Dr John P. Mulhall, MD MSc FECSM FACS FRCSI is a Dubliner, graduating from De La Salle College in Churchtown. He completed medical school at UCD in 1985. Following this he followed a BSc in Anatomy at UCD under the auspices of Dr Brendan Coakley. He completed his urology residency training at University of Connecticut Health Center in 1995 and his Sexual & Reproductive Medicine Fellowship training at Boston University Medical Center in 1996. For the past 20 years he has held the positions of Director of the Male Sexual & Reproductive Medicine (SRM) Program, Director of SRM Research and the SRM Fellowship Director at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He holds an adjunct position as Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr Mulhall has 400 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (H-index 72, >17,000 citations), and has published 58 book chapters and 10 books to date, including: Saving Your Sex Life: A Guide For Men With Prostate Cancer (2008), Sexual Function In The Prostate Cancer Patient (editor in chief, 2009), Cancer & Sexual Health (editor in chief, 2011), Fertility Preservation In The Male Cancer Patient, (editor in chief, 2012). He was editor-in-chief of the review journal Current Sexual Health Reports until 2007 and has been on the editorial board of The Journal of Sexual Medicine since its inception in 2000 and is its immediate past Editor-in-Chief (2014-2024). He is currently on the editorial board of The Journal of Urology.
Dr Mulhall has been heavily involved in research activities throughout his almost three decades in academic practice. Dr Mulhall’s basic research interests have included defining the pathobiology of Peyronie’s disease fibroblasts, erectile function preservation in cavernous nerve injury models and the elucidation of endothelial cell response to radiation therapy. His clinical research interests are varied and cover the spectrum of male sexual health, including erectile function, Peyronie’s disease, ejaculatory/orgasmic dysfunction and testosterone deficiency. His current research interests include (among others): defining predictors of post-prostatectomy erectile function recovery and pelvic radiation erectile function preservation, quality of life in Peyronie’s disease patients and their partners, development of novel instruments for evaluating sexual function in patients. He is a recognised authority on the design, conduct and interpretation of sexual medicine trials.
He he has held senior positions within medical organisations including: Secretary of the SMSNA (2007-10); President of SMSNA (2011); Chairman of the Core Curriculum Committee of the American Urological Association (AUA, 2012-15); the written board examination of committee of the AUA (2005-2008); Member, AUA education council (2012-2015); AUA Practice Guideline committee (2016-2024), chairing the testosterone deficiency guideline committee (2018) and sitting on the AUA guideline committees for Priapism, Ejaculatory Dysfunction and Male Infertility between 2018-2022. He sits on the American Board of Urology’s oral examination committee and is the current Secretary-General of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.
He has been honored with numerous awards: Career Development Award for basic science research from the US Veterans Administration (1998); the Robert P. Nelson Award for clinical research from SMSNA (2001); Young Investigator Award from ISSM (2000); the Ginestié Award for basic science research from ISSM (2002); the Distinguished Service Award from SMSNA (2022) and ISSM (2023); In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award from the AUA. Recently, he was awarded a Lifetime Honorary Membership in the Irish Society of Urology.
He has run a fellowship program, training future leaders in the field of sexual medicine, for 20 years, and to date, has trained 33 fellows (clinical and research). He is renowned for his commitment to education and mentorship and is a regular speaker on related topics, such as, academic success and publication ethics.