James Smith, MD, MS received his undergraduate training from the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained a degree in molecular biology with high honors. He then enrolled in the University of California's Joint Medical Program, a partnership between Berkeley's School of Public Health and San Francisco's School of Medicine where he earned a master's degree in health and medical science in 2000 and a medical degree in 2002. Smith completed his general surgery and urology training at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, returning to the University of California, San Francisco as an Andrology Fellow in 2007 for advanced clinical and clinical research training in male reproductive and sexual health under the guidance of Tom Lue, MD and Ira Sharlip, MD.  In 2009, he was awarded a K12 MRHR (Male Reproductive Health Research) grant to continue his investigation into male reproductive health.