Gary Onik is an American medical doctor and inventor, born on 25 February 1952 in Brooklyn, New York City. He is known for developing ultrasound-guided procedures that treat cancer by cryosurgery, a treatment that works by freezing tumor tissue. According to the source article, he is the inventor of ultrasound-guided cryosurgery procedures for the prostate and for the liver. He treated the first liver patients with cryosurgery in 1986 and the first patient with ultrasound-guided prostate cancer cryosurgery in 1990. He also developed techniques and instrumentation that have been integral to the minimally invasive treatment of cancer. The source article is short and gives no further account of his training, appointments or publications, so this entry records only what its lead and its Inventions section state.
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born February 25, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York City
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born February 25, 1952
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born February 25, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York City
In Group: Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors, Inventions
Gary Onik is the inventor of ultrasound-guided cryosurgery procedures
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ultrasound-guided cryosurgery procedures for the prostate and for the liver
Specialist In: Oncology, Lead [specialist-in]
ultrasound-guided procedures for treating cancer using cryosurgery
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