Priapism is a condition that results in a prolonged penile erection that lasts for hours after sexual activity or is not related to sexual stimulation. In 2021, the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) collaborated with the American Urological Association (AUA) to update the clinical guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of acute ischemic priapism.

Present your latest research to an international audience! The scientific committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for oral, video and poster presentations. All abstracts presented at the meeting will be published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Submission deadline: July 1, 2022
More information & submission details will be available soon on the official meeting site!

The Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) promotes, encourages, and supports the highest standards of practice, research, education, and ethics in the study of human sexual function and dysfunction. As such, The SMSNA Board of Directors believes it is important to take a stand regarding recent statements by the State of Texas that equate gender-affirming care in youth with “child abuse”. The SMSNA agrees with and stands in solidarity with the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH*) and its statement from February 24, 2022.

Advanced practice providers (APPs) such as advanced practice nurses (APNs)/nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) can significantly enhance a urologic or sexual medicine practice. According to the results of the 2018 National Survey of Demographics and Clinical Roles in Urology, 72.5% of urologists have used the services of an APP in their practice.

Join us on Wednesday, November 3 for the Residents Arena, at which the 10 best scoring abstracts submitted by residents to the 22nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of SMSNA will be presented by the residents. The 3 best presentations, based on a combination of audience vote (50%) and judges’ scores (50%), will each win $1,000!

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At the SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting today, Lori Brotto, PhD, R Psych, expounded on the benefits of mindfulness for improving sexual function, particularly in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder.

Ashley Winter, MD, looked at inflatable penile prostheses (IPPs) from the couple’s perspective today at the SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting.

Telemedicine has been steadily gaining in popularity, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only served to increase the demand for virtual care.

Today, the attendees of the Genital Cosmetic Surgery session of the SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting enjoyed a lively discussion on the potential benefits and risks/burdens of genital cosmetic surgery, ranging from penile enlargement surgery to labiaplasty and more.

On the second day of the SMSNA’s 22^nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting, Trinity Bivalacqua, MD, PhD, shared a recap of the SMSNA Position Statement on Restorative Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction (ED).

Emily Willingham, PhD, the keynote speaker of the 22^nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the SMSNA, sought to contextualize the human penis within the greater world of animal penises in her lecture, “Life Lessons from the Animal Penis.”

Avery Braun, DO, presented new research on the location and severity of postoperative pain for patients who have undergone inflatable penile prosthesis implantation during the first Erectile Dysfunction Surgical Abstract Session of the SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting.