President Serge Carrier, MD, FRCS(C)
Dr. Serge Carrier is professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Urology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Carrier is a urologist at McGill University Health Center. Dr Carrier is the fellowship director of the McGill Sexual Medicine/Genitourinary Reconstructive Urology Fellowship.
Dr. Carrier obtained his medical diploma from the Laval University (Quebec, Canada) where he also completed his urology residency. Dr. Carrier then completed his training as a post-doctoral fellow in andrology, sexual medicine and neurourology at the University of California, San Francisco with Dr Tom F. Lue and Emile Tanagho. His Major Academic Focus and areas of research: Men’s health, Reproduction and Hypogonadism, Sexual and bladder dysfunction, Prostate Health and BPH. He has published over hundred papers.
Dr. Carrier is the president of Sexual Medicine Society of North America. Dr Carrier is a past-president of the Quebec Urological Association, the Société Francophone de Médecine Sexuelle as well as of the Canadian Male Sexual Health Council. He also is a peer reviewer for many journals.
Secretary Gregory A. Broderick, MD
Dr. Broderick completed his premedical studies at Harvard University. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He completed surgical internship at Yale New Haven Hospital. He returned to UCSF for Urologic residency (1985-1989); following residency he completed a fellowship at UC Davis in Neuro-Urology, Incontinence and Impotence.
In 1990 he joined the University of Pennsylvania, as an Assistant Professor. He established Penn’s research program in male sexual dysfunction, with funding from Public Health System, National Institutes of Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Faculty Development Program.
In 1998 he joined Mayo Clinic Florida, as Professor in Urology. His practice is focused on Men’s Health: Erectile Dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease, Urethral Stricture Disease, Male Stress Incontinence, and BPH. Throughout his career he has championed medical education. He serves as Program Director of the Urology Residency MCF, member of the Personnel Committee, member of the Academic Appointments and Promotions Committee and Vice-Chair Graduate Medical Education Committee, Florida.
In 1992 he addressed the first Consensus Conference on Impotence sponsored by the NIH. In 1999 and 2004, and 2009 he served as committee member to the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine. In June of 2015 he co-Chaired the Guidelines Committee on Priapism, Peyronie’s, and Penile Reconstruction for the ICSM, Madrid. He previously served as Chairperson of the International Society for Sexual Medicine’s Online University.
He is a founding member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, and has served on the Board of Directors for Sexual Medicine Society of North America. He was elected President of SMSNA (2005-2006). He has chaired the Website, Publications, Education and Industry Relations Committees. His projects for SMSNA include a website for patient education, and a public education campaign, A National Conversation on Men’s Health, A Town Hall Meeting on Men’s Health and A Consumer’s Virtual Guide to Men’s Sexual Health.
TreasurerChristian Nelson, PhD
Christian Nelson is the Chief of the Psychiatry Service and an Attending Psychologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with expertise in treating men with prostate cancer and other genitourinary malignancies. As the psychological liaison to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Genitourinary and Sexual Medicine services, he provides short- and long-term counseling services to patients struggling with cancer-related issues. Dr. Nelson also works with the Center’s 65+ Program, providing psychological support for patients who are 65 and older, and co-facilitates a support group for patients dealing with the combined issues of cancer and aging.
Working with members of the symptom management, neurocognitive, and psychotherapy laboratories, Dr. Nelson has focused his research on cancer’s impact on quality of life in prostate and geriatric cancer patients, and on developing new psychotherapy approaches for these groups. Some specific studies he has conducted include the impact of sexual dysfunction following cancer treatment; the cognitive effects of hormonal therapy on prostate cancer patients; distress in African-American men with prostate cancer; and developing assessment measures and psychotherapy specific to geriatric patients.
