Robotic Prostatectomy

DR. LEE JACKSON :: PROSTATE CANCER :: LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY :: SURGERY USING ROBOTICS

*"The right technology in the right surgical hands made all the difference for me"*, said Steve, a recent surgery patient of Dr. Jackson.






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Dr. Lee Jackson is a Board Certified Urologist and Prostate Cancer Surgeon at the Memorial Health Care System.
He has performed over one thousand open prostatectomies and 550+ robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomies using the DaVinci Surgical System.

Combining the latest robotic surgical technology with his over 20 years of cancer surgery experience, Dr. Jackson offers patients requiring surgery the most advanced minimally invasive surgical procedure available today.

Lee Jackson, M.D.

Memorial Robotics and Urologic Cancer

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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COLLEGE EDUCATION
B.A. (biology), Albion College, Albion, Michigan 1978

MEDICAL EDUCATION
M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1982

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

General Surgery internship and residency, urology residency and renal transplantation and renovascular surgery fellowship.

Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

da Vinci® Robotic Prostatectomy

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Urology, 1990

Recertification, American Board of Urology through 2020

STATE LICENSURE

Florida, Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Staff, 1988 - July, 2008

Chairman, Department of Urology, 1991 - July, 2008

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Urologic Association

Southeastern Section American Urologic Association

Society of Urology Oncology

PUBLICATIONS

Professional Papers: 13
Book chapters: 7

Regional News:
Physician Spotlight (East Tennessee Medical News)

Memorial Health Care System
Accreditations & Awards

Memorial Health Care System is nationally recognized for excellence in quality and is accredited by The Joint Commission, an independent not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits health care organizations and programs.

In 2005, the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons granted three-year approval with commendation to the cancer program at Memorial Health Care System.

Memorial Hospital was named one of the Top 50 Hospitals in the nation by the prestigious Leapfrog Group, a national organization that surveys hospitals on quality and patient safety standards.

Memorial is the only Chattanooga health care system to be named one of the Thomson 100 Top Hospitals® 2007 and Thomson 100 Top Hospitals®: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success 2006. Thomson is the health care industry's leading source of information on hospital quality.