James A Kashanian, M.D., is the Director of Male Sexual Health and Assistant Professor of Urology and Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Urologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Kashanian is also the Associate Director of the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery and Co-Director of the Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

Since joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Kashanian has developed an academic career centered on advancing the care of men with infertility and sexual dysfunction through excellence in clinical care, clinical investigation and education. As a fellowship-trained urologist and andrologist, his clinical expertise includes male infertility, specifically non-obstructive azoospermia, fertility preservation, microsurgery, erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease, testosterone deficiency and prosthetic urology. His research is driven by clinically relevant questions that improve patient care, inform decision-making and enhance reproductive and sexual health outcomes.

An active member of several leading professional and academic societies, including the American Urological Association (AUA), Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Dr. Kashanian has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, numerous book chapters and has delivered invited lectures nationally and internationally. His scholarly work focuses on fertility preservation, microsurgical infertility surgery (micro-TESE and varicocelectomy) and surgical outcomes research.

Committed to education and mentorship, Dr. Kashanian has remained actively involved in the education of medical students, residents, fellows and faculty through clinical teaching, research mentorship and curriculum development. As Co-Director of the Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery Fellowship, he is dedicated to developing the next generation of academic andrologists while fostering collaborative clinical research.

Dr. Kashanian received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and his Medical Degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his General Surgery and Urology Residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Kashanian then completed his Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery Fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.