How many years has this facility been doing permanent seed implantation?
Dr. Gottesman began doing permanent seed implantation through the open approach over twenty years ago. He and Dr. Mate have been performing temporary HDR implants since 1989. Drs Blasko and Grimm pioneered the development of transperineal seed implantation at Northwest Hospital with Dr. Ragde in 1986. Dr. Sylvester has been performing seed implantation since 1987. Drs Grimm, Mate and Sylvester along with the Seattle Prostate Institute urologic specialists formed SPI and the transperineal permanent seed implant program at Swedish Medical Center in March 1997. Dr. Blasko joined the SPI team in July 1998.
