Professional Bio
Dr. Jeanne O'Brien is an associate professor of urology and male infertility in the Department of Urology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Dr. O'Brien completed her medical school education at Loyola University in Chicago. She went to residency at the University of Rochester where she completed two years of General Surgery training and subsequently 4 years of Urologic Residency training. Dr. O'Brien went on to complete advance training in microsurgery and male infertility with a fellowship at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
She is Board Certified in Adult Urology and is recognized annually in Who's Who's in American Medicine and Best Doctors in America.
Dr. O'Brien has received numerous awards and recognitions for both her clinical science and basic science research work and has published in all of the major urology journals as well as the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). She is an active member of the American Urologic Association, American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the Society of Male Reproductive urologists. Her opinion is often solicited from major news organizations regarding male fertility issues.
| International Exchange Scholar | American Urological Association/Brazilian Urological Society | Sao Paolo, Brazil |
2010 - 2010 |
| Best of Session 2009: Redefining FSH in the male infertility population | American Urological Association | Chicago, Illinois |
2009 - 2009 |
| AUA History Forum selection: The Infertility of Catherine de Medici | American Urological Association | Linthicum, Maryland |
2008 - 2008 |
| Retrospectroscope Award - Urology in Ancient Egypt | American Urologic Association | Orlando, Florida |
2008 - 2008 |
| Upstate Residents Competition – 3rd place, Basic Science | SUNY Upstate Medical University | Syracuse, New York |
2006 - 2006 |
| SCSA Diagnostic Travel Award for clinical presentation at ASA | Center for Male Reproductive Medicine |
2004 - 2004 |
| Buswell Research Grant | University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester, New York |
2004 - 2005 |
2010
Jennifer Gordetsky, Emma Bendana, Jeanne O'Brien, and Ronald Rabinowitz. "(Almost) Painless Surgery: A Historical Review of the Evolution of Intraurethral Anesthesia in Urology". Urology. 2010; . |
2009
Gordetsky J, Westesson K, Rabinowitz R, O'Brien J. "Wine and the Treatment of Genito-Urinary Disease: From Antiquity to Modern Times". Canadian Journal of Urology. 2009; . |
2009
Jennifer Gordetsky, Ronald Rabinowitz, Jeanne O'Brien. "Catherine de Medici: The Cure of Her "Infertility" and Subsequent Control of 16th Century France". de Historia Urologiae Europaeae. 2009; 18. |
2009
Gordetsky J, Rabinowitz R, O'Brien J. "The "Infertility" of Catherine de Medici and its Influence on 16th Century France". Canadian Journal of Urology. 2009; 16(2):4584-8.. |
2009
Gordetsky J, O'Brien J. "Urology and the Scientific Method in Ancient Egypt". Urology. 2009; 73(3):476-9. |
