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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM <strong>•</strong> SYMPOSIA<br />

Monday, October 17, 2011 5:45 pm – 6:15 pm<br />

<strong>Society</strong> <strong>for</strong> Male Reproduction and Urology Mini-symposium<br />

SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS: A GATEWAY TO TREATING<br />

MALE INFERTILITY?<br />

Sjoerd Repping, M.D.<br />

University of Amsterdam<br />

Needs Assessment and Description<br />

Despite the importance of the male partner in reproductive<br />

failure, little to nothing can be done to directly treat male<br />

infertility. There is a need to summarize current and future<br />

treatment options <strong>for</strong> infertile males using spermatogonial<br />

stem cells.<br />

Learning Objectives<br />

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able<br />

to:<br />

1. Summarize recent developments in using spermatogonial<br />

stem cells to treat male infertility.<br />

2. Identify patients that would potentially benefit from<br />

spermatogonial stem cell autotransplantation.<br />

ACGME COMPETENCY<br />

Medical Knowledge<br />

Patient Care<br />

Room 224 C/D<br />

70<br />

TEST QUESTION:<br />

After participating in this session, I will do the following in my<br />

practice,<br />

A. Do not consider the option to store testis tissue in<br />

prepubertal boys diagnosed with cancer.<br />

B. Advise azoospermic men to attempt to generate<br />

spermatozoa from induced pluripotent stem cells.<br />

C. Counsel every prepubertal boy with cancer about the<br />

possibility to store testis tissue as a means to preserve<br />

fertility.<br />

D. Do not think that spermatogonial stem cell<br />

autotransplantation will become feasible in the future.<br />

E. Consider ICSI to be the best way to treat male infertility.<br />

F. Not applicable to my area of practice.

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