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 sailing. 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.

Dr. Willis has published many articles about Minimally Invasive treatments for prostate cancer. He has additionally developed, run and expanded Mid Atltantic Cryo-Therapy. Also he has developed and began in our region HDR and brachy-therapy to treat prostate cancer. Additionally, he has helped revolutionize treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in women with the new in office the treatment for SUI, known as the Renessa.

Dr. Willis has lectured extensively in the USA and Europe on Prostate Cancer, Prostate Disease and urinary incontinence. Notably he gave the keynote speech at the 12^th Copenhagen Urologic Seminar on Brach-Therapy in 2000. Dr. Willis developed, organized and ran the 1^st International Minimally Invasive Therapies for Prostate and Kidney cancer meeting in Scandinavia in 2008.

More recently he has run training seminars for Renessa (SUI), TUNA (BPH) and Cryoblation (prostate cancer). He also was asked to present his extensive experience in treating prostate cancer in St. Petersburg Russia at the International Society of Cryosurgery in October 2009. He has continued to lecture and teach about the various therapies for Urinary Incontinence around the US and the World, and has continued to run Greenbelt Urology Institute in Maryland.

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Willis & Melograna M.D. P.C.
7801 Belle Point Drive
Greenbelt, MD. 20770
Phone: (301) 474-3636
Fax: (301) 513-5087
E-mail: wm-eurology@verizon.net