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Aug 31, 2026, 16:32
Justin Houman: What Is the Male Fertility Workup, and What Does It Look Like?
Justin Houman, Men’s Health Urologist at Tower Urology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, shared on LinkedIn:
“A quick reference for primary care colleagues on what happens when you send a male patient for a fertility evaluation, since many men arrive not knowing what to expect.
The workup is four parts:
- a directed history (duration of attempted conception, prior paternity, medications),
- a semen analysis as the baseline (concentration, motility, morphology, occasionally signs of infection),
- labs covering the fertility hormones plus testosterone and estradiol, and
- a physical exam with scrotal ultrasound when indicated to evaluate for varicocele or other scrotal abnormalities.
It is noninvasive, and it produces a complete baseline from which nearly every male-factor question can be worked up or ruled out. Early evaluation of both partners saves couples months.
Happy to see these patients from across the US, including by telemedicine.”
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