Marc Goldstein, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Marc Goldstein, M.D., F.A.C.S.
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About Marc Goldstein, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Goldstein is a dedicated urologist specializing in male reproductive medicine and microsurgery. A pioneer in using microsurgery to treat male infertility, Dr. Goldstein has evaluated over 20,000 men for male infertility issues and is considered a top diagnostician and specialist in the microsurgical treatment of testicular disorders, such as varicocele and blockages. Committed to advancing outcomes for male infertility patients, Dr. Goldstein and his team of expert clinicians and researchers work collaboratively to ensure that groundbreaking research advancements are made in the field of male infertility. Dr. Goldstein’s approach to treating patients reflects that of the late Sir William Osler, whose motto was, “Do the kind thing, and do it first” and said, “The secret of good patient care is caring for the patient”.
In his free time, Dr. Goldstein is a long-distance runner, completing 20 New York City Marathons (personal best of 3 hours 17 minutes) as well as 45 triathlons/ duathlons, placing first (age group) in the 2023 NY Triathlon’s Central Park Duathlon. Dr. Goldstein also is a Vietnam era veteran prior to his career as a urologist, who flew F-4 Phantom (RF4-C) aircraft on over 80 overseas missions as a Major in the U.S. Air Force.
Dr. Marc Goldstein is a board-certified urologic surgeon specializing in male infertility. He completed the general surgery portion of his residency at Columbia Presbyterian/ The Presbyterian Hospital and urology at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in New York. After serving as Assistant Professor of Urology and Assistant Attending Surgeon at SUNY Downstate, Dr. Goldstein completed a 2 year fellowship at the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical research at The Rockefeller University. He joined Weill Cornell Medicine in 1982, where he soon became Director of the Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery Unit. Currently, Dr. Goldstein serves as Surgeon-in-Chief of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Goldstein introduced the no-scalpel vasectomy to the Western world and has performed over 4,000 procedures with the lowest complication and failure rate in peer-reviewed literature; the no-scalpel procedure has since been found to be far more effective and safer than female sterilization. Additionally, Dr. Goldstein pioneered the microsurgical repair of varicoceles, the most common cause of male infertility, performing over 5,000 with the lowest complication and failure rates reported in the peer-reviewed literature. Dr. Goldstein has also developed several microsurgical techniques for the safest and most effective repair of common scrotal disorders (i.e., hydrocele, spermatocele and scrotal cysts) as well as a microsurgically assisted technique for inguinal hernia repair, eliminating the risk of injury to the ducts and blood vessels of the testis and having the lowest failure rate in the peer-reviewed literature.
Marc Goldstein, MD, DSc (hon), FACS is the Matthew P. Hardy Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Surgeon-in-Chief of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is also Senior Scientist with the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research, located at The Rockefeller University.
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Recent Patient Testimonials
"I was a patient of Dr. Goldstein and was extremely happy with the service. Dr. Goldstein is not just a fantastic surgeon he is extremely caring,patient and positive throughout. In my experience i felt as if i were his only patient and he was available for me with any Questions or concerns before,and after the procedure."
"Dr. Goldstein was a pleasure to work with. He was knowledgable and made me feel comfortable throughout the process. His no-scapel vasetcomy technique was really helpful in a quick recovery. Overall highly reccomend Dr. Goldstein."
"My Urologist told me my sperm count is zero and I have no chance of becoming a biological father, before I left my appointment, I asked him one question: 'who is the best fertility doctor in the world?" He said don't waste your time and money, that will not change the facts, but I insisted. He wrote dowen the name and I left. That doctor was Marc Goldstein. Few weeks later, I walked into my appointment with Dr. Goldstein, depressed, broken and hopeless. After the initative examination, Dr. Goldstein offered hope and outlined the microsurgical procedure that could give me a chance of becomng a biological father. About 3 years after I walked into Dr. Goldstein's office, my wife gave birth to our first child. About 3 years later, we had twins. How do you thank a man like that? He transformed our lives, I wake up every day thanking God for crossing paths with Dr. Goldstein."
2023, Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Reproductive Medicine
2021, Invited Lecture - Bruce Stewart Memorial Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2019, Video AWard, First PRize urology Video "No-scalpel vasectomy: puncture-first with mutli-occlusion technique." 2019 Scientific Congress & Expo of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2018, Distinguished Reproductive Urology Award from the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction
2017, Kavoussi Family Outstanding Teacher Award, American Society of Reproductive Medicine
2016, 38th Annual Adoplh A. Kutzman, MD Lectureship Visiting Professor, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
2016, SRS Distringuished Surgeon AWard - 2016 Scientific Congrress & Expo of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City
2016, Video Award, Honorable Mention. "Importance of Male Infertility Microsurgery Training." American Society of Reproductive Medicine
2011-2019, Star Award, Society of Reproductive Medicine
2013, Video Award, First Prize for Technical Achievement, "A simplified, no flip Shang Ring circumcision technque in adolescents." E.C. Osterberg, H. You, B. Yan, R. Lee, P. Li, Goldstein M, Annual MEeting ASRM
2009, 150th Anniversary SUNY Downstate - One of 150 most distinguished graduates of the College of Medicine
2009, Tribute Honoree, Residents and Fellows Alumni Society of SUNY Downstate Medical Center
2009, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society ETA Chapter of New York Visiting Professor and Guest Lecturer, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
2009, John Coleman, M.D. Teaching Award. Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College.
2008, Visiting Professorship, Temple University - Lewis Katz School of Medicine
2008, Visiting Professorship, Temple University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
2008, Honorary Doctor of Science, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
2007, Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Endowed Lecture. Annual Meeting of American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
2004 First Prize, Best Urology Paper, "Comparison of patency rates, pregnancy and late failures in four techniques of vasoepididymostomy in 143 consecutive patients", Jonathan D. Schiff, Peter T. Chan, Philip S. Li, Samuel Finkelberg, Marc Goldstein. Annual Meeting of ASRM.
2004 Bonei Olam Medical Achievement Award
2004 "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare"
2004 "Who's Who in America", Marquis Who's Who.
2003 First Prize, Best Videotape "Microsurgical Intussusception Vasoepididymostomy: Tricks of the Trade", Marc Goldstein, Peter Chan,Philip Li. Annual Meeting AUA.
2003 "Best Doctors in America"
2002 Paul Peter's Symposium Visiting Professor, Dept. of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern.
2002 Annual Visiting Professor Dept. of Urology, University of Michigan.
2002 "Who's Who in America", Marquis Who's Who
2002 "Best Doctors in New York", New York Magazine
2002 "Best Doctors in America"
2002 "America's Top Doctors", Castle-Connolly Medical
2002 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine.
2002 John Kingsley Lattimer Award in Urology from the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America.
2002 First Prize, Best Videotape "Ultra-Precise Multi-Layer Microsurgical Vasovasostomy: Tricks of the Trade", Marc Goldstein, Peter Chan, Philip Li. Annual Meeting American Urological Association.
2002 First Prize, Best Research Paper, "Intussuseption vasoepididymostomy, comparison of three techniques in rats", Peter Chan, Philip Li, Marc Goldstein. Annual Meeting of Canadian Urological Association.
2002 First Prize, Best Urology Video, "Three techniques of microsurgical intussusception vasoepididymostomy: Cost-effective options for obstructive azoospermia", Marc Goldstein, Peter Chan, Philip Li. Annual Meeting of ASRM.
2001 "Best Doctors in New York", New York Magazine
2001 Annual Visiting Professor and Judge-6th Annual Resident's Day Competition SUNY Upstate NY Urological Association, Syracuse, NY.
2000 Visiting Professor and Immergut Lectureship, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2000 "Best Doctors in New York", New York Magazine
2000-present, "America's Top Doctors," Castle Connolly Medical, LTD
2000-2015, "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare"
2000-2015, "Who's Who in America," Marquis Who's Who
1999 American Infertility Association Award for Special Contribution and Continued Devotion to Family Building.
1997 Master Teacher in Urology Award, Alumni Association, College of Medicine, SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn
1997 RESOLVE, New York City Chapter Award for "Outstanding Dedication and Commitment to Family Building"
1996 President, Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, ASRM
1995 Best Urology Video, Annual Meeting of ASRM
1995, "Best Doctors in America"
1994 Co-Author, Best Poster, Infertility Session, Annual Meeting of the AUA
1994 Senior Author, Urology Residents Prize Paper, Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society
1994 Co-Author, Hamilton-Thorn Prize for best paper of the year in the Journal of Andrology
1990 Video Urology, Award for Excellence in Video Production. "No-scalpel vasectomy"
1990 - present, "Best Doctors in New York," New York Magazine
1987 Video Urology, Award for Excellence in Video Production. "Microsurgical vaso-vasostomy"
1986 First Prize, Best Movie "Microsurgical vaso-vasostomy: An atraumatic multilayer technique", Annual Meeting. American Fertility Society and Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.
1983-2000 Sponsor or co-sponsor of 15 prize-winning papers, Ferdinand C. Valentine Essay Contest, New York Academy of Medicine and New York Section, AUA
1981 Grand Prize Winner, Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Prize, Essay Contest of the NY Academy of Medicine and the NY Section of the AUA
1980-82 Ferdinand C. Valentine Fellowship Award of the NY Academy of Medicine
1980-82 American Urological Association (AUA) Scholar Award
Patents
2003, Chan P.T.K., Li, P.S., Goldstein, M.: Multi-Needle Holding Device. Patent Number 0004523 Al, January 2, 2003.
2002, Goldstein, M.: Vas Irrigation Solution. Patent Number WO2002085 l 80 A2, October 31, 2002.
2001, Goldstein, M.: Bicycle Saddle
Patent Number 6,231,122, May 15th, 2001.
1999, Schulsinger, D.A., Li, P., Goldstein, M.: Medium for Preserving tissue and Method for Autotransplantation Using Medium for Preserving Tissue Patent Number 5,925,510, July 20th, 1999.
1995, Goldstein, M.: Aim improving self-aligning golf shoes. Patent Number 5,381,614. January 17, 1995
1990, Goldstein, M.: Percutaneous vasectomy method. Patent Number 4,920,982. May 1, 1990. Assignee: Vastech Medical Products, New York, NY
1987, Goldstein, M.: Microspike surgical approximator. Patent Number 4,635,636; January 13, 1987 Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY
Licensee: Accurate Scientific and Surgical Instrument Corp., Westbury, NY
Committees and Course Chairs
1984-Present, Advisory Committee, Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception
1988-90, Nominating Committee, American Society of Andrology
1989-91, Fellowship Committee, Society of Reproductive Surgeons
1989, National Institutes of Health - Participant; Concept Clearance, meeting on vaso-vasostomy
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M.D.State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn1972
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Professor of UrologyWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Matthew P. Hardy, PhD Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine and UrologyWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Professor of Reproductive MedicineWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
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Attending UrologistNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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