The Dr. David Paolone Men’s Health Visiting Professorship was established in 2017 by a generous donation from David R. Paolone, MD to support men’s health initiatives in education in the department.
This is a bi-yearly lectureship and will feature a national speaker who specializes in the treatment of male infertility and sexual health.
Recent Lecture
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – 7:00AM
“IPP PLAN: Tales of Penile Implant Woe”
Tobias S. Köhler, MD, MPH, FACS, Professor of Urology, specializes in the treatment of erectile and sexual dysfunction, and BPH (enlarged prostate) in the Department of Urology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He is head of Mayo Men’s Health and program director for the Mayo Andrology Fellowship. He received his undergraduate, medical degree, Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology and Urology Specialty Training all from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. This was followed by an andrology fellowship at Northwestern School of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Köhler spent his first nine years of academic practice at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois rising to Full Professor before matriculating back to his home state of Minnesota. He most recently has completed wellness coaching course work and is in the process of becoming a certified wellness coach.
Dr. Köhler is an active member of American Urological Association, North Central Section, and is the Secretary of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America. He has published more than 250 peer reviewed scientific articles, book chapters and scientific abstracts and presented both locally and nationally on various subjects including erectile dysfunction, low testosterone, BPH, surgical education, and penile prostheses.