RCS 712 - Male Reproductive Function and Dysfunction

3 Credit Hours
The emphasis of this course will be on the physiology and pathology of the male reproductive system in the context of evaluations for male infertility. Knowledge of reproductive function by reviewing recent discoveries about the physiology and dysfunction of the male reproductive system will be presented using current articles and techniques. Relevant areas include: normal and abnormal spermatogenesis, reviewing slides prepared from testicular biopsies, basic semen analysis, standard tests of sperm function using microscopy and specialized functional and “non-functional” sperm evaluating assays. Also covered are disorders like testicular cancer, benign and malignant prostate and genetic causes of male infertility, male contraception and gender pre-selection using sperm. Additionally, students will be challenged with the evaluation of case studies in andrology.