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DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY - FACULTY

 
 
 Lee E Ponsky 

Lee E Ponsky, M.D.

Assistant Professor

UH Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-5046
Phone: 216-844-5661, Fax: 216-844-1900

Professional Experience

1 2005- Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Case School of Medicine
2 2005- Director, Center for Urologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, UH Case Medical Center

Training

1 Internship: 1997-98 Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2 Residency: 1998-2002 Cleveland Clinic Foundation
3 Fellowship: (Advanced Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery) 2000-01 Cleveland Clinic Foundation
4 Physician Executive Institute Management Core: 2003 Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management
5 Fellowship: (Research in Urologic Oncology) 2003-2004Cleveland Clinic Foundation
6 Fellowship: (Endourology and Advanced Laparoscopy) 2004-05 Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Interests

Laparoscopic Surgery, Radical Nephrectomy, Cyberknife Technology, Inguinal Hernia Repair, Minimally Invasive Nephron Sparing Surgery, Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy

Recent Publications

  1. Ponsky LE, Crownover RL, Rosen MJ, Rodebaugh RF, Castilla EA, Brainard J, Cherullo EE, Novick AC. Initial evaluation of Cyberknife technology for extracorporeal renal tissue ablation. Urology 61:498-501, 2003
  2. Ponsky LE, Cherullo EE, Banks KL, Greenstein M, Streem SB, Klein EA, Zippe CD. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy: incorporating advantages of hand assisted and standard laparoscopy. J. Urol. 169:2053-6, 2003
  3. Ponsky LE, Cherullo EE, Banks KL, Ross JH. Laparoscopic transuterine fetal vesicostomy: a feasibility study. J. Urol. 172:2391-4, 2004
  4. Ponsky LE, Streem SB: Retrograde Ureteroscopic Endopyeolotomy: A Dependable Option For UPJ Obstruction. Contemporary Urology 17:16-22, 2005 Simmons MN, Ponsky LE, Niezgoda, O'Hara J, Ross JH: Shock-Wave Lithotripsy of Renal Stones Situated Adjacent To Electronic Nerve Stimulators. J. Pediatric Urol. 2005 (In Press)