Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
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Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model
System Male Reproductive Rehabilitation The Mount Sinai Program for Male Reproductive Rehabilitation is dedicated to enhancing the fertility of neurologically impaired men. The program offers:
The female partner is evaluated by the Mount Sinai Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Program. Couples are counseled and prepared for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization or micromanipulation, depending on the quality of sperm obtained and results of the tests performed. The Mount Sinai Medical Center is a world leader in the medical and surgical treatment of infertility. The Mount Sinai Program for Male Reproductive Rehabilitation offers the most innovative methods available for the treatment of infertility: male reproductive tract microsurgery, assisted reproductive technologies, and micromanipulation, including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (I.C.S.I) where fertilization is achieved by the injection of an isolated sperm into the female egg. The Program for Male Reproductive Rehabilitation is a unique effort coordinated by specialists in spinal cord injury, male infertility and reproductive medicine. For further information or to schedule an appointment, contact: Natan Bar-Chama, M.D. |
nfertility is a common problem for neurologically impaired men whose ejaculatory dysfunction and poor sperm quality are significant obstacles to their desire to father children. Fortunately, significant advances in the field of male reproductive rehabilitation have taken place in the last two decades. These advances include electroejaculation, a procedure resulting in stimulated sperm recovery, and assisted reproductive techniques, whereby pregnancies can be achieved using suboptimal semen. These developments have dramatically improved the fertility outcome for men suffering from neurogenic infertility and have provided many couples with an opportunity to establish their own families.