Dr. Werthman is a board certified urologist,
fellowship-trained andrologist and Director of the Center for Male Reproductive
Medicine in Century City, Los Angeles. He also serves as Chief of Urology at
Century City Hospital, Assistant Clinical Professor of Urology at The
University of Southern California School of Medicine. As a male infertility
specialist, Dr. Werthman has a keen understanding and perspective of the unique
issues that confront men who are faced with this unfamilar and unsettling
situation.
Dr. Werthman's clinical
interests include the treatment of male infertility, erectile dysfunction,
renal transplantation and prostate diseases. He has conducted basic science and
clinical research in the areas of gene therapy for male infertility and
erectile dysfunction. He is also activly involved in designing and refining
microsurgical instrumentation used in male infertility treatments.
Dr. Werthman is the editor
of a textbook on
male infertility for the series "Infertility and Reproductive Medicine
Clinics of North America" Published by WB Saunders, and is co-author of
" The Sperm Goes in the Egg; A Guy’s Guide for Surviving Couples
Infertility." He serves as the male infertility expert on multiple web
sites, reguraly advising thousands of couples. In addition, he is often called
upon by the national media to comment on men's health issues, and lectures
frequently on infertility to both doctor and patient audiences around the
country. Dr. Werthman is a member of the American Urologic Association, Western
Section of the AUA, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, American Society
of Andrology, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction, the Pacific Coast
Fertility Society, and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.
Dr. Werthman earned his
medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia,
where he graduated valedictorian. He completed his urology residency and
fellowship at UCLA. He was awarded a visiting fellowship in male infertility
and microsurgery at The Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Werthman has
won many prestigious awards and scholarships in both medical school and
residency including the Medical Staff Award for Highest Attainment on the
National Boards.
Dr. Werthman can be contacted by phone (702)458-6500
or by email: www.malereproduction.com