Jacob Rajfer, MD
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Jacob Rajfer, MD has made UCLA one of the top basic science research centers in the field of impotence, specializing in the molecular events surrounding the production of nitric oxide, the chemical responsible for the erectile process. Since 1980, Dr. Rajfer has headed the clinical and teaching programs in Urology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Many specialties within Urology-- including pediatrics, renal transplantation, oncology and andrology--have been expanded at Harbor and a number of important discoveries have resulted from the clinical and research activities at Harbor under Dr. Rajfer's guidance. It was these research activities that led to the discovery at UCLA of what chemicals cause an erection and explained in detail how drugs like Viagra work in helping men with impotence.
In addition to serving as Chief of Urology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Rajfer is a Professor of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine's Department of Urology. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and completed his Internship at LA County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Rajfer completed a Surgery Residency at St. Josephs Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and served as Senior Assistant Resident in Urology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, where he went on to become Chief Resident in Urology. Dr. Rajfer also served as Research Fellow in Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Urology and holds a number of important patents for medical discoveries related to the field of urology.
Professional Memberships
American Fertility Society
Kidney Foundation of Southern California
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Los Angeles Urological Society
Southern California Transplant Society
Society of University Urologists
Pacific Coast Fertility Society
Western Section, American Urological Association, Inc.
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
American College of Surgeons - Fellow
American Urological Association
American Society of Andrology
Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery
California Urological Society
Western Association of Transplant Surgeons
The Endocrine Society
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Society for the Study of Impotence
Society of Pediatric Urology
Western Urologic Forum
American Academy of Pediatric
Academic & Medical Staff Appointments
Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1989 to present
Associate Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1983-89
Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1980-83
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1978-80
