Education

1984

Federal Licensure Exam (Flex)
Medical Licensure:
Colorado
Florida

1983 - 1985

Residency, LSU Medical Center
(New Orleans, LA)

1981 - 1983

Residency, Akron City Hospital
(Akron, OH)

1980 - 1981

Internship, Akron City Hospital
(Akron, OH)

1979 - 1980

Fifth Pathway, Rutgers Medical School

1979

Medical School, Autonomous University of Guadalajara

1971

College, University of Miami (BS)

Professional Experience

2000 - Present

The Prostatitis & Prostate Cancer Center
(Private Practice, Sarasota, FL)

1988 - 2003

San Juan Regional Urology Associates, P.C.
(Private Practice, Durango, CO)

1985 - 1987

Martin, Plunkett, & Wheeler
(Private Practice, Pensacola, FL)

Certification

2002

KTP Laser (Greenlight)
(M. Hei, Fort Myers)

2002

Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)
(R. Benson)

2002

Water Induced Thermal Therapy (WIT) [Argomed

2000

Ultrasound Tutorial (Color Flow Doppler)
(Fred Lee)

1996

Cryosurgery (Cohen/Onik)
(Allegheny General)

1993

Ultrasound Tutorial (Shinohara)
(UCSF)

1986

ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy) (UCSF)

Awards

1995

Finalist in the Educator of the Year Award (American Foundation of Urologic Disease)

1992 - 1999

Physician Recognition Award for Continuing Medical Education
(AMA Sponsored)

Additional Professional Activities

Speaking Engagements:

8/04

AFUD – "Prostatitis as a Cause of Prostate Cancer"

 5/04

National Men’s Health Conference - "Can Awareness and Education Decrease the Incidence of Prostate Cancer in a Community or Statewide Setting?" (Arlington, Virginia)

4/04 and 12/04

Man-to-Man (Sun City Center, FL)

12/03

FOMA – "Understanding Prostate Disease"

09/03

Cancer Control Society – "Prostatitis as a Cause of Prostate Cancer"

11/02

ACAM - "Anti-Aging Solutions to Prostate Health" and “Understanding Prostatitis as a Cause of Prostate Cancer”

07/02

AAOM - American Association of Osteopathic Medicine

2001

Public Health Radio Presentation

2001

Man-to-Man (Port Charlotte, FL)

2000

Established the Preferred Health Foundation - To Educate Men on Prostate Health Prevention, Disease Diagnosis and Disease Treatment Options

2000

Man-to-Man (Bradenton, FL)

New Mexico Prostate Cancer Support Group (Albuquerque, NM)

Ralph Downey Prostate Cancer Support Group (Durango, CO)

PAACT National Meeting (Grand Rapids, MI)

Speakers Bureau - GlaxoSmithKline, Schering, Zeneca, TAP, Merck, Abbott, McNeil and AMS

Current Professional Memberships

Member of American Medical Association (AMA)

Physician Advisory Panel for Urology Times

Physician Advisory Panel for PAACT

Member of Southern Medical Association

Member of ACAM (American College of Advanced Medicine)

Member of Anti-Aging Society

Member of Rocky Mountain Kidney Stone Foundation

Member of American Association of Clinical Urologists

Member of American Urology Association [South Central Section]

Member of Society of Cryosurgeons

Member of Laparoscopic Society/Endourology Society

Chairman of Sexual Dysfunction PAACT

Director - Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (1989 - Present)

Medical Interests

Prostatitis, Prostate Cancer, Impotency, Voiding Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Developed Complementary Prostatitis Formula for Non-Bacterial Prostatitis (Patented 3/06/01)

Developed Complementary Female Formula “Bladder Balance” for Interstitial Cystitis and Female Voiding Symptoms

Clinical Trials/Presentations/Patents

2004

A prospective study that validates the benefit of diet and nutrition on Prostate Cancer

November 2001

Patent for Prostatitis Diagnostic Test

March 2001

Patent for Prostate Formula "PEENUTS®"

November 2000

NIH Presentation [Arlington, VA] "PSA Predicts Prostatitis"

March 2000

Poster Presentation at the American Academy of Osteopathy, "Voiding Symptoms Predict Prostatitis (Cleveland, OH)

[Bethesda, MD - 1999]

NIH Presentation - The Incidence of Prostatitis in 235 Consecutive Men with Voiding Symptoms

November 1999]

NIH (Poster Session) [Bethesda, MD -

April 1999

"Chronic Prostatitis Affects All Men - What All Men Need to Know About Prostatitis and Prostate Cancer", Peer reviewed and published

Genetic Study Regarding Inheritance of Prostate Cancer – Cooperative effort involving Johns Hopkins Medical School and Dianon Laboratories

Herbal Voiding Study - Prospective double-blind study intended to demonstrate efficacy of herbs to shrink the prostate, improve voiding abilities, and thereby, avoid surgery

Urinary Tract Infection Study - Prospective evaluation of benefit for urine culture and sensitivity in clinical setting

PSA II Clinical Investigative Trial - Prospective evaluation of Free PSA: How it relates to early Prostate Cancer detection and can costly Ultrasound/Biopsy be avoided? Dianon Labs

Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate - Prospective evaluation of benefits and risks of Cryosurgery in the treatment of Prostate Cancer

2001

Neo-Adjuvant Combination Hormonal Therapy - A Prospective Study that evaluates the efficacy of two different methodologies in decreasing PSA (tumor marker) prior to definitive treatment of organ confined Prostate Cancer (study supported by Schering), Accepted for presentation at the AUA (Western Section)

TURP Study - Retrospective evaluation of the effect of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate on Impotency

2002

"PSA: A ‘Barometer of Prostate Health' or License to Biopsy", PAACT Newsletter, Published

(09/98)

Case Report on an "Untold Epidemic" - Prostatitis , Submitted to JAMA, (Unpublished)

January 1998

"Incontinence", PAACT Newsletter, Published

(1996)

"Let’s Use Common Sense and Educate our Patients on All Options to Prostate Cancer", PAACT Newsletter

(1996)

"Treatment Options for Impotency and How they Relate to the Diabetic Patient", PAACT Newsletter

1995

"Understanding Impotency", PAACT Newsletter, Published

(1994)

Primer on Sexual Dysfunction (Audio-cassette tape) “Straight Talk on Impotency”