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Peter N. Schlegel, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Urology

Locations and Appointments

Insurances Accepted

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Personal Statement

Peter N. Schlegel, MD, FACS is the James J. Colt Professor of Urology and Reproductive Medicine; Staff Scientist at The Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research; and a Visiting Associate Physician at The Rockefeller University Hospital.

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Video Visits / Telemedicine Appointments

At Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Urology, our top priority remains the care of our patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are emphasizing the use of Video Visits to provide a safe, effective, secure, and convenient way to provide care. Video Visits allows us to continue to fulfill our mission to provide best-in-class care for all of our patients.

New and existing patients will have direct access to Dr. Schlegel, through a smartphone (preferred) or computer. Our patients will receive instructions to a unique, secure, and private link to access the Video Visit session once the appointment is scheduled.

Nearly all of our visits are being performed via Video Visit at this time. During the Video Visit with Dr. Schlegel, he will determine if an in-person office visit is needed. 

Please call our office at (212) 746-5491 to schedule a private Video Visit today. 

Tips to Prepare for a Successful Video Visit

Click on the links below for more information and instructions on how to inititate your Video Visit. 

Video Visit Instructional Guide 

Weill Cornell Medicine Video Visits

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Biographical Info

Dr. Peter N. Schlegel is the James J. Colt Professor of Urology and Reproductive Medicine and Attending Urologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Schlegel is an internationally acclaimed expert in the treatment of male infertility, especially the interface of male factor treatment with assisted reproductive techniques. His work has also clarified the importance of hormonal therapy, sperm analysis and genetic studies in the evaluation of men with infertility. He was awarded the 1996 Established Clinician Award by The European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology. He received the Barringer Medal of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons in 2012, and he was inducted into Johns Hopkins' Society of Scholars in 2007. He has been listed as an expert in nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy techniques as well as male infertility by Castle Connolly's "Best Doctors" Guide since 1999 as well as other national "Best Doctor" lists.

In over 300 published or submitted original manuscripts, as well as numerous book chapters and invited articles, Dr. Schlegel has described the characteristics of men who are candidates for sperm retrieval, and designed and described novel techniques for the successful achievement of pregnancy after sperm retrieval. He has also published extensively on microsurgical treatment of infertile men as well as on hormonal and genetic aspects of infertility. More importantly, the team of scientists, reproductive endocrinologists, nurses and technicians that Dr. Schlegel has worked with at Weill Cornell Medicine has achieved one of the highest pregnancy rates in the world for treatment of couples using sperm that were retrieved by Dr. Schlegel.

Early in his career, Dr. Schlegel worked with pioneers in the field of urology and male reproductive function. With Dr. Fray Marshall and Dr. Patrick Walsh at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Schlegel worked as a resident in general surgery and urology. During that time, Dr. Schlegel established some of the anatomical basis that was necessary to develop the contemporary procedure of radical prostatectomy that is used to cure localized prostate cancer. Dr. Schlegel continues to be active in the surgical treatment of prostate cancer because of his advanced understanding of this anatomy. Dr. Schlegel was granted a research scholarship from the American Foundation for Urological Disease/American Urological Association in 1989 and completed his fellowship in the area of male infertility and reproductive function with the guidance of Dr. Marc Goldstein and Dr. Wayne Bardin at The Population Council's Center for Biomedical Research at The Rockefeller University and the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery in the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine in 1991.

His expertise in urology has been recognized by national and international authorities by invitations from the National Institutes of Health, The American Urologic Association, and Austrian, Australian, Brazilian, British, Chinese, Costa Rican, Emirati, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Israeli, Japanese, Jordanian, Mexican, Qatari, Saudi Arabian, Turkish and Venezuelan urologic or reproductive societies to speak on issues of male infertility treatment. He has been listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in Education, Who's Who in Healthcare and Medicine, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering. He received the John K. Lattimer Award from the Kidney and Urology Foundation in 2010.

Dr. Schlegel is a former co-editor of the Journal of Andrology and has currently or previously served on editorial boards of the medical journals AUA Update Series, British Journal of Urology-International, Fertility & Sterility, Journal of Urology (Investigative Section), Techniques in Urology, Journal of Andrology and FertiliText. He was the Edwin A. Beer Program award recipient of The New York Academy of Medicine from 1996 to 1998, and received a New Investigator Award from the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases from 1993 to 1995. Dr. Schlegel serves or has served in a leadership role for several national infertility organizations, including as a council member for the American Society of Andrology Board of Directors, and a former president of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology, as well as former president of the Society for Reproductive Surgery, former president of the Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, past president of the Society for Study of Male Reproduction of the AUA and chair of the Male Infertility Joint Guidelines Panel for AUA and ASRM. He is currently President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

To contact Dr. Schlegel, an appointment can be made by calling his office at (212) 746-5491. He can be contacted by mail at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Box 94, New York, NY 10065, by fax at (212) 746-8425, or by email at pnschleg@med.cornell.edu. 

 

 

 

Honors and Awards

Awards: 

American Infertility Association Award for Special Contribution and Continued Devotion to Family Building, 1999

Ambrose Reed AUA Socioeconomics Essay Contest, First Prize, 1998

Best Assisted Reproductive Technology Video, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1997

RESOLVE New York City Chapter Award, September, 1997

Established Clinician Award, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1996

Best Urology video, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, 1995.

Co-Author, Hamilton-Thorn Prize for best paper in the Journal of Andrology, 1994

Male Reproduction/Urology prize paper, American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, 1995.

Edwin Beer Program Recipient, The New York Academy of Medicine, 1996

Who's Who [Strathmore's] (1998-)

Listed, "How to find the Best Doctors" (NY Metro Area) Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.(1999-)

Listed, "Best Doctors in New York," New York Magazine (2000-)

Listed, "America's Top Doctors," Castle-Connolly Guide (2001-)

Listed, "“Guide to America'’s Top Physicians"” (2003-)

Listed, "America'’s Top Doctors for Cancer" (2005-)

Marquis' Who's Who in the East (1996-)

Marquis’ "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" (2002-)

Marquis’ "Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care" (2002-)

Marquis’ "Who'’s Who in America" (2001-)

Marquis’ "Who'’s Who in the World" (2002-)

Outstanding People of the 21st Century (2001-)

21st Century Award for Achievement (International Biographical Centre)

Hewlett-Packard Scholarship, 1975

Clifford Williams Award, 1978

Coleman Burke Fellowship Award, 1979

Board Certifications
American Board of Urology
Clinical Expertise
Male Infertility
Vasectomy
Prostate Cancer
Laser Surgery
Vasectomy Reversals Microsurgery
Genitourinary Surgery
Laser Urology
No Scalpel Vasectomy
Urologic Cancer
Languages
English
Education 
  • M.D.
    University of Massachusetts Medical School
    1983
Appointments 
  • Professor of Urology
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
  • Professor of Reproductive Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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