Advances in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Friday, October 10, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

For patients with testosterone deficiency, intramuscular injections and topical gels have been first-line therapies for decades. They are not without their challenges with patients looking for alternative solutions. Advancements in TRT include oral medications with a focus on improving delivery methods.

Dr. Irwin Goldstein is the director of San Diego Sexual Medicine, where he maintains his clinical practice and Director of Sexual Medicine at University of California San Diego East Campus. He is Clinical Professor of Urology as well as Voluntary Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences at University of California at San Diego. Dr. Goldstein has had a long career providing medical help to those with sexual problems, having been involved with sexual dysfunction research since the late 1970′s. To that end, he founded The Institute for Sexual Medicine in 2006, a non-profit organization focused on basic science research and education in the field of sexual medicine. Dr. Goldstein holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Brown University, with an honors thesis in biomedical engineering. In 1975, he graduated from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in his hometown of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was on the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine for 25 years where he was Professor of Urology and Gynecology and founding Director of the former Institute for Sexual Medicine at BUSM.