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A graduate of Louisiana
State University’s Urology Residency program, Dr. Wheeler is a
practicing Urologist for more than 21 years with a practice focus on
Prostate health issues including: BPH, Prostatitis, and Prostate
Cancer
Member/participant at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
“Prostatitis Collaborative”
Internationally recognized, Dr. Wheeler was invited to speak at the
1st National Men’s Health Conference sponsored by Penn State (May
21, 2004); Topic: “Can Education and Awareness on Prostate Disease
Alter the Death Rate from Prostate Cancer in the State of Florida?”
Medical Director of the Prostatitis and Prostate Cancer Center
located in Sarasota, Florida
Medical Director for Preferred Health Foundation speaking to better
choices in health care through patient awareness and education;
featuring “the Drive for Prostate Health” Motor coach
Medical Director of the Diagnostic Center for Disease featuring MRI
Spectroscopy to avoid unnecessary biopsies of the prostate
Runner-up in the “Physician Educator of the Year” award sponsored by
AFUD (American Foundation of Urologic Disease)
Principal Investigator in a “Neo-Adjuvant Study for Organ Confined
Prostate Cancer”, sponsored in part by Schering Pharmaceuticals and
accepted for presentation at the Western Section of the American
Urology Association (AUA)
Invited Speaker at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda,
Maryland) in 1999 and 2000 discussing the topics of: “Voiding
Symptoms Predict Prostatitis, Not BPH” and “Why Your PSA Must Be
Less than One to be normal”
Owner of two Patents on Prostatitis Detection and Resolution;
Prostatitis is a Precursor for Prostate Cancer (reference: American
Association of Cancer Research; AACR)
Featured Speaker at the Florida Osteopathic Regional Meeting; Topic:
“Anti-Aging Solutions to Prostate Health”
Featured Speaker at the American College of Advanced Medicine (ACAM),
November 2002
Author of numerous Prostate related Articles including: “Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know about Prostatitis”, “PSA – A Barometer of
Prostate Health or a License to Biopsy”, “Anti-Androgen Monotherapy
is Our Signature Treatment for Prostate Cancer”, and “Straight Talk
on Impotency”
Principal Investigator in a Research article, entitled, “Is it
Necessary to Cure Prostate Cancer When it is Possible? Accepted for
publication in early 2007 by the Journal, Clinical Interventions in
Aging
Participant Physician in a Vaccine Study (sponsor: Dendrion) for
Hormone Refractive Prostate Cancer utilizing “Provenge”
Member of the Advisory Board For Several Health-Related Corporations
including: Sanofi-Aventis Oncology, Urology Times, PAACT, Glaxo
Smith Kline, Abbott, and Radiation Centers of America
Patient Advocate and frequent Speaker at Prostate Cancer Support
Meetings including Man to Man Events throughout Florida, PAACT, New
Mexico’s Prostate Cancer Support Group and the Cancer Control
Society
Owner of 5 Websites: accessed at:
www.TheProstateCenter.com
www.RonaldWheeler.com,
www.PreferredHealthFoundation.org,
www.MrisProstateCancerCenter.com,
and www.PEENUTS.com
Frequent Guest of Health Radio Broadcasts including: The David
Darbro Show, The Deborah Ray Show, Western Health Radio, Dr. Burton
live in Philadelphia and Public Health Radio
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