Advances in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Friday, May 15, 2026
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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.
Speaker
Faysal A. Yafi, MD, FRCSC, is an Associate Professor of Urology, Chief of the Division Men’s Health and Reconstructive Urology, Director of Men’s Health at Newport Urology in Newport Beach, California. Dr. Yafi also serves as the Co-Director of the Eric S. Wisenbaugh GURS Fellowship in Male Reconstructive and Prosthetic Urology and the Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs at the University of California, Irvine. He specializes in men’s health, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, Peyronie’s disease, prosthetic surgery, male voiding dysfunction/enlarged prostate and male infertility.
Dr. Yafi earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He completed his internship in General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Yafi subsequently completed his residency in Urology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He then completed a fellowship in Andrology, Sexual Medicine, and Prosthetic Urology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dr. Yafi is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and an active member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA), the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM), the American Society of Andrology, the American Urological Association (AUA) and the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU). He has contributed to more than 400 peer-reviewed publications, educational guidelines and book chapters. Dr. Yafi has been invited as a visiting professor and a speaker at multiple national and international venues. He has received multiple national and international awards and recognitions, including the UCI Excellence in Teaching award in 2020, the UCI Rising Stars award in 2020, the Sexual Medicine Society of North America Young Investigator Award of Excellence in 2022, and the International Society of Sexual Medicine Rising Star Award in 2023. Dr. Yafi is also the co-editor of a book entitled Effects of Lifestyle on Men’s Health.
