Male hypogonadism (testosterone deficiency) affects nearly 5 million men—or more, since symptoms are frequently ignored.

Joshua Halpern MD, MS tells us how The Northwestern Medicine Department of Urology is committed to conducting innovative research to help advance men’s health in the field of male sexual medicine, allowing us to provide specialized urological care to patients with hypogonadism and other conditions. Our research program ranks second nationally among all urology departments for National Institutes of Health funding, with amounts totaling more than $6.8 million.