Irwin Goldstein, MD

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Sexual Health

San Diego Sexual Medicine, Reservoir Drive, San Diego, CA, USA

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Dr. Irwin Goldstein is the director of San Diego Sexual Medicine, where he maintains his clinical practice, Director of Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital and Clinical Professor of Surgery 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.

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.

Education

  • MD: McGill University Faculty of Medicine

  • Internship/Residency: Boston University Medical Center

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Urology

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Erectile Dysfunction – Ultrasound Testing

We actually take a very, very fine needle, about the size of a human hair in diameter, and inject the equivalent of liquid Viagra into the man’s penis. And he will get a firm, sustained...

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Erectile Dysfunction – Treatment Options

It’s very important that the person understand the basis for the erectile dysfunction. Too often, a man will go to his primary care doctor and say, “Gee, I don’t have the erection I used to...

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Erectile Dysfunction – Testing

We actually take a very, very fine needle, about the size of a human hair in diameter, and inject the equivalent of liquid Viagra into the man’s penis. And he will get a firm, sustained...

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Erectile Dysfunction – Statistics

Erectile dysfunction is an extremely common problem in men. Over 30 million American men are considered to have erectile dysfunction. The prevalence is very interesting. We have data basically from age 40 on up, and...

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Erectile Dysfunction – Overview

If a man has a persistent and consistent and ability to obtain and / or maintain the erection for satisfactory sexual activity, they have the condition of erectile dysfunction. It’s very important that the person...

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Erectile Dysfunction – Erection Scale

We use this model when we interview men who have erectile dysfunction. This is called the erection hardness scale. And I was very involved with the Pfizer company who made Viagra to develop this model....

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Female Sexual Pain – Diagnosis/Surgery

There are two important sub diagnoses with pain. There is a pain syndrome where the birth control pill in particular is the cause. And this is where hormones are off. We measure hormones and all...

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Discussing Sexual Health

The language and the topics of sexual medicine are very frustrating because they are embarrassing and humiliating to several – there are religious concerns, there’s the ethical and moral concerns. We have to deal with...

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Sexual Health – Female Orgasm – Testing

“If a woman presents with an ability to orgasm during self stimulation, but not an ability to orgasm during sexual activity with a partner. We look for classic things, psychologic issues, physical therapy concerns. And...

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Sexual Health – Ejaculation Issues – Treatment

We do have lots of treatments for men who have been bothered by premature ejaculation. It’s an interesting sexual problem because where as erectile dysfunction really tortures the man cause he can’t perform, men get...

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