a Collaborating Professor in the Department of Surgery (Division of Urology) at the University of Campinas (Brazil) and Honorary Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology at the Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Denmark. Sandro is also Research Collaborator at the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Reproductive Medicine (USA). His major contributions in the field of reproductive medicine have been in the area of male infertility and microsurgery, reproductive endocrinology, assisted reproductive technology, cleanroom technology, and quality management. His Center, ANDROFERT, was one of the first Centers, both in Brazil and worldwide, to introduce quality management and IVF cleanroom technology, and it is certified according to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14644-1 standards.

Dr. Esteves is a much-requested international lecturer and gives approximately 50 lectures annually. He has been invited as guest speaker in over 40 countries.  He is the recipient of the “Alumni of the Year” Award from the Cleveland Clinic Center for Reproductive Medicine, and consecutive Star Awards from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for the last 6 years.

Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), ELD (ACE), EMB (EMBCOL) is the Head of Andrology Center and Director of Research at the American Center for Reproductive Medicine since 1993. He holds these positions at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he is a Professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

He is currently an editor of 39 medical text books/ manuals related to male infertility, ART, fertility preservation, DNA damage and antioxidants and active in basic and clinical research. His laboratory has trained over 1,000 scientists, clinicians, graduate and undergraduate students from the United States and more than 55 countries. His current research interests include proteomics of male infertility and the molecular markers of oxidative stress, DNA integrity in the pathophysiology of male reproduction.