Cappy Rothman
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| Born | Cappy Miles Rothman 1938 The Bronx, New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Urologist |
| Employer | California Cryobank |
| Organization | California Cryobank, Inc. |
| Known for | Pioneering sperm donation from deceased donors |
Cappy Rothman is a urologist known for pioneering sperm donations from dead donors[1] He co-founded California Cryobank, Inc.[2]
Early Life
Cappy Miles Rothman was born in the Bronx in 1938. He spent his early childhood in the Bronx until the age of 10 when the family moved to Miami Beach. He frequently visited Havana Cuba from the age of 11 to 21 because of his father, Norman "Roughhouse" Rothman,[3] who managed the Sans Souci Cabaret and Gambling Casino plus all the slot machines outside Havana as a member of the mafia.
Career
When Rothman and Charles Sims established the California Cryobank in 1977, they haw a way to lessen the impact of sterilization by providing these men with an option to retain their ability to father children.[4]
He founded the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine, and became a very prominent infertility doctor in Santa Monica, CA. In 1976 he founded the California Cryobank which became the world's largest sperm bank. In 2018, they had about 600 donors and 75,000 registered live births since 1977.[5][6] He was the first doctor to extract sperm posthumously[7][8] and continued to do so the vast majority of which did not lead to a birth. "It had never been done in humans before," Dr. Rothman tells The Post. "And the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) was not supportive."[9] In 1998 a woman successfully conceived by implantation of eggs that had been fertilized by her dead husbands sperm.[10] "The first successful conception from using sperm stored from a dead man was not until 1999 — a child born to Gaby Vernoff four years after her husband died suddenly. Rothman extracted the sperm from Vernoff’s husband as he lay in a morgue." [11][2]
Rothman was on the medical staff at Century City Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and a clinical instructor at the University of California, Los Angeles.[12]
Book
In December 2022, Rare Bird Books published the book "God of Sperm" written by Joe Donnelly and Rothman.[13] This book is a biography of his life and medical achievements. [14]
He also contributed to the book "Infertility in the Male" a Cambridge University textbook.[15]
Personal Life
Rothman currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife (Beth). They have three sons and five grandchildren.[3]
References
- ↑ "How mobster's son Dr. Cappy Rothman became a fertility pioneer". Daily News. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Male Fertility Specialist Los Angeles | Dr. Cappy Rothman | CMRM". www.malereproduction.com. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "How mobster's son Dr. Cappy Rothman became a fertility pioneer". Daily News. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ "Sperm Banking History | California Cryobank". www.cryobank.com. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ Commission, United States National Bioethics Advisory (1999). Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance. National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
- ↑ "Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants: (600702009-001)". American Psychological Association. 2001. doi:10.1037/e600702009-001.
- ↑ "Widows and parents want to preserve dead men's sperm–but what are the rights of the deceased?". Quartz. 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ "El controvertido uso de esperma de hombres muertos para tener hijos". BBC News Mundo (in español). 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ "'Posthumous conception' is changing motherhood". 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ "Post-mortem sperm induces pregnancy". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ↑ "The women who choose to have children with their deceased husbands' sperm". NewsComAu. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ↑ "Dr. Cappy Rothman – My Future Baby". www.myfuturebaby.com. Archived from the original on 2024-06-27. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ↑ "God of Sperm by Joe Donnelly with Cappy Rothman". Rare Bird Lit Inc. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ "The God of Sperm - LA Weekly". 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ↑ Rothman, Cappy M.; Schiewe, Mitchel C. (2023), "Cryopreservation of Sperm – History and Current Practice", in Niederberger, Craig S.; Lamb, Dolores J.; Lipshultz, Larry I.; Howards, Stuart S. (eds.), Infertility in the Male (5 ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 381–398, ISBN 978-1-108-83805-4, retrieved 2026-02-06
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