Thomas J. Polascik, MD FACS is Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center.  He is the Director of Surgical Technology, Duke Prostate and Urological Cancer Center. He is the co-founder and co-director of the International Symposium on Focal Therapy and Imaging of Prostate and Kidney Cancer that began at Duke in 2008.  He currently is the founder and President of the Focal Therapy Society, Duke’s Director of the Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship training program, and the Genitourinary Program on Focal Therapy at the Duke Cancer Institute.