COI date April 2007 Gary Onik is the inventor of ultrasound guided cryosurgery for both the prostate and the liver . Onik treated the first liver patients with cryosurgery in 1986 and the first patient with ultrasound guided prostate cancer cryosurgery prostate cryosurgery in 1990, and has developed techniques and instrumentation that have been integral to the minimally invasive treatment of cancer. ref cite web title Patent 5674218 Cryosurgical system for destroying tumors by freezing url http www.patentstorm.us patents 5334181.html date 1994 08 02 ref ref cite web url http www.patentstorm.us patents 5674218.html title Patent 5674218 Cryosurgical instrument and system and method of cryosurgery ref Onik pioneered the concept of a Male Lumpectomy in which only the cancerous area of the prostate is destroyed by freezing his research in this area was honored by the Society of Uroradiology as the most important research paper at their 2004 annual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona . He also utilizes a new biopsy technique called 3D Prostate Mapping Biopsy , in which the extent and location of a patient s cancer is determined by a more accurate biopsy carried out with specialized guidance devices. Onik is the former director of Florida Hospital Celebration Health s prostate cancer research program. He received his Bachelor of Arts B.A. degree from Harvard College and his Medical Doctor MD degree from New York Medical College . He completed a radiology residency at the University of California at San Francisco and a fellowship in Ultrasound and Interventional Radiology Research at New England Deaconess Hospital , Harvard Medical School . He is the two time president of the American College of Cryosurgery and has authored several books and many articles on the subject of oncology . References references Books The Male Lumpectomy A Rational New Approach to Treating Prostate Cancer ISBN 9781418497712 electronic book ISBN 9781418497699 paperback ISBN 9781418497705 hardcover Prost ... more details
for the Advancement of Women s Imaging 1997 1999 , President of the Society of Uroradiology 2000 ... about pastpresidents mcclennon.html The Society of Uroradiology Past Presidents ref For the year 2010 ... more details
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