Gina M. Rooker, M.D.

Education

Undergraduate:	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK B.S. in Microbiology 1984
Medical	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Oklahoma City, OK M.D. 1988
Postgraduate	University of Oklahoma Department of Urology Oklahoma City, OK 1988-1993 Chief Resident 1992-1993 University of Missouri in Kansas City MidAmerica Urologic Oncology Institute and Fellowship Kansas City, MO Urologic Oncology 1993-1994 AUH/Allegheny General Hospital Division of Urology Cryosurgery Fellowship 1995

Certification

Certified, #11573	February 1997
Re-certification	November 2004

Academic Appointments

Allegheny General Hospital	Clinical Research
University of Missouri in Kansas	Assistant Professor

Academic Affiliations

Allegheny General Hospital Department of Urology 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212	1995-Present
University of Missouri in Kansas City Department of Surgery/Division of Urology Kansas City, MO	1994-1995

Medical Licensure

Missouri	MD-102736
Oklahoma	16908
Pennsylvania	MD-0554584-L

Memberships
Allegheny County Medical Society
American Medical Association
American Urological Association
Northeastern Section AUA
Pittsburgh Urologic Society

Hospital Service
Executive Committee of Medical Staff
Suburban General Hospital
1999-2002

Scientific Presentations
Comparison of Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics Between Palpable and Nonpalpable Localized Adenocarcinomas. Paper Presentation:
Research Day, St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, MO; Kansas City, MO; June 1994
South Central Section AUA Meeting; Vancouver, British Columbia; August 1994

Prostate Carcinoma. Mid-America Health First.
Medicine for Primary Care, Cancun, Mexico; February 1995

Response to a Prospective Trial of Estramustine and Vinblastine in Patients with Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer. Paper Presentation:
South Central AUA Meeting, Kansas City, MO; September 1995

Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate: Two Year PSA and Biopsy Results. PaperPresentation:
Western Section AUA Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ; November 1995

Adjuvant External Beam Radiation Therapy in Conjunction with Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate for Locally Advanced Prostatic Adenocarcinoma. Paper presentation:
Society of Urologic Cryosurgeons Meeting, Orlando, FL March 1996

Four Year Results of Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (Abstract Presentation)
Western Section, AUA, San Diego, CA; August 1996
South Central Section AUA, Vail, CO; September 1996
Northeastern Section AUA, Buffalo, NY; September 1996
Mid-Atlantic Section AUA, Washington, D.C.; October 1996

Large Volume and/or High Grade Prostate CA Treated with Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate Followed by Adjuvant External Beam Radiation.
Northeastern Section AUA; September 1996

Five Year Results of Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (Abstract Presentation)
Western Section AUA, Salt Lake City, UT; September 1997
Southcentral Section AUA, Southampton, Bermuda; November 1997

Publications
Cohen JK, Rooker GM, Shuman BA, Miller Jr., RJ, Merlotti L: Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate: Management Alternative for Localized Prostate Cancer. Book Chapter. Smith's Textbook of Endourology, 1:1217-1233, 1996

Cohen JK, Rooker GM, Shuman BA, Merlotti L: Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate. Two Year PSA and Biopsy Results. Urology, 47(3):395-401, March 1996

Cohen JK, Rooker GM, Miller Jr., RJ, Shuman BA, Merlotti L: Cryosurgery in the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer. Diagnosis and Treatment of GU Malignancies, 168-186, 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers

Spevack L, Killion LT, West JC, Rooker GM, Brewer A, Cuddy P: Predicting the Patient at Low Risk for Lymph Node Metastasis with Localized Prostate Cancer: An Analysis of Four Statistical Models. Int J Radiation Oncololgy Biol Phys, 34(3):543-547, 1996

Cohen JK, Miller Jr., RJ, Rooker GM, Merlotti L: Two Year PSA and Biopsy Results after Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (CSAP) for Localized Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate. J Urol, 155(5):400A, 1996

Miller Jr., RJ, Cohen JK, Rooker GM, Merlotti L: Management of Urethral Tissue Sloughing after Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (CSAP). J Urol, 155(5):651A, 1996

Shuman BA, Cohen JK, Rooker GM, Miller Jr., RJ, Olsen PR: Histological Presence of Viable Prostate Glands or Routine Biopsy Following Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate. J Urol, 157:552-555, February 1997

Miller Jr., RJ, Cohen JK, Rooker GM, Benoit RM: External Beam Radiation (XRT) As Salvage Therapy for Biopsy Failure after Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (CSAP). J Urol 157(4): 252

Cohen JK, Miller Jr., RJ, Rooker GM, Benoit RM, Merlotti L: Four Year PSA and Biopsy Results After Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (CSAP) for Localized Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate. J. Urol 157(4):419

Professional Appointments & Positions

Director of Triangle Urology Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction Center

2004-present

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