Abraham morgentaler biography

Henry Morgentaler

Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate (1923–2013)

Henry Morgentaler

CM

Henry Morgentaler (right) in August, 2005, with then NDP Leader Jack Layton

Born

Heniek Morgentaler


(1923-03-19)March 19, 1923

Łódź, Poland

DiedMay 29, 2013(2013-05-29) (aged 90)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Doctor, activist
Known forabortion rights advocacy
Spouse

Chava Rosenfarb

(m. 1945⁠–⁠1975)​
Children2

Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler[1]CM (March 19, 1923 – May 29, 2013), was a Polish-born Canadianphysician, and abortion rights advocate[2] who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada. As a Jewish youth during World War II, Morgentaler was imprisoned at the Łódź Ghetto and later at the Dachau concentration camp.

After the war, Morgentaler migrated to Canada and entered medical practice, becoming one of the first Canadian doctors to perform vasectomies, to insert intrau

Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, MD, FACS

Dr. Morgentaler, the Director of Men’s Health Boston, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Urology at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Morgentaler lectures nationally and internationally to teach physicians the latest information in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting men’s sexual and reproductive health. His areas of interest include hypogonadism (low testosterone), sexual dysfunction, male infertility, prostate disorders, vasectomy and microsurgical vasectomy reversal.

Dr. Morgentaler is a regular contributor to television and radio shows addressing male issues, and has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN with Anderson Cooper, and The Connection on NPR. Dr. Morgentaler and his clinical work with testosterone were featured in The New Yorker, and his comments have been published in journals such as Newsweek and US News and World Report.

He is the author of The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships, Male Body: A Physician’s Guide to What Every Man Should Kn

Dr. Abraham Morgentaler is an associate clinical professor of surgery (urology) at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the founder and director of Men's Health Boston, a center focusing on male sexual and reproductive health.

Dr. Morgentaler's newest book is Testosterone for Life (McGraw-Hill, 2008). The culmination of 30 years of research, it is the first consumer book about low testosterone by a preeminent researcher in the field, and it explains every aspect of this common medical condition and its treatment with testosterone therapy. He is also the author of the books, The Viagra Myth (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2003), and The Male Body (Simon and Schuster 1993).

Dr. Morgentaler lectures to physicians, nationally and internationally, on the latest research regarding the diagnosis and treatment of low testosterone (hypogonadism), sexual dysfunction, male infertility, and prostate disorders, as well as on vasectomy and microsurgical vasectomy reversal. His work has appeared in the following medical journals: New England Journal of Medicine, Lan

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