Neil H. Baum, M.D., is Associate Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School and Louisiana State University Medical School, both in New Orleans, LA. He is also on the medical staff at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, and East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA.

Dr. Baum received his medical degree from Ohio State University Medical School in Columbus. He completed an internship at the University of California at Los Angeles, a residency in surgery at Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, followed by a second residency in surgery and a residency in urology, both at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. Dr. Baum is certified by the American Board of Urology.

Dr. Baum's research interests have been focused on treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), erectile dysfunction (ED), overactive bladder disease, and lower urinary tract infections.

Among Dr. Baum's contributions to the medical press are numerous journal articles on such topics as management of BPH and interstitial cystitis, treatments for carcinoma of the prostate, and ED in diabetic and geriatric populations, as well as for ED of psychogenic origin. Dr. Baum has served as a member of the editorial boards of Postgraduate Medicine, Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, Options in Medicine, Clinical Geriatrics, and other periodicals. He has co-authored six books, including two on the treatment of ED. Among more than 150 presentations at medical meetings and symposia, he has most recently presented on treatment strategies for the hypertensive BPH patient, use of finasteride in the management of BPH, evaluating and treating ED, and deciding when to treat or refer patients with overactive bladder syndrome.

Dr. Baum is a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), the Southeastern Section of the AUA, the American Fertility Society, the Urodynamics Society, the Louisiana State Medical Society, an the Orleans Parish Medical Society.