Joel L. Marmar, MD, FACS received the American Society of Andrology (ASA) 2010 Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service and dedication as a founding member of the society, making the organization one of the leading professional urologic societies in the country, and his achievements as a physician and researcher. Dr. Marmar specializes in male reproductive medicine and has accomplished many “firsts”, including the region’s first microsurgical vasectomy reversal, the first successful sperm extractions for in vitro fertilization and the world’s first microsurgical varicocelectomy, the first microsurgical vasoepididymostomy by invagination and his in-line vasectomy procedure.