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    Stanton Honig, MD

    Professor of Urology
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    Director, Men's Health, Urology

    Chair for the Reproductive & Sexual Health Committee, Urology

    Sexual Medicine and Reproductive Health Chief, Urology

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    Professor of Urology

    Director, Men's Health, Urology; Chair for the Reproductive & Sexual Health Committee, Urology; Sexual Medicine and Reproductive Health Chief, Urology

    Biography

    Dr. Stanton Honig is a nationally known expert on male fertility, sexual medicine and surgery. In his large clinical urology practice, he focuses on providing compassionate, personalized care to men struggling with infertility, sexual problems, in addition to general urology. This involves working with couples that are having trouble conceiving because of male reproductive issues, such as no sperm in the ejaculate, low sperm counts, or blockage of the vas deferens, the tiny tubes that deliver sperm.

    Dr. Honig has been at the forefront of many groundbreaking techniques in urology, including sperm retrieval techniques, medical and surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction, treatment of peyronie’s disease (curvature of the penis) and unique treatments for low testosterone, vasectomy and testis implants.

    To provide coordinated care for fertility patients, he works closely with reproductive endocrinologists, doctors who specialize in female fertility issues. “It’s so rewarding to help couples achieve pregnancy, and to improve intimacy in couples,” Dr. Honig says. He often tells patients, “as long as we can find sperm, we can help you to start a family. In cases of erectile dysfunction, we can help everyone! It’s just a matter of what treatment you would like to choose.”

    Dr. Honig has more than two decades of experience in microsurgery and is the most experienced fellowship-trained urologist in microsurgery, male reproduction and sexual medicine in Connecticut. He is the past president of the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR), a sub society of the American Urological Society. He is currently on the American Urology Association’s (AUA) Vasectomy Guidelines Committee, Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Male Infertility Working Group and the Male Reproductive Health Alliance.

    Dr. Honig regularly presents at the AUA’s national meetings on the latest developments in his field, and has served as a reviewer on the editorial board of many peer-reviewed academic journals. He speaks widely, lecturing at conferences, regionally, nationally and internationally. He works to promote public awareness of men’s health issues, specifically addressing issues related to preservation of fertility for cancer patients, testis self-examination, and the prevention of male reproductive health issues and has spoken at the CDC on these topics. Watch a video with Dr. Stanton Honig >>

    Appointments

    • Urology

      Professor
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    Education & Training

    Fellowship
    Baylor College (1993)
    Residency
    Boston University School of Medicine (1992)
    Internship
    Beth Israel Medical Center (1988)
    MD
    SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine (1986)
    BS
    SUNY at Binghamton (1982)

    Research

    Overview

    State of the Art medical and surgical treatment of Male Infertility

    Novel and state of the art treatments of peyronie's disease

    experimental therapies (oral testosterone) in the treatment of hypogonadism.

    experimental treatments of erectile dysfunction

    vasectomy surgical techniques and advances

    Medical Research Interests

    Erectile Dysfunction; Hypogonadism; Infertility, Male; Reproduction; Vasectomy

    Public Health Interests

    Clinical Trials; Child/Adolescent Health; Reproduction

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Stanton Honig's published research.

    Publications

    2024

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • activity

      Sperm Aspiration in Male Infertility

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Stanton C. Honig, MD, is the director of the Yale Medicine Male Reproductive Health/Sexual Medicine Program and a nationally known expert on male infertility, sexual medicine and surgery. In addition to his general urology practice, he provides personalized care to men struggling with infertility and sexual problems. He also works with couples who have trouble conceiving because of such issues as lack of sperm in the ejaculate, low sperm counts, or blockage of the vas deferens, the tiny tubes that deliver sperm. Dr. Honig has more than 20 years of experience in microsurgery and genital reconstruction.

    To provide coordinated care for fertility patients, he works closely with reproductive endocrinologists. “It’s so rewarding to help couples achieve pregnancy and to improve intimacy in couples,” Dr. Honig says. “As long as we can find sperm,” he tells fertility patients, “we can help you to start a family. In cases of erectile dysfunction, we can help everyone. It’s just a matter of which treatment you would like to choose.”

    Dr. Honig has been at the forefront of many groundbreaking techniques in male reproduction and sexual medicine, including sperm retrieval techniques, medical and surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction, vasectomy, and testis implants, as well as treatments for low testosterone.

    Clinical Specialties

    Urology; Male Infertility & Reproductive Health; Reconstructive Urologic Surgery & Trauma

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    Board Certifications

    • Urology

      Certification Organization
      AB of Urology
      Latest Certification Date
      2015
      Original Certification Date
      1996

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