Welcome to the International Society of Men's Health
The International Society of Men's Health (ISMH) is the home of everyone and anyone in the world with interest in men's health. Our mission is to improve the health of men and empower them to pursue healthier lives. The reason for our great interest in men’s health is the overwhelming irrefutable evidence from many scientific studies of the significant disparity in gender health. All over the world, men live shorter than women and suffer more from heart disease and cancer. Health risk factors are more common among men including smoking, alcohol abuse and overweight. In addition, men utilize preventive health services less frequently. This disparity is even more pronounced in populations of low socioeconomic status. For example, in the USA, prostate cancer is more common and more malignant in African American men than other men.
Most respectfully,
Alan J Wein, MD, PhD (hon), FACS President ISMH Founders Professor and Emeritus Chief of Urology Director, Residency Program in Urology Penn Medicine Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Health System Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine |
A unique opportunity for global exchangeWhether you are a professor, a doctor, a nurse, any health professional or an individual involved in a profession or industry that deals with men's health issues, your engagement and advocacy would resonate to promote men’s health and advance our field. Your efforts could provide a great opportunity to take global leadership in the area of men’s health. Your enthusiastic advocacy of men’s health and the empowerment of men to take good care of themselves, could inspire many men all over the world to improve their health. This would be a great opportunity to serve a noble cause of global dimension and unmet need.
Become a memberAs the president of the International Society of Men’s Health and on behalf of our board of directors, I urge you to support our vision of growing our ISMH to be the global hub of information, education, networking, exchange and fulfillment of all needs of health professionals concerned with men's health. Therefore I would like to invite you to become a member of our society, a non-profit association.
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Our Executive Committee
Dr. Alan Wein, ISMH President
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Dr. Alan Wein is the Founders Professor of Urology and Director of the Residency Program in Urology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his MD training in surgery, basic urologic research and clinical urology at Penn. He holds an honorary PhD from the University of Patras, Greece and was conferred an Honorary Professorship by the Institute of Urology, Russian Ministry of Health. His clinical and research interests include, physiology/pharmacology of the lower urinary tract, evaluation and management of urinary incontinence and all types of lower urinary tract dysfunction, problems with prostate enlargement and the evaluation and management of prostate, bladder and kidney cancer. Dr. Wein has received numerous awards and honors for excellence in the field of urology and has been recognized nationally and internationally through his many affiliations and professional memberships, which include the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS), Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Society of Surgical Oncology, Society of Urologic Oncology (founding member), Society of Pelvic Surgeons, Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction, Société Internationale d’Urologie, American Urological Association (AUA), and the Royal Society of Medicine. He is the recipient of numerous awards including, the Urodynamics Society Lifetime Achievement Award, the F. Brantley Scott Award of the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases, the Hugh Hampton Young Award of the AUA, the Ferdinand C. Valentine Award of the New York Academy of Medicine and the Keyes Medal, by the AAGUS, which is recognized as the greatest individual citation in the specialty for outstanding contributions in the advancement of urology.
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Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh, ISMH Immediate Past President
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Dr. Ridwan Shabsigsh is Chairman, Department of Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital (SBH Health System); and professor of clinical urology, Weill-Cornell School of Medicine of Cornell University. Dr. Shabsigh received his medical degree from Damascus University Medical School and did his urology residency training in Germany and the USA. He completed a residency in urology and a fellowship in sexual medicine, urinary incontinence, and urologic prostheses at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Shabsigh is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology, and an active member of several professional societies. He is also the president of the International Society of Men’s Health, the president of the Foundation for Men’s Health, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Men’s Health.
Prior to joining St. Barnabas Hospital, he worked for 16 years as a urologist and faculty member at the department of urology of Columbia University and 6 years as director of urology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where he grew and more than doubled the urology business at Maimonides Medical Center. |
Dr. Siegfried Meryn, General Secretary and Past President
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Siegfried Meryn is Professor of Medicine and Professor for Medical Education at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.Professor Meryn studied as a Research Fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and has more than 20 years of experience in teaching medicine.Outside his academic career, he is actively involved in the many programs of organisations. He is the General Secretary of the International Society for Men’s Health (ISMH) , Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Men’s Health (JMH) and General Secretary of the Men’s Health World Congress 2009, 2010 and 2011.He is the Vice President of the European Men’s Health Forum (EMHF), a past member of the executive committee of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM), Past President of the Austrian Society for Sexual Medicine ( ASSM) and President of the World Academy for Medical Education.Siegfried Meryn has more than 200 publications to his credit. He has won the prestigious Austrian “Golden Book” award for his books, one titled Men’s Health, three times.
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Dr. Hui Meng Tan, Treasurer
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Dr Tan Hui Meng is a Consultant Urologist is Subang Jaya Medical Centre and an Adjunct Professor in University of Malaya and the University of Pennsylvania. He is the member of 21 learned societies. He is the Honorary President of the Asia Pacific Society and Japan ASEAN Council for Men’s Health and Aging. He is currently an Executive Member of the International Society of Men’s Health, World Chinese Urological Associations (USA), Asian Society of Endourology and the International Society for Study of the Aging Males.
His research interest includes urolithiasis (stone diseases) prostatic diseases, erectile dysfunction and hormonal changes in the ageing male. He has published about 156 articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and 13 books on erectile dysfunction and men’s health. Dato’ Prof. Tan sits on the editorial boards of 10 journals. He has been a consultant and panelist for the past three WHO Sponsored Consultations in Sexual Medicine in 1999, 2003 and 2009,as well the WHO affiliated the International Consultation of Urological Disease (ICUD)-Men’s Health and Infertility in 2015/2016. Prof Dato’ Dr Tan was bestowed the Outstanding Urologist Award by the World Chinese Urological Association (WCUA), an affiliate of the American Urological Association (AUA) in 2010. |
Our Board of Directors
Dr. Narmada Prasad Gupta
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Dr Narmada Prasad Gupta is a General Surgeon and Urologist in DLF Phase II, Gurgaon and has an experience of 47 years in these fields. Dr Narmada Prasad Gupta practices at Medanta - Mediclinic Cybercity in DLF Phase II, Gurgaon. He completed MBBS from Government Medical College, Jabalpur in 1970, MS - General Surgery from Government Medical College, Jabalpur in 1974 and M.Ch - Urology from AIIMS in 1977. He is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Indian Association Of Cosmetic Laser Surgeon (ACLS), Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) and Urological Society of India (USI). Some of the services provided by the doctor are Urinary Incontinence Surgery, Urological diseases, Bipolar TURP for Enlargement of Prostate, Prosthetics and Male Sexual Dysfunction etc.
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Professor Alan White
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Professor Alan White was the Founder and Co-director of the Centre for Men’s Health at Leeds Beckett University. He was also a co-founder of the Men’s Health Forum (England & Wales) Charity and the Chair of the Board of Trustees for 12 years, he is now a Patron. Professor White is a Board member of the International Society for Men’s Health. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Malay in Malaysia and an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia.Professor White has recently completed the State of Men’s Health in Leeds study for the Public Health Team and Health & Well Board of Leeds City Council. Currently Professor White is a collaborator on the European Commission funded study on Gender and Coronary Artery Disease (GenCAD), is undertaking the analysis of the Rugby League Mental Health Programme, and is undertaking an evaluation of the Bradford Reducing Anger and Violent Emotions (BRAVE) project. He has also recently been part of the team undertaking a systematic review on the high incidence of premature death in Glasgow (The Glasgow Effect).
Professor White's work with colleagues in Malaysia includes a range of studies exploring how men engage with health screening and the development of services reaching out and targeting men. |
Dr. Yassin Aksam
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Yassin Aksam, MD, PhD, EdD, Fellow of the European Board of Urology, runs his own Institute of Urology and Andrology in Norderstedt-Hamburg, Germany. He is serving as a member of the German Exam Board for Urology, Andrology and Medical Oncology, and has competence and authority for conducting further education in these fields at his institute. His special interests are in the majors: genital and prostate diseases, men ́s health and sexual medicine for males and females.
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The International Society of Men’s Health is a New Jersey Non-profit Corporation.
Incorporated 2013. Have a look at the By-Laws of the International Society of Men’s Health
Incorporated 2013. Have a look at the By-Laws of the International Society of Men’s Health
Our Partners
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