Lawrence Jenkins, MD, MBA, FACS
Associate Chair, Associate Professor
Biography
Dr. Lawrence Jenkins is Associate Professor, Associate Chair, and Director of Men's Health at Tulane University School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree with research honors from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. He completed his internship and urology residency at the University of Miami, where he also served as a chief resident. He then pursued a fellowship in male sexual and reproductive medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, followed by a fellowship in male infertility and microsurgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. He also earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University at Buffalo, with a focus on healthcare management.
Prior to joining Tulane, Dr. Jenkins served as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, where he built a multidisciplinary program for men’s sexual health and fertility. He also served as Medical Director at the institution's NCCN Cancer Center, where he helped develop a program for male fertility preservation and reproductive health.
He has received many awards and honors throughout his career and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and several textbook chapters in his field. He is a member of the American Urological Association and is currently a board member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America. He is board certified by the American Board of Urology.
Dr. Jenkins provides specialized care in men’s sexual health and fertility, including male prosthetic surgery (penile implants and artificial urinary sphincters), Peyronie’s disease, complex microsurgical fertility procedures (testicular sperm extraction and vasectomy reversal), no-needle, no-scalpel vasectomy, and benign prostatic hyperplasia. He also treats patients for other general urologic areas, including scrotal surgery and kidney stones.
Contributions
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