MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL, NADIAD (MPUH) Jayaramdas Patel Academic Centre ANNUAL ANDROLOGY TRAINING WORKSHOP The Annual Andrology Training Workshop is being held at the Jayaramdas Patel Academic Centre (JPAC) auditorium, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad during March 24-26, 2011. More than 80 Urologists from India and abroad are participating in the Workshop. The study of andrology deals with a number of problems that are unique to men. These include erectile dysfunction (ED), hydrocele, frenelum breve, infertility, small penis, testicle cancer, testicular torsion, spermatocele, balanitis, and so on. Dr. Rupin Shah is the Course Director for the 3-day workshop. Other faculty includes Drs. Ajay Nehra, Mahesh Desai, Ravindra Sabnis, Manish Bankar, Ajay Shetty, Anila Mathew and Ashok Rughani. Besides case discussions and live demonstrations, there will be lectures on all important subjects of Andrology : Male Sexual Dysfunction – Overview; Quick History Format & Evaluation of ED; Pharmacology of erection & oral drug therapy (Rupin Shah); The Princeton III Update; Intra-cavernosal self-injection therapy; Penile prosthesis implantation – indications, types, operative steps, prevention and management of complications; Penile Prosthesis Implantation – live demonstration; Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy; Peyronie’s disease and Congenital Penile Curvature; ED and LUTS; Vacuum Erection Device; New Therapies for ED; Premature ejaculation; Management of priapism; Andropause; Testosterone and Prostate Cancer: Is replacement an option; Female sexual Dysfunction; Phallic enlargement and Neo-phallus reconstruction; Causes of Male Infertility; Evaluation of the subfertile male; Testicular biopsy; Assisted Reproductive Techniques for Male Infertility; Cryopreservation / Donor Insemination; Vaso-Epididymal Anastomosis – overview; TRUS and TURED; Vaso-Epididymal Anastomosis – live demo; Vaso vasal Anastomosis; Management of Varicocele; Sperm retrieval for ART – PESA / TESA / TESE; Management of Azoospermia; Case discussions; Genetic evaluation; Anejaculation; Seminal infections – diagnosis and management; Medical Therapy for OAS; Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Chronic orchalgia; Undescended testes; Hematospermia and Microsurgical Varicocelectomy. ---------------------------------------------------------- posted by Joseph Anthony Purathur