J. Stephen Jones,
MD, is Chairman of the Department of Regional Urology of Glickman
Urological and Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, and is Professor
of Surgery (Urology) at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at
Case Western Reserve University.
He earned a Bachelor of
Science in Zoology at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts &
Sciences at the University of Arkansas and a medical degree at UAMS.
After completing a six year urology residency at Vanderbilt University
in 1992, he joined the Springfield Clinic in Missouri.
Four
years later, he assumed Chairmanship of that program, when it became
one of the largest urology departments in North America. Under his
Chairmanship, the Department of Urological Surgery became the highest
rated non-academic urology program in America, according to U.S.News & World Report.
With
specialty interests in urological oncology and male sterilization, he
holds appointment in the Section of Urological Oncology. He serves on
both the CCF Division of Surgery Clinical Council and Regional Council.
In addition to clinical & administrative responsibilities, he is
involved in basic science and clinical research involving bladder &
prostate cancer, voiding dysfunction, and male sterilization. His work
of over 60 peer-reviewed and over 20 non-peer-reviewed publications has
been in the Journal of Urology, Urology, BJU International, Journal of Endourology, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, AUA Update, the American Journal of Urological Reviews, the Journal of Andrology, and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, and he is the author of almost twenty book chapters.
His
book for the lay public, "The Complete Prostate Book" (Prometheus
Books, Amherst N.Y. Foreword by Coach Rick Pitino), was published in
August of 2005. His previous book, "Overcoming Impotence" (Prometheus
Books, Amherst N.Y. Foreword by Senator Bob Dole), was published in
2003. He is Associate Editor of Operative Urology at the Cleveland Clinic (Humana Press) and Senior Editor of Prostate Biopsy: Techniques, Indications, and Complications (Humana).
He serves as the Editor of Urology News, as Associate Editor of Urology, on the Editorial Board of BJU International, Advisory Board of Maximum Fitness Magazine, Charter Member Editorial Board, Your Health Now (Subsidiary of Merck Manual), and is a former editorial board member for Urology Times. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Cryo Online Database (COLD) national registry.
