Joseph Banno, MD, founder of the successful Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and past ASC chairman, is committed to providing quality healthcare all over the world. He helped pioneer the development of the world's first mobile ASC, a self-contained surgery unit that allows physicians to provide medical and surgical treatment in remote areas of the world. The unit can provide "rural outreach, hospital renovation replacement facility, international health care delivery, mobile intensive care, mobile dialysis" and a variety of other services, Dr. Banno said in an interview with Peoria Magazine.
As a urology clinician and instructor of urology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Banno is also deeply invested in his specialty. His interests include impotency, stone disease and correction of prostate disease, and he believes that prostate cancer deaths could be reduced by preventative measures and greater awareness. "Prostate cancer is a very complex disease. The awareness level is where breast cancer was ten years ago," he told Peoria Magazine. "It is recommended that men over 50 receive a digital rectal examination and a PSA blood determination on an annual basis."
Dr. Banno received his MD from the University of Chicago and completed his general surgery residency at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, then returned to the University of Chicago for a comprehensive urology program. When he returned to Peoria in 1980, he joined a urological practice, where he first saw physicians treat fragmenting kidney stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Along with Robert Flinn, MD, he convinced Saint Francis Medical Center to invest in the technology, turning the center into the first extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment center in the state.
He partnered with Robert Stuart, MD, to open the Peoria Urological Associates and Peoria Day Surgery Center.
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As a urology clinician and instructor of urology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Banno is also deeply invested in his specialty. His interests include impotency, stone disease and correction of prostate disease, and he believes that prostate cancer deaths could be reduced by preventative measures and greater awareness. "Prostate cancer is a very complex disease. The awareness level is where breast cancer was ten years ago," he told Peoria Magazine. "It is recommended that men over 50 receive a digital rectal examination and a PSA blood determination on an annual basis."
Dr. Banno received his MD from the University of Chicago and completed his general surgery residency at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, then returned to the University of Chicago for a comprehensive urology program. When he returned to Peoria in 1980, he joined a urological practice, where he first saw physicians treat fragmenting kidney stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Along with Robert Flinn, MD, he convinced Saint Francis Medical Center to invest in the technology, turning the center into the first extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment center in the state.
He partnered with Robert Stuart, MD, to open the Peoria Urological Associates and Peoria Day Surgery Center.
Read the Peoria Magazine story on Dr. Joseph Banno.
Read more Becker's ASC Review coverage of Dr. Joseph Banno.
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