Lee Ponsky

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This allows us to deliver highly focused radiation directly at the prostate and actually tracks the movement as the prostate moves.
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Current CyberKnife treatment is for patients with low risk or intermediate risk prostate cancer
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MedWish collects unused medical supplies and sets up hospitals and clinics in developing countries
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UH Urology: Hot Ones with Dr. Lee Ponsky- Chairman

Statement Dr. Lee Ponsky's father was chairman of surgery at University Hospitals and other hospitals Open
Statement Ponsky's father recommended urology because urologists 'all walk around, they seem like they're having a good time, they have a good sense of humor, and they seem happy' Open
Quotation you know, they all walk around, they seem like they're having a good time, they have a good sense of humor, and they seem happy Open
Quotation come on in, let's show you what we're doing Open
Statement Jack Elder, a pediatric urologist, was performing a neobladder while listening to Howard Stern when Ponsky observed as a medical student Open
Statement The urologists Ponsky observed were 'not intimidating, they're inclusive' and 'doing really terrific surgery helping patients' Open
Quotation I do think that as urologists, we take our, you know, we, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to do good work, but yet we have a sense of humor and we do things like hot ones Open
Statement MedWish collects unused medical supplies and sets up hospitals and clinics in developing countries Open
Statement Ponsky started a tattoo removal company and a medical device company through social entrepreneurism Open
Quotation if you're not happy at home, I don't care how hard you work Open
Statement If a physician is not happy at home, it doesn't matter how hard they work Open
Statement Ponsky told a faculty member not to come in on July 4th to see consults because he was on call and the faculty should be home with family Open
Quotation no, I'm on call. You should be home with your family Open
Statement The sabbatical to Australia allowed Ponsky to learn about MRI of the prostate, which he 'didn't know much about' Open
Statement The MRI prostate work from Australia 'really changed my academic career, which ultimately led to an RO1 research grant' Open
Statement The sabbatical established 'new friendships, new ideas and questions to ask, and new research ideas, new clinical practice' Open
Quotation life is not just about doing that next case Open
Quotation this is not a dress rehearsal Open
Statement Ed Cerullo is now 'the chairman of urology at Rush' Open
Statement Ponsky and Ed Cerullo 'had been together since 1997' and 'still talk every day' Open
Statement The institution has 'given us the opportunity to recruit and grow and given us resources that we need to do that' Open
Statement The University Hospitals urology program 'has trained probably more chairmen than any program in the country' Open
Statement In the last year, the department recruited over 7 people who will be starting in the next 6 months, with more signed for next year Open
Statement Finding the right balance between being 'a friend, a mentor, and a leader' is always a challenge Open
Statement Ponsky's biggest frustration is Saturday because 'it's the weekend and I want to send emails and I wanna meet with people and I want to get things done and I gotta wait till Monday' Open
Statement The way medicine picks leaders is 'very strange' - taking people busy clinically who have written papers and asking them to 'run this little company' Open
Statement Running a department or institute requires looking at revenue, expenses, and managing a company - 'it's a crazy way of deciding how to pick a leader to run a company' Open
Statement The department wants to recruit 'leaders in each of the subspecialty areas who have a passion and a vision for teaching, asking questions, innovating' Open
Statement The department wants people 'who are safely pushing the envelope, doing innovative things in education' Open
Quotation people talk about thinking outside the box, I think outside the building Open
Statement Ed Cerullo used to say 'people talk about thinking outside the box, I think outside the building' Open
Statement The department plans to 'more than double the department in the next year' Open
Statement Culture is the number one priority - 'I believe in culture. I think we need to have a great culture where people feel this is their home environment' Open
Quotation I believe in culture. I think we need to have a great culture, uh, where people feel this is their home environment Open
Statement Sometimes people 'spend more time at work than we do at home' so 'we should have some laughs' Open
Quotation Sometimes we spend more time at work than we do at home. We should have some laughs Open
Quotation You should not feel that you have pressure being put on you, but supported Open
Statement People 'should not feel that you have pressure being put on you, but supported' - this is 'a different way of thinking in the general medical education traditional system' Open
Statement The traditional medical education system 'was very, you know, you're talked down to' but 'we want to change the culture' Open
Lee's statements about Urologic Oncology Essentials 19 statements

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iQuestions: Cyberknife Procedure for Prostate Cancer

Quotation The CyberKnife is a newer technology that allows us to treat prostate cancer noninvasively. Open
Statement CyberKnife is a newer technology that allows noninvasive treatment of prostate cancer Open
Statement University Hospitals Case Medical Center is one of the initial institutions offering CyberKnife technology Open
Quotation This allows us to deliver highly focused radiation directly at the prostate and actually tracks the movement as the prostate moves. Open
Statement CyberKnife delivers highly focused radiation directly at the prostate and tracks the movement as the prostate moves Open
Statement CyberKnife allows very precise treatment of the prostate while minimizing injury or side effects from surrounding organs Open
Statement CyberKnife treatment does not involve chemotherapy or other treatments and is standalone Open
Statement Current CyberKnife treatment is for patients with low risk or intermediate risk prostate cancer Open
Statement CyberKnife candidates have Gleason score of 3+4 or less Open
Statement CyberKnife candidates have PSA less than 10 Open
Statement Standard external beam radiation can be 5 days a week for 6 to 9 weeks, up to 45 treatments Open
Statement CyberKnife treats patients in 5 treatments total Open
Quotation With the CyberKnife, we're able to treat patients in 5 treatments total, and that's certainly very exciting. Open
Statement Each CyberKnife treatment takes about 1 hour, for 5 hours total treatment time Open
Quotation Each treatment takes about 1 hour each day, so in 5 hours total, you can really be done with your prostate cancer treatment. Open
Statement No prostate cancer treatment has been able to totally remove the possibility of having side effects Open
Statement CyberKnife patients experience about 2 to 3 weeks of either no side effects, very mild urinary or rectal side effects, or sometimes bothersome rectal or urinary side effects Open
Statement Most CyberKnife side effects have gone away by 3 to 4 weeks Open
Statement Urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction are possible side effects of CyberKnife but have been found to be very minimal in patients at this institution Open

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UH Urology: Hot Ones with Dr. Lee Ponsky- Chairman

Host summary Lee Ponsky summarizing a resource: we borrow years from my retirement and I intersperse them throughout my working career Open