Rodrigo L. Pagani, MD

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Get to know Urologist Dr. Rodrigo L. Pagani, who serves patients in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Dr. Pagani has over two decades of experience in the field of urology and men’s reproductive health.

Serving as the Male Reproductive Health Director at Kindbody, he serves patients from the clinic in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. There, he focuses on male infertility, including evaluation and treatment, genetic causes of infertility, and testosterone replacement. 

Alongside performing hormonal testing, sperm analysis and sperm quality testing, and testicular ultrasounds, Dr. Pagani specializes in microsurgical procedures, including vasectomy reversal, varicocelectomy, and testicular sperm retrieval. 

Teaching students, he also serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

With a broad educational background, Dr. Pagani graduated with his medical degree from the State University of Londrina in Brazil. He then went on to perform his residency in urology at the Evangelical Hospital of Londrina, after which he relocated to the United States to complete his fellowship in male reproductive medicine and surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

With years of experience, the doctor is board-certified in urology by the American Board of Urology (ABU). The mission of the ABU is to act for the benefit of the public by working with certified urologists to achieve lifelong learning to insure the delivery of high quality, safe, and ethical urologic care.

Among his professional affiliations with several prominent urologic societies, Dr. Pagani is an active member of the American Urological Association, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Andrology, and the Chicago Urology Society.

His ongoing research at the Innovation Center investigates the application of advanced imaging approaches to enhance the chance of sperm retrieval during microsurgery and the application of new technology to perform semen analysis. He is also interested in basic research, focusing on studying molecular biomarkers of spermatogenesis.

Urology is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs. Urologists specialize in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. Patients may be referred to a urologist if their physician suspects they may need treatment for a condition relating to the bladder, prostate, urethra, ureters, kidneys, and adrenal glands. 

Successful in his field, Dr. Pagani has received many awards for his work.

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