The Medical Institute for Sexual Health (MI) was founded in 1992 by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D., a prominent obstetrician/gynecologist and infertility specialist. In the early 1990s he observed that many women needed infertility and cancer treatment for STIs they had acquired years earlier. While doing research for a womens healthcare book, he also realized the extraordinary magnitude of the STI epidemic. He founded MI in response to these observations and findings. What began as a presentation at a local high school has evolved into a unique organization. MI assists individuals, families, and societies in making healthy sexual decisions by providing up-to-date scientific information on sexual health topics.