SMRU President's Message
Jay I. Sandlow, M.D.

The Society for Male Reproduction and Urology continues to provide information regarding male reproduction and andrology for physicians, scientists, and other health care providers, as well as the public. We accomplish this through our web site and during the annual ASRM meeting.

Members of our society include a diverse group consisting of urologists, medical and pediatric endocrinologists, reproductive endocrine and infertility specialists, basic scientists, nurses and laboratory scientists.

Our postgraduate courses and symposia at the annual meeting are designed to appeal to all members of the ASRM. The 2008 Postgraduate Course is "Unraveling the Mysteries of Spermatogenesis: Contemporary Therapies, Stem Cells, and Beyond" chaired by Robert E. Brannigan, M.D. By offering this course, we hope to broaden the attendees' understanding of spermatogenesis and the variety of contemporary therapies available to address specific spermatogenic disorders. We also aim to provide attendees with a state-of-the-art overview of important, emerging technologies such as germ cell transplantation and stem cell based therapy for male infertility. By the end of the course, attendees should be able to describe the pathophysiology associated with both congenital and acquired disorders of spermatogenesis; discuss investigational and emerging technologies for the treatment of male infertility, including germ cell transplantation and stem cell based therapy; and review contemporary methods to preserve and restore fertility in male cancer patients. 

As part of our educational outreach program, the SMRU continues to support the Annual SMRU Traveling Scholars Award Program. The objective of this program is to expose residents, fellows, Ph.D. students, and post-docs to new scientific information pertinent to the study of male reproductive medicine. We invite all program chairs to encourage their trainees who are submitting abstracts on topics relevant to male reproduction to apply for these awards. Guidelines for eligibility can be found on the SMRU web site: www.smru.org. We hope to see you at the annual meeting in San Francisco this fall.

The SMRU is an affiliated society of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

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