Dr. Spencer K. Craven

Cigdem (“Cori”) Tanrikut, MD, FACS, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and earned her medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her urologic surgery residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard Medical School, and then continued on to Weill Cornell Medical College in New York to pursue a fellowship in male infertility and microsurgery. Upon completing her fellowship training, she became the Director of Male Reproductive Medicine at the MGH Fertility Center. While at Harvard, she was an Associate Professor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In 2015, she was named the Quality Chair for the MGH Department of Urology, and in 2017, she became the President of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology. Dr. Tanrikut’s research endeavors include assessing how lifestyle and medications may impact male reproductive health, sperm banking trends, and sperm-related factors to optimize fertility treatment outcomes. Dr. Tanrikut joined SGF in 2017. Dr. Tanrikut is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Infertility, Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome, Varicocele, Vasectomy, and Penectomy.

Paul R. Shin, M.D., earned his undergraduate degree with distinction in biology and his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA. Before starting his residency he completed a 1 year internship in general surgery with the Emory University Hospitals and Clinics, Atlanta, GA. He continued on to complete his residency in urology at the University of Virginia before heading to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Glickman Urological Institute to complete his fellowship in male infertility. Dr. Shin was an Executive Board Member for the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction (SSMR) from 2011 to 2013 and Program Chair for the 2012 SSMR meeting. He served on the Strategic Planning Committee for the American Society of Andrology meeting in 2014. Dr. Shin has served on the Urology Care Foundation’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Committee since 2014, and is currently a Society for Male Reproduction and Urology (SMRU) Board Member (Member-at-Large). He has been a member of the Continuing Medical Education Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine since 2014. Dr. Shin is board certified in urology and joined the practice in 2015. Dr. Shin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome, Spermatogenesis Arrest, Varicocele, and Infertility.

Brad Lerner is a Urologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Lerner is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Lerner is currently accepting new patients.