Marc Goldstein

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Goldstein graduated from the College of Medicine, State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY in 1972. He worked as a resident in general surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. After three years overseas in the United States Air Force, attaining the rank of Major and flying an F4 Phantom aircraft as a Flight Surgeon, Goldstein was trained in urology at Downstate Medical Center from 1977 to 1980. He continued his post-graduate training in reproductive physiology as an AUA scholar at the Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, located on the campus of Rockefeller University, and at the Rockefeller University Hospital.

Goldstein is a specialist in male infertility and scrotal disorders and is renowned for his pioneering work on microsurgical management of male infertility{{cite journal|author1=Goldstein M|author2=Tanrikut C|title=Microsurgical management of male infertility|journal= Nature Clinical Practice Urology|date=2006|volume=3|issue=7|pages=381–391|doi=10.1038/ncpuro0524|pmid=16835626|s2cid=12595662}} such as vasectomy reversals,{{cite journal|author1=Pavlovich CP|author2=Goldstein M|title=Fertility options after vasectomy: a cost-effectiveness analysis|journal=Fertility and Sterility|date=1997|volume=67|issue=1|pages=133–141|doi=10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81870-5|pmid=8986698|doi-access=free}} varicocelectomy,{{cite journal|author1=Abdel-Meguid TA|author2=Al-Sayyad A|author3=Tayib A|author4=Farsi HM|title=Does varicocele repair improve male infertility? An evidence-based perspective from a randomized, controlled trian|journal=European Association of Urology|date=2011|volume=59|issue=3|pages=455–461|doi=10.1016/j.eururo.2010.12.008|pmid=21196073}}{{cite journal|author1=Goldstein M|author2=Gilbert BR|author3=Dicker AP|author4=Dwosh J|author5=Gnecco C|title=Micrsurgical inguinal varicocelectomy with delivery of the testis: an artery and lymphatic sparing technique|journal=The Journal of Urology|date=1992|volume=148|issue=6|pages=1808–1811|doi=10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37035-0|pmid=1433614}} Hydrocele, Inguinal hernia repair and testis-sparing testicular tumor excision.{{cite journal|author1=Hopps CV|author2=Goldstein M|title=Ultrasound guided needle localization and microsurgical exploration for incidental non-palpable testicular tumors|journal=Journal of Urology|date=2002|volume=168|issue=3|pages=1084–1087|doi=10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64580-6}} He was the first American surgeon to be trained in, and perform, the Chinese method of no-scalpel vasectomy.{{cite journal|author1=Li S|author2=Goldstein M|author3=Zhu J|author4=Scherr D|title=The no-scalpel vasectomy|journal=The Journal of Urology|date=1991|volume=145|issue=2|pages=341–344|doi=10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38334-9|pmid=1988727}} Dr. Goldstein's research has shown that there is a direct link between varicocele and low testosterone{{cite journal|author1=Tanrikut C|author2=Goldstein M|author3=Rosoff JS|author4=Lee RK|author5=Nelson CJ|author6=Mulhall JM|title=Varicocele as a risk factor for androgen deficiency and effect of repair|journal=BJU International|date=2011|volume=108|issue=9|pages=1480–1484|doi=10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.10030.x|pmid=21435152|s2cid=25265168}} and varicocele and loss of fertility in men.{{cite journal|author1=Gorelick JI|author2=Goldstein M|title=Loss of fertility in men with varicocele|journal=Fertility and Sterility|date=1993|volume=59|issue=3|pages=613–616|doi=10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55809-9|pmid=8458466|doi-access=free}} His research has also shown that the presence of varicoceles can run in families.{{cite journal|author1=Raman JD|author2=Walmsley K|author3=Goldstein M|title=Inheritance of varicoceles|journal=Adult Urology|date=2005|volume=65|issue=6|pages=1186–1189|doi=10.1016/j.urology.2004.12.057|pmid=15913726}}

Goldstein's current research focuses on the relationship between high sperm DNA fragmentation and varicocele,{{cite journal|author1=Dabaja A|author2=Bernie AM|author3=Mehta A|author4=Samplaski M|author5=Li PS|author6=Grober ED|author7=Jarvi K|author8=Goldstein M|title=Changes in sperm DNA quality in infertile men following microsurgical varicocelectomy|journal=Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association|date=2014}} mapping sperm DNA fragmentation in the male genital tract to determine the best surgically retrieved sperm specimen to use for IVF/ICSI {{cite journal|author1=Winter A|author2=Najari B|author3=Palermo GD|author4=Paduch D|author5=Goldstein M|title=DNA fragmentation mapping of the male genital tract|journal=Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association|date=2015}} and the association between DNA fragmentation and semen parameters.{{cite journal|title=Concordance among sperm deoxyribonucleic acid integrity assays and semen parameters|journal=Fertility and Sterility|date=2015|doi=10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.04.023|pmid=25989978|volume=104|issue=1|pages=56–61.e1|vauthors=Stahl PJ, Cogan C, Mehta A, Bolyakov A, Paduch DA, Goldstein M |doi-access=free}}

Goldstein is also the co-principal investigator in the Shang Ring project in Africa, providing minimally invasive circumcision techniques to remote areas in an attempt to stem the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, such as HIV.{{cite journal|author1=Barone MA|author2=Li PS|author3=Awori QD|author4=Lee RK|author5=Goldstein M|title=Clinical trials using the Shang Ring for male circumcision in Africa: a review|journal=Translational Andrology and Urology|date=2014|volume=3|issue=1|pages=113–124}} The project has received support and grants from both the NIH and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2014/1/28/why-bill-gates-is-jazzed-about-this-male-circumcision-breakt.html|title=Why Bill Gates Is Jazzed About This Male Circumcision Breakthrough|website=Inside Philanthropy}}

Goldstein has authored or co-authored 339 journal articles and book chapters, including in Gray's Anatomy, Glenn's Urologic Surgery{{cite book|author1=Kim HH|author2=Goldstein M|editor1-last=Graham|editor1-first=SDJ|editor2-last=Keane|editor2-first=TE|title=Glenn's Urologic Surgery|date=2010|publisher=Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins|location=Philadelphia}} and Campbell's Urology.{{cite book|author1=Sandlow J|author2=Winfield HN|author3=Goldstein M|editor1-last=Wein|editor1-first=AJ|editor2-last=Kavoussi|editor2-first=LR|editor3-last=Novick|editor3-first=AC|editor4-last=Partin|editor4-first=AW|editor5-last=Peters|editor5-first=CA|title=Campbell's Urology|date=2007|publisher=WB Saunders Company|location=Philadelphia|edition=10th}} He is the author of Surgery of Male Infertility, the first textbook on the subject. He co-edited the updated edition Surgical and Medical Management of Male Infertility with Peter Schlegel, the Chairman of the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital. Goldstein is also the co-author of The Vasectomy Book, A Baby at Last! and Reproductive Medicine Secrets.

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Goldstein is the recipient of the Star Award from American Society of Reproductive Medicine in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. He won the John Coleman, MD Teaching Award from the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Howard and Georgeanna Jones Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Fertility Association. In 2017 he won the Kavoussi Family Outstanding Teacher Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and in 2018 he won the Distinguished Reproductive Urology Award from the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction. In 2008, he received an Honorary Doctor of Science from SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

Goldstein has been listed in New York Magazine's "America's Top Doctors", beginning in 1990 and continuing presently. He was also listed in Castle-Connolly Medical's "America's Top Doctors" and Marquis Who's Who "Who's Who in America".

Goldstein has been at the forefront of male infertility surgical innovation. He holds patents for the Goldstein Microspike Surgical Approximator,{{cite journal|author1=Goldstein M|title=Microspike approximator for vasovasostomy|journal=Journal of Urology|date=1985|volume=134|issue=1|pages=74|doi=10.1016/S0022-5347(17)46986-2|pmid=4009827}} the Percutaneous vasectomy method, Method and apparatus for support of tubularization of surgical grafts, microsurgical suture needle, medium for preserving tissue without tissue culturing occurring, the vasectomy procedure and related kit and the multi-needle holding device.

On December 9, 2014, Goldstein appeared on HuffPost Live to discuss male factor infertility. On October 6, 2014, Goldstein was quoted in AMNewYork regarded "Man-Spreading".[http://www.amny.com/news/man-spread-a-widening-blight-on-public-transportation-say-riders-1.9473786arded] {{Dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Goldstein has also appeared on The Katie Couric Show, has been interviewed by New York 1 and The New York Times.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/well|title=Well|newspaper=The New York Times}}

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