Dr. Pramod Krishnappa

Professional Membership

• Urological Association of Asia
• Indian Medical Association.
• Urological Society of India (USI).
• International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
• Indian Fertility Society.
• Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction.
• Association of Southern Urologists (India)
• Karnataka Urology Association (KUA)

Treatments and Procedures

Common Andrology Conditions/Issues Treated :

• Penile implant surgery (Inflatable and malleable)
• Vacuum erection device
• Penile intra-cavernosal injection (ICI) therapy
• Penile doppler scan
• Artificial urinary sphincter or Male Urethral sling for post-prostatectomy urinary leak
• Cosmetic procedures of penis: Frenuloplasty, circumcision, Penile filler injections
• Buried penis correction: Pubic Lipectomy, Liposuction, scrotoplasty
• Penile curvature corrections: Plication, Grafts, Penile Traction devices
• Testosterone replacement therapy: gels, Injections, Subcutaneous pellet insertion
• Testicular implants
• Vasectomy
• Microscopic vasectomy reversal
• Microscopic varicocele surgery
• Penile vibrator for semen collection
• TESA (TEsticular Sperm Aspiration)
• TESE (TEsticular Sperm Extraction)
• PESA (Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration)
• Micro-TESE (Microdissection TESE)
• Sperm freezing/ Cryopreservation
• Onco-fertility
• Premarital fertility workup

Awards and Recognition

• MIUC Travelling Fellowship Award to visit MSKCC, New York, in 2022
• Best Young Researcher Award- Clinician (ISAR, Jaipur), 2022
• Urological Association of Asia Youth Section Fellowship, 2021
• Male Fertility Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 2019.
• Manipal Best Published Paper Award for Penimaster PRO Penile Traction Therapy at the Karnataka State Conference, 2019
• International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Scholarship to attend ESSM School of Sexual Medicine, 2018
• European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) Fellowship, Madrid, 2018.
• European Urology Scholarship Program (EUSP) Fellowship, Belgrade, 2018.
• EAU Scholarship to attend EUREP (European Urology Residents Education Program) in Prague, 2016

Achivements

• Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Youth Section Fellowship 2021
• European School of Urology (ESU) courses on Office Management Of Male Sexual Dysfunction and The Infertile Couple – Urological aspects- London (UK)
• European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) Penile Implant Fellowship Madrid (Spain)
• European Urology Scholarship Program for Penile Reconstruction and Gender Reassignment Surgery Belgrade (Serbia)
• International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Scholarship to attend the ESSM School of Sexual Medicine- Budapest (Hungary)
• Male Infertility (Andrology) Visiting Fellow in University Of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA
• “Manipal Best Published Paper” award for Penimaster PRO Penile traction therapy at Karnataka Urology Association KUACON 2019 at Ballari, Karnataka
• Received “The Edinburgh Surgery Online Global Scholarship 2019” from the University of Edinburgh, UK
• Millennium International Urology Conference(MIUC) Travelling Fellowship 2020 awarded by Association of Southern Urologists(ASU) – SZUSI
• European Urology Residents Education Program EUREP 2016 at Prague, Czech Republic
• Committee Member: Subspecialty cell (Andrology & Men’s Health) of Urological Society of India (USI) 2020-2022.
• Panel member: USI “Male Infertility” guidelines (published in 2020)

Publications

Journals

• Penile Length Preservation in Penile Prosthesis Placement: Tips & Tricks. International J Impotence Research2025.
• Excellent long-term device survival of inflatable penile prosthesis over 27 years. Asian J Andrology 2025.
• Andrology subspecialty: Training opportunities for Indian urologists. Indian J Urology 2025.
• Mini Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in a 7-month-old Infant Weighing 5.9 kg. Journal of Association of Southern Urologists JASU 2025.
• Penile prosthesis implantation is safe and effective in Peyronie’s disease patients with and without erectile dysfunction. International J Impotence Research2025.
• Correlation of Urodynamic Parameters to Long-term Outcomes Following Posterior Urethral Valve Fulguration. J Ass Southern Urologists 2024.
• Unconsummated marriage: a systematic review of etiological factors and clinical management. J Sex Med 2023
• The Urological Society of India guidelines for the management of male infertility (Executive Summary). Indian J Urol 2023.
• Clinical implementation of Versius® Surgical Robotic system in Urology. Int J Adv Robot InnovSurg 2023
• Risk Factors For Revision After Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation In Male Patients With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study. Int Neurourol J 2022.
• Penile Modeling in Peyronie’s Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Sex Med Rev 2022.
• Surgical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction with low cost, Semi- rigid Shah Penile Prosthesis. Sexual medicine, 2021.
• Home modeling after penile prosthesis implantation in the management of residual curvature in Peyronie’s disease. Int J Impot Res 2021
• Vacuum Physiotherapy after Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty in Children. International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2020.
• Surgical management of Peyronie’s Disease with co-existent Erectile Dysfunction. Sex Med 2019
• Sildenafil/Viagra in the treatment of premature ejaculation. International J Impotence Research 2019.
• Penile traction therapy with the new device ‘Penimaster PRO’ is effective and safe in the stable phase of Peyronie’s disease: a controlled multicenter study. British JUrology International 2019.
• A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Botox in the Management of Dysfunctional Voiding in Women. Clinical Medicine Insights: Women’s Health 2018.
• Supracostal percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A prospective comparative study. Indian J Urol2016
• Scrotal calcinosis: A rare entity. Australian & New Zealand J Surgery (ANZ) 2016.
• Unproved tuberculous lesion of penis: A rare cause of saxophone penis treated by a therapeutic trial of anti-tubercular therapy. Indian J Medical Sciences 2011.

Newsletters

• Penile re-modeling in Peyronie’s disease: Bend the Curve. ESSM Today August 2021.
• Cadaveric Workshop Training in Penile Prosthesis Surgery. European Urology Today Oct-Dec 2020; 32(5): 24.
• Focal therapy in prostate cancer, where are we now ?”. August 2017 Newsletter of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.

Textbooks

• Assistant Editor.
  • ESSM Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery. Madrid- Spain: Editorial Médica Panamericana (2020). ISBN: 978-84-9110-699-9.
• Chapters Authored:
  • Chapter 1: Patient and Device Selection. Penile Implant Surgery – Contemporary Challenges and Controversies. Switzerland: Springer Nature; 2021
  • Chapter 15: Penile Implants. Peyronie’s Disease: Pathophysiology and Treatment. London: Academic Press, Elsevier; 2020.p.219-244.
  • Chapter 8: Erectile restoration (Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Placement)- basic scrotal and infrapubic techniques.Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery: Erectile Restoration &Urinary Incontinence, 2020.
  • Chapter 13:Inflatable Penile Prosthesis& corporal fibrosis.Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery: Erectile Restoration &Urinary Incontinence; 2020.
  • Chapter 14: Inflatable Penile Prosthesis and Peyronie’s Disease.Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery: Erectile Restoration &Urinary Incontinence. Madrid: 2020.

Conference Presentations

• “Role of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery in the management of Urinary Tract Infection complicated by Renal Papillary Necrosis” on 22/07/2016 at Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Annual Congress 2016 in Singapore.
• European School of Urology (ESU) courses on26th- 27thMarch 2017 at Excel, London:
• “Office management of Male Sexual Dysfunction”
• “The Infertile Couple- Urological aspects”
• ESU Hands-on training course in “Robotic surgery- Intro” on 25th March 2017 at EAU Annual Congress 2017 London.
• Boston Scientific European Masterclass in Erection Restoration Surgery and Penile implant Cadaver workshop held on 21st -22nd June 2018 in Madrid, Spain
• “Home-modeling after Penile Prosthesis Implantation is a viable option for management of residual curvature in Peyronie’s disease” (Abstract ID: 19-6476) on 5th May 2019 at American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Congress in Chicago, USA.
• “Cadaveric Penile Prosthesis Workshop training improves surgical confidence levels of Urologists: South Asian Society of Sexual Medicine Course Survey” (UOP-1103) on October 15- 17, 2020 at Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Virtual Annual Congress 2020, Seoul, South Korea.
• “Congenital Bilateral Absence of Vas Deferens (CBAVD): a rare entity” presented at the Male Infertility Virtual Preceptorship Program led by Dr Sandro Esteves (Brazil) on 15th May 2021.
• “A systematic review of modeling in Peyronie’s disease” (Abstract 226) at the Virtual World Meeting on Sexual Medicine (WMSM) Nov 2021, Japan.
• “Unconsummated marriage: Findings and outcomes of Couples visiting and Andrology clinic” (abstract 335) at the annual meeting of Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA-ISSM) on 29th October 2022, Miami.
• “Unconsummated Marriage: A Systematic Review of Etiological Factors and Clinical Management” (abstract 9920) at the annual meeting of ISSM on 16th Dec 2023, Dubai.
• Spoke on “Management of anabolic steroid-induced male infertility” at the Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery Course, 9th May 2024, Madrid, Spain
• ICSM Guidelines 2024 Panel Member, 28-30 June 2024, Madrid, Spain