Keck Medicine of USC’s USC Institute of Urology appoints highly regarded male fertility expert
Contact: Leslie Ridgeway at (323) 442-2823 or lridgewa@usc.edu
Photo: Mary Katherine Samplaski, M.D./Ryan Ball, Keck Medicine of USC
LOS ANGELES — Highly regarded male fertility expert Mary Katherine Samplaski, M.D., has been recruited to the Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California(USC)’s USC Institute of Urology.
Samplaski is an expert in male reproductive health, including fertility preservation counseling and treatment, vasectomies and vasectomy reversals, low testosterone, erectile dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease and testicular pain. She specializes in the management of male infertility with the aim of improving natural conception or improved outcomes from assisted reproduction. She also specializes in fertility for spinal cord injury patients.
She is skilled in surgical techniques for the treatment of these conditions, including minimally invasive vasectomy and microsurgical vasectomy reversals, advanced sperm retrieval techniques, and other procedures. For erectile dysfunction she also specializes in correction of penile curvature and penile prostheses for erectile dysfunction.
Her research goals include discovering the causes of male factor infertility, 60 percent of which is unknown. She presents research at major national and international meetings and is a reviewer for several scientific journals.
Samplaski recently completed her fellowship in male infertility and andrology at Mount Sinai Hospital at the University of Toronto after finishing her urology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. Samplaski completed medical school at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
She has presented at several international and national meetings and has received distinct honors including being awarded the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology Traveling 2013 Scholar at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Arnold Belker Traveling Fellow 2013 at Society for the Study of Male Reproduction at the AUA, Fellow Award for Basic Science and Clinical Research at Robson Research Day, 2013 Outstanding Trainee Investigator Award at the American Society of Andrology Annual Conference, and the NIH Trainee Travel Award at the American Society of Andrology Annual Conference.
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ABOUT THE USC INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY
The USC Institute of Urology leads the way in robotic and open surgery for urologic cancers, including minimally invasive focal therapy. Faculty researchers are also studying genetic and other causes of bladder, prostate and kidney cancer. Their innovations build on USC’s prior accomplishments over three decades in pioneering groundbreaking treatments, including bladder reconstruction techniques that have changed patients’ lives for the better. The Institute provides a complete range of treatments for various urologic conditions through several specialized centers, including the Center for Robotic Surgery, Center of Comprehensive Urologic Oncology, Center for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Center for Endourology & Stone Disease, Center for Genito-urinary Reconstruction and Prosthetics, Center for Targeted Therapies and a new Center for Male Infertility. The institute has clinical locations in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Beverly Hills, Glendale, Glendora, Lancaster, Pasadena, Thousand Oaks, Tulare and Tustin.
ABOUT KECK MEDICINE OF USC
Keck Medicine of USC is the University of Southern California’s medical enterprise, one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. Encompassing academic, research and clinical excellence, the medical system attracts internationally renowned experts who teach and practice at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the region’s first medical school; includes the renowned USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the first comprehensive cancer centers established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States; has a medical faculty practice, the USC Care Medical Group; operates the Keck Medical Center of USC, which includes two acute care hospitals: 401-licensed bed Keck Hospital of USC and 60-licensed bed USC Norris Cancer Hospital; and owns USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, a 158-licensed bed community hospital. It also includes more than 40 outpatient facilities, some at affiliated hospitals, in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare and Ventura counties.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Keck Medical Center of USC among the Top 10 in ophthalmology (No. 9), and among the Top 25 hospitals in the United States for urology (No. 20) and cancer care (No. 23). The medical center was also awarded an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group in March, representing outstanding patient safety practices and overall patient outcomes.
For more information, go to www.keckmedicine.org/beyond
