Saturnino Luján
Specialist in urology and andrology

Saturnino Luján

Valencia

Urology and andrology specialist with experience in male infertility at La Fe Hospital and IVIRMA Valencia. Combines clinical practice, university teaching, and scientific research.

  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Valencia, 1997-2003
  • Specialist in Urology (MIR Residency), La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, 2004-2009
  • Clinical Training Placement, University College Dublin (Ireland), 2007
  • PhD in Medicine and Surgery, University of Valencia, 2012
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Andrological Surgery, University College London Hospital (United Kingdom), 2012
  • Fellowship in Male Infertility, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA), 2013-2014
  • Consultant Urologist, Reconstructive and Functional Urology Unit, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital. Since 2009
  • Urologist-Andrologist specialising in Male Infertility, IVI Fertility Valencia. Since 2014
  • Associate Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Valencia. Since 2021
  • Member of the Neuro-Urology Committee at La Fe Hospital and the Ethics Committee of the IIS La Fe Biobank
  • Award recipient at the 41st Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU), London, 2026, for the research study “From PI-RADS to Te-RADS: Testicular MRI biomarkers predicting sperm retrieval in non-obstructive azoospermia”
  • Award recipient at the 31st Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Munich, 2016, for the research study “Predictors of inadequate initial response to clomiphene citrate in the treatment of hypogonadism”
  • Principal Investigator of competitive research projects on MRI-guided testicular biopsies in non-obstructive azoospermia (IIS La Fe, 2021-2024)
  • Member of the Accredited Research Group in Fetal and Reproductive Medicine at IIS La Fe
  • Author of more than 70 scientific publications in the fields of urology, andrology and reproductive medicine, published in journals such as The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Scientific Reports, BJU International and Fertility and Sterility
  • Main research interests include non-obstructive azoospermia, sperm epigenetics, testicular MRI imaging biomarkers (Te-RADS), and prosthetic surgery
  • Co-author of the books Practical Urology and Surgical Atlas of Practical Urology (Elsevier)
  • Author of chapters in the Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Elsevier) and the Treatise of Urology (Editorial Médica Panamericana)
  • Supervisor of PhD theses and Master’s degree dissertations in the field of male infertility

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