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Paul Turek, MD, FACS

LEADING EXPERT, MEN’S SEXUAL HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE UROLOGY, THE TUREK CLINIC

Dr. Turek is an internationally renowned expert in men’s sexual health and reproductive urology. Dr. Turek is fellowship trained and board certified by the American Board of Urology. He has received countless honors and awards for his work with male infertility and has provided valuable research to the men’s sexual health community.

Dr. Paul Turek has been recognized as one of America’s Best Doctors by seven accrediting organizations (US News and World Report Top Doctors, Marquis Who’s Who, Best Doctors, PatientsChoice.org, Top MD-Consumer’s Checkbook, SuperDoctors and Castle-Connolly Top Doctors). Dr. Turek graduated from Yale College with highest honors (summa cum laude), Phi Beta Kappa, and then attended medical school at Stanford University, where he also took top research honors. He completed his residency in urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the nation’s first medical school, founded by Benjamin Franklin.

Honorable David Shulkin, MD

FORMER SECRETARY, US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

The Honorable Dr. David J. Shulkin is a board-certified internist and widely respected healthcare executive who served as the ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, where he was responsible for the nation’s largest integrated health care system. Secretary Shulkin has been named one of the Top 100 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems by Becker’s Hospital Review and one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in the Country” by Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician.

Prior to coming to VA, Secretary Shulkin held numerous physician leadership roles and academic positions. As an entrepreneur, Secretary Shulkin founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, one of the first consumer orientated sources of information for quality and safety in healthcare. Secretary Shulkin received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, completed his internship at Yale University School of Medicine and residency and fellowship in general medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center, and is the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute Distinguished Health Policy Fellow.

Michael Eisenberg, MD

PROFESSOR OF UROLOGY AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Dr. Michael Eisenberg, M.D., is Associate Professor of Urology and, by courtesy, of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Stanford Medical Center. Dr. Eisenberg specializes in men’s health, urology, sexual dysfunction, infertility, hypogonadism, and Peyronie’s Disease. He attended medical school at the Yale School Of Medicine Office of Student Affairs and is board-certified in urology.

Dr. Eisenberg’s research efforts include surgical innovation, epidemiologic studies, and basic science discoveries to improve the treatments, outcomes, and lives of infertile men.

Brian Levine, MD

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND FOUNDER/DIRECTOR, CCRM FERTILITY NEW YORK

Dr. Brian Levine, an award-winning board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and the founding partner and Practice Director of CCRM Fertility New York and the founder of Nodal, the online surrogacy platform.

Widely recognized as one the country’s leading fertility experts, Dr. Levine has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2019 and has been interviewed by The New Yorker and CNN on the latest fertility science. He was awarded the highest prize by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine for an assisted reproductive technology (ART) video on three-dimensional sperm imaging techniques. Dr. Levine attended New York University School of Medicine, where he recently completed a term on NYU’s Board of Trustees.

Peter Schlegel, MD, FACS

PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL UROLOGY AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE

Dr. Schlegel is an internationally recognized urologist who is recognized for providing the best medical care and achieving the best results possible for his patients. He has served as Chair of Urology at Cornell, where he developed a program that was recognized as being #5 in the country.

He is perhaps best recognized for developing the surgical procedure of microTESE, now recognized as the safest and most effective sperm retrieval treatment for non-obstructive azoospermia. His primary focus of activity is maintaining men’s health and treating severe male infertility and azoospermia.

Denny Sakkas, PhD

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR, BOSTON IVF

Dr. Denny Sakkas is the Scientific Director at Boston IVF. He received his undergraduate training at the University of Melbourne, Australia and received his Doctorate of Philosophy at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His Ph.D. was performed at one of the leading Reproductive Research Units in the world, which was responsible for many of the innovations used in routine IVF today including, hormonal stimulation, embryo freezing, and micromanipulation.

He has previously held positions as Chief Scientific Officer at Molecular Biometrics Inc. and was an Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he headed a successful Gamete Biology Research Team and served as the Director of Assisted Reproductive Treatment Laboratories of the Yale Fertility Center.

Francisco Arredondo MD, MPH, FACOG

FORMER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, ASPIRE FERTILITY

Dr. Francisco Arredondo is a respected and experienced clinician with over 20 years of experience in fertility care. Dr. Arredondo attended Medical School at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, where he graduated first in his class and earned the distinction as the Best Medical Student in the Nation.

He completed his Residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and his Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Arredondo is Board Certified in both Reproductive Endocrinology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. After his clinical training, he obtained a Masters in Healthcare Management at Harvard University, giving him an important new perspective on effective health care delivery.

Gail Prins, PhD

PIONEER, SPERM TRANSPORT MEDIA; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

Gail S. Prins, PhD, is the Michael Reese Endowed Professor in the Departments of Urology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pathology at University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a full member of the UIC Cancer Center where she serves as the Co-Director of the Prostate Cancer Research Program.

Dr. Prins serves as the president of the Society for Basic Urologic Research and an editor for Endocrinology. She recently received the Distinguished Andrologist Award from the American Society of Andrology. She is an internationally-acclaimed researcher, speaking regularly at scientific meetings around the world. Dr. Prins has authored more than 170 peer-reviewed manuscripts as well as book chapters and position papers.

Dr. Prins received her doctorate in physiology and biophysics from the UIC Medical Center and her undergraduate degree at Trinity Christian College. Dr. Prins is also the Director of the UIC Andrology Laboratory, which diagnoses and treats infertile couples and provides sperm-banking services to patients nationwide.

Marcia Inhorn, MPH, PhD

INTERNATIONAL EXPERT ON MALE FERTILITY; PROFESSOR, YALE UNIVERSITY

Marcia C. Inhorn, Ph.D., MPH, is the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. A specialist on Middle Eastern gender, religion, and health, Inhorn has conducted research on the social impact of infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and Arab America over the past 30 years.

She is the author of six books on the subject, as well as ten edited volumes. Inhorn is the founding editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (JMEWS), and co-editor of the Berghahn Books series on “Fertility, Reproduction, and Sexuality.”

Alister Martin, MD, MPP

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN

Dr. Martin is a Resident Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he is an emergency physician. He previously graduated with a dual degree from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School.

Dr. Martin is the co-founder of Symbiosis A.I., a proprietary platform that leverages the power of machine learning and natural language processing to help providers optimize and automate their clinical documentation. He has received a number of awards for his studies and work including a full scholarship to study at the Harvard Kennedy School as a Dublin Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership.

Allan Pacey, PhD

INTERNATIONAL EXPERT IN ANDROLOGY; SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY

Dr. Pacey was awarded his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of St. Andrews after which he undertook a one-year Research Fellowship funded by the Royal Society at the Station Zoologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. He joined the University of Sheffield in 1992, first as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant and then as a lecturer in 1997. In 2001 was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Andrology and 2015 Professor of Andrology.

In addition to his academic duties, Dr. Pacey is also the Head of Andrology for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, where he directs a busy clinical andrology laboratory and is in charge of the sperm banking service.

Aaliya Yaqub, MD

CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR, STANFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; STRATEGIC ADVISOR

Aaliya Yaqub MD, is a board certified internist and adjunct clinical instructor at the Stanford School of Medicine. She is the medical founder of Simple HealthKit and Forward and an active strategic advisor to many healthcare and wellness startups. She is passionate about using technology to solve pain points in healthcare.

Scott Lundy

Male Infertility Section Director

Scott Lundy is the Male Infertility Section Director, Reproductive Urology Fellowship Director, Clinical Andrology Lab Director, and Associate Professor in the Glickman Urological Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Lundy completed his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Washington in Seattle, where his doctoral thesis focused on stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. He then completed his urology residency and reproductive urology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, where he is currently a staff surgeon-scientist and board-certified urologist with a clinical focus on male infertility and fertility preservation. Dr. Lundy is also a certified High Complexity Lab Director (HCLD) and oversees two Clinical Andrology Labs.

From a research perspective, Dr. Lundy holds an appointment in the Genomic Medicine and Bioengineering Institutes at Cleveland Clinic, and he maintains an active basic science laboratory with an emphasis on the male reproductive microbiome, the role of sperm in early embryo development, and in vitro spermatogenesis. Dr. Lundy has received over 20 competitive research grants from both NIH and private entities and published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the field of male fertility. He has received numerous awards for his work including the 2025 ASRM SMRU Young Reproductive Urologist of the Year.

Outside of work, he is an avid underwater photographer, amateur watchmaker, and father to three boys.

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