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Dr. Arnold J. Willis, M.D., F.I.C.S. was born in
Philadelphia. Attended Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia. Upon
graduation, he received the Board of Education Scholarship and the State
Scholarship, both based on merit. After attending Franklin Marshall College
and getting a Bachelor of Arts Degree, he moved back to Philadelphia to
attend Thomas Jefferson Medical School of the Thomas Jefferson University.
Upon graduation from Jefferson, he received the Philip J. Hodes prize in
radiology and the Thomas J. Fetter prize in urology. This was awarded to the
top student in the graduating class in honor of their outstanding
performance throughout medical school. In addition, he was awarded a
National Institute of Health clinical oncology training grant which allowed
him to study the effects of radiation on the lung and study abroad in London
for three months.
After finishing medical school, Dr. Willis pursued post graduate studies at
the George Washington University Medical Center at which point he finished
three years of a general surgical residency followed by three years of a
urologic surgical residency culminating in graduation and board
certification in 1980. At the time of his graduation, he was awarded the
resident's prize by the Washington Urologic Society and was pleased to go
forward into private practice with a clinical associate professorship at the
University. He remains active at George Washington University and at
Georgetown University Family Practice training center at this time.
He is married to Lilian Mortensen who is a Danish citizen and he enjoys time
in Denmark with his family. In addition, he has three sons, Adam, Simon, and
Andreas Willis who help keep him active and young. Dr. Willis' hobbies
include fishing, skiing, tennis, squash, and roller hockey. He can be found
actively pursuing these avocations while continuing his work as a practicing
and investigative urologic physician in the Washington Metropolitan area.
Dr. Willis has also been sited in Who's Who in the world, Who's Who in the
United States, and Who's Who in the East. He was fortunate enough to be
selected in Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care in the inaugural issue and
also has a biographical sketch in Who's Who is Science and Technology. He
has been asked to lecture on various subjects throughout the United States,
but recently has published papers on up to date seed therapy on an
outpatient basis for prostate cancer. |
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