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Plenary #4 - ISCoS Lecture

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Plenary Room
Erato
Thalie
Clio
Risso 6
Risso 7
Risso 8
Gallieni 1&2
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
11:20 AM - 12:05 PM
Muses North (Plenary Room)

Overview

"Management of Infertility after Spinal Cord Injury" - Prof. Nancy Brackett


Speaker

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Dr Nancy Brackett
Professor
University Of Miami School Of Medicine

Management of Infertility after Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Overview of fertility, pregnancy and delivery in women with SCI

III. Causes of infertility in men with SCI

IV. Treatments for erectile dysfunction in men with SCI

V. Management algorithm for ejaculatory dysfunction in men with SCI

VI. Causes and treatments for abnormal semen quality in men with SCI

VII. Options for assisted conception in couples with SCI male partners

VIII. Conclusions

Biography

Nancy L. Brackett, Ph.D., HCLD is a Professor of Neurological Surgery and Urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Brackett is Director of the Male Fertility Research Program at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Director of the Clinical Andrology Laboratory in the Department of Urology. Dr. Brackett’s research is focused on treatment of infertility in men with spinal cord injury. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Craig Neilsen Foundation, the State of Florida Department of Health, and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. Dr. Brackett serves on the Editorial Boards of: Fertility and Sterility and Asian Journal of Andrology. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the Executive Council for the American Society of Andrology. She is Past President of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology and is a frequent invited speaker at international medical conferences she has given more than 80 invited interviews to the lay press on the topic of male fertility following spinal cord injury.
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