Annual Review Course Webcast (2016): Infertility
In preparation for the American Board of Urology (ABU) Qualifying (Part 1) Examination, residents need to have basic urologic knowledge to prepare them for the ABU examinations. To fulfill this need, the American Urological Association (AUA) developed this course to disseminate current urologic knowledge. This course may also be of interest to practicing urologist preparing for the Recertification Examination as well as others, including allied health professionals, looking for a thorough review of basic urologic topics.
Learning Objectives
- Physiology and Pathophysiology of Male Reproduction
- Evaluation of the Infertile Male
- Treatment of the Infertile Male (Surgical and Non-surgical)
- Hypogonadism
- Testosterone Replacement
Faculty Disclosures
Name | Company | Person | Role | Financial |
Jay Todd Bishoff, MD, FACS | Pfizer | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
Myriad Genetics | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Howard B. Goldman, MD, FACS | Johnson and Johnson | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
American Medical Systems | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
watson | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
allergan | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
johnson and johnson | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
pfizer | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Theracoat | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Wellspect | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Cook | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
american medical systems | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
pfizer | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
axonics | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
astellas | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Teva | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
TDoc | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Teva | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Medtronic | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
uroplasty | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Brian Herts ,MD | Siemens Medical Solutions | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No |
Duane R. Hickling, MD | Astellas | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
Pfizer | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Allergan | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Adam Stuart Kibel MD | Dendreon | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Sanofi-Aventis | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
National Cancer Institute | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Specrum | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Myriad Genetics | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Genomic Health | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
MTG | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Profound | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Dendreon | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Andrew Jared Kirsch MD | ||||
Martin A. Koyle MD | ||||
Stephen R. Kraus, MD | NIDDK | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No |
Laborie | Self | Other | Yes | |
Pfizer | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Allergan | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Merck | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Astellas | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Medtronic | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Seth Paul Lerner, MD, FACS | Imalux | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
Tengion | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Imalux | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Celek Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Celek Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
GE Healthcare | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Taris Biomedical | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Viventia | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Vaxxion | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Sitka | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Nucleix | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
OncoGeneX | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Merck | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Dendreon | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Photocure | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Taris | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
FKD | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Theracoat | Self | Consultant or Advisor | No | |
Biocancell | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Genentech | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Endo Pharmaceutical | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Celgene | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Cephalon | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Astra Zeneca | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Tengion | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Dendreon | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Armando J. Lorenzo MD | Allergan | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Allen F. Morey, MD | AMS | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Glaxo Smith Kline | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Pfizer | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Coloplast | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
John Patrick Mulhall ,MD | Auxilium | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Association of Peyronie's Disease Advocates (APDA) | Self | Leadership Position | No | |
Pfizer | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer, Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Vivus | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Nexmed | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Absorption Pharmaceuticals | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
AMS | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Meda | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Lilly | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Alliance for Fertility Preservation | Self | Leadership Position | No | |
Coloplast | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Coloplast | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Michael A. O'Donnell, MD | Viventia | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Amplimmune | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Merck | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Pfizer | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Cytologics | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Actium Biosystems | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Telesta | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Roche/Genentech | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Medical Enterprises | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Medical Enterprises | Self | Consultant or Advisor | No | |
Sanofi-Aventis | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
GE medical | Self | Consultant or Advisor | No | |
Photocure | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Allergan | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Endo Pharmaceuticals | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Glenn M. Preminger, MD | Boston Scientific | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Mission Pharmacal | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Olympus | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Endourological Society | Self | Leadership Position | Yes | |
UpToDate | Self | Health Publishing | Yes | |
Retrophin | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Peter Gerard Schulam, MD, PhD | Chiron | Self | Other | Yes |
Oncura | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
ACMI | Self | Owner, Product Development | Yes | |
Intuitive Surgical | Self | Investment Interest | Yes | |
Bard Urological | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Surgiquest | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
HUMM | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Wade Jeffers Sexton, MD | ||||
Daniel Arthur Shoskes MD | Triurol | Self | Investment Interest | No |
Farr Labs | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Astellas | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Eli Lilly | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Uracyst | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Pierre Fabre | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Paul Jacob Turek, MD | MandalMed | Self | Leadership Position | Yes |
Medical Board of California | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
HealthLoop.com | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Investment Interest | Yes | |
Doximity, Inc | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Investment Interest | Yes | |
Fertility Planit, Inc | Self | Consultant or Advisor, Investment Interest | Yes | |
Episona, Inc | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Cellarity Biotechnologies, Inc | Self | Leadership Position, Investment Interest, Owner, Product Development | Yes | |
BioQuiddity, Inc | Family | Consultant or Advisor, Investment Interest | Yes | |
Essential Beginnings, Inc | Family | Leadership Position, Investment Interest, Owner, Product Development | Yes | |
Robert G. Uzzo, MD, FACS | Pfizer | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Wilex | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Janssen | Self | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
GSK | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Myriad | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
J. Christian Winters, MD | Astellas, Inc | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Contura | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Pfizer | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Solace Thera | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Allergan | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
American Board of Urology | Self | Leadership Position | No | |
Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogential Reconstruction | Self | Leadership Position | No | |
Ferring | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Solace | Self | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
StimGuard | Self | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Education Council Disclosures
Name | Company | Role | Financial |
Timothy Charles Brand, M.D. | Nothing to disclose | ||
Peter Robert Carroll MD,MPH | NIH | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
Department of Defense | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Myriad Genetics | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
AUA Update | Leadership Position | Yes | |
Genomic Health | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Sam S. Chang, M.D. | astellas | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
NIH | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
GLG | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Shelby Englert | Nothing to disclose | ||
Pat Fox Fulgham, MD | Urology Clinics of North Texas | Investment Interest | Yes |
Matthew Thomas Gettman, M.D. | Nothing to disclose | ||
Christina Giffin | Nothing to disclose | ||
Misop Han, M.D. | Nothing to disclose | ||
William C. Hulbert Jr. MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Douglas A. Husmann MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Brant Inman, M.D., MS, FRCSC | Dendreon | Scientific Study or Trial | No |
Abbott Laboratories | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Genentech Inc | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Combat Medical | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Mark L. Jordan MD,FACS | Nothing to disclose | ||
Louis Koncz ,PA-C | American Medical Systems | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Hari K. Koul PhD | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Urologic Research | Leadership Position | No | |
PLOS one | Leadership Position | No | |
OMICS group | Leadership Position | No | |
Open Access Publishing | Leadership Position, Health Publishing | Yes | |
Martin A. Koyle MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Tracey Lynn Krupski, MD | Argos | Scientific Study or Trial | No |
NCI- RAZOR | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
John Stephen Lam MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Cheryl Taylore Lee, MD | Endo Pharmaceuticals | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
Gary Evan Lemack ,M.D. | Astellas | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Allergan | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Medtronic | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Yair Lotan ,M.D. | abbott | Scientific Study or Trial | No |
Danone | Consultant or Advisor, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Cepheid | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Pacific Edge | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
FKD | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
MDxHealth | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
biocancell | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Genomic Health | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
GenomeDx Biosciences Inc | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
photocure | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Jill A. Macoska PhD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Manoj Monga, MD | Fortec | Other | Yes |
endourology society | Leadership Position | No | |
Victor William Nitti,MD | Astellas | Health Publishing, Scientific Study or Trial | No |
Allergan | Health Publishing, Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Serenity Pharmeuticals | Investment Interest | Yes | |
Cook Myosite | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Christopher Porter, MD | Nothing to disclose. | ||
Gail S. Prins PhD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Jay D. Raman, MD | American Kidney Stone Management | Investment Interest | Yes |
Lee Richstone, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Heather Schultz, NP | SUNA | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Karl-Dietrich Sievert, M.D., Ph.D. | AMS | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
Medtronics | Meeting Participant or Lecturer, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Allergen | Consultant or Advisor, Meeting Participant or Lecturer, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Neotract | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Joseph A. Smith Jr.,M.D. | Nothing to disclose | ||
Sean Patrick Stroup, MD | Intuitive Surgical | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
NeoTract | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Edouard John Trabulsi, MD | GenomeDx | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Method of Participation
To claim CME credit/hours of participation for each webcast, the learner must complete to pre-test view the webcast, complete the posttest, passing with 80% accuracy and submit the evaluation.
Estimated time to complete this activity: 1.50 hours
Release Date: June, 2016
Expiration Date: June, 2019
Accreditation: The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: The American Urological Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Learners: The AUA is not accredited to offer credit to participants who are not MDs or DOs. However, the AUA will issue documentation of participation that states that the activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
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- Limit content to evidence with no recommendations
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- Inclusion of moderated panel discussion
- Publication of a parallel or rebuttal article for an article that is felt to be biased
- Limit equipment representatives to providing logistics and operation support only in procedural demonstrations
- Divestiture of the relationship by faculty
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Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.50 Non-Physician Participation