Bruce R. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Dr. Gilbert is the Director of Reproductive and Sexual Medicine at the Smith Institute for Urology of the North Shore LIJ Health System. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Urology and Reproductive Medicine at Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Gilbert has authored over 100 publications and is recognized as an expert in Male Fertility and Urologic Ultrasound. He is passionate about Urologic education and has organized training programs in microsurgery and urologic ultrasound as well as lectured locally, nationally and internationally. He is Chairman of the AUA's National Urologic Ultrasound Faculty and a member of the AUA's Urologic Diagnostic and Therapeutic Imaging Committee.

Dr. Gilbert completed his medical degree in 1983 at Cornell University Medical College and Urology Residency at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. Prior to that he completed a Doctorate (Ph.D.) at the New York Medical College followed by postdoctoral work in Renal Physiology supported by the New York Heart Association in the Department of Physiology at Cornell University Medical College.

Dr. Gilbert's private practice for the past 22 years has specialized in male reproductive and sexual medicine and surgery including male prosthetic surgery. He is an experienced microsurgeon having performed over a 1000 microsurgical procedures including vasectomy reversals, microsurgical varicocele ligation and microsurgical testicular sperm retrieval. He is also was one of the first Urologists in the region to perform the No-Needle, No-Scalpel vasectomy. Dr. Gilbert is the Medical and Laboratory Director of New York Cryo, one of the few long term reproductive tissue banks for sperm, oocytes and embryos in the region. He has also gained national prominence for his use of Holistic approaches for the treatment of chronic Urologic problems.

Dr. Gilbert is certified by the American Board of Urology and the American Board of Medical Acupuncture. He is a fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and The American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. He serves as a reviewer for many Urological, Reproductive Medicine and Complementary Medicine Journals.

Special Interest

Microsurgical Vasectomy Reversal
Microsurgical Varicocele Ligation
Microsurgical Testicular sperm retrieval
Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Azoospermia
Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction
No-Scalpel, No-Needle Vasectomy
Retrograde Ejaculation
Delayed Ejaculation
Rapid Ejaculation
Erectile Dysfunction
Penile Curvature
Impaired Libido
Reproductive and Sexual Function in Spinal Cord Injured Men

Medical School

Cornell University Medical College

Residency

Urology Residency: New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center