Ridwan Shabsigh, MD

Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia-Presbyterian Eastside 
The Atchley Pavilion, Room 1119 16 East 60th Street 
161 Fort Washington Avenue New York, NY 10022 USA
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Email: RS66@Columbia.edu 

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Biographical statement:
Ridwan Shabsigh, MD is an associate professor of Urology at Columbia University and the director of The New York Center for Human Sexuality at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, USA.

He is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Urological Association, the American College of Surgeons, the Society of University Urologists, and is a founding member of the Society for the Study of Impotence. Under his direction, the New York Center for Human Sexuality has been very active in providing clinical services for the diagnosis and treatment of various types of male and female sexual dysfunctions. Dr. Shabsigh is also the recipient of several research grants to conduct studies in erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, female sexual dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease and has acted as a principal investigator for numerous clinical trials. In 1993 he was the winner of an American Foundation of Urologic Disease young investigator award for urologic research. Under his direction, several basic science research projects are being conducted at the Columbia Urology Research Laboratory. Dr. Shabsigh has published many scientific articles and book chapters and has given numerous lectures and presentations domestically and internationally.

He is a widely published author of several articles that have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Urology, Urology, British Journal of Urology and Contemporary Urology. He is the author of a recently-published patient education book on ED: Back to Great Sex, Overcome ED and Reclaim Lost Intimacy.

Dr. Shabsigh completed his MD studies at Damascus University Medical School in Damascus, Syria, and completed his residency and fellowship training in Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Urology, Houston, Texas, USA.

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