Clinical Focus:
• Reconstructive urology
• Tumor urology
• Pediatric urology
Additional Designation:
• Special Urological Surgery
• Drug-Induced Tumour Therapy
• Andrology
Career:
• Since December 2008: Clinic Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Urology of the
• University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (largest prostate cancer center of the world)
• 2002-2008: Chief Physician of the Urological Centre Hamburg (UZH), Department for Urology and Pediatric Urology, Asklepios Klinik Harburg
• 2001: acting head of he Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology of Asklepios Klinik Harburg
• 2000-2001: Head of the focal point Pediatric Urology of the Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology of the AK Harburg
Awards:
• “Top Mediziner ” in Urology on FOCUS
• Award for Excellence as Teaching Center, Società Italiano di Andrologia, 2004
• Prize “Award of Excellence” Jackson Hole Seminars 2006
• F. Brantley Scott Award of Excellence 2017
Membership:
• German Society of Urology (DGU) (2003-2008 member of the board as secretary and press officer)
• Working Group Pediatric Urology of the DGU (Secretary)
• Association of North German Urologists (President 2014)
• European Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (ESGURS) (Secretary until 2002, 2002 to 2008, President)
• Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) (Board Member, President 2000 / 2001)
• Société Internationale d`Urology (SIU) (Adjunct Scientific Chair)
Recent Publications:
• Outcome of Buccal Mucosa Graft Urethroplasty: A Detailed Analysis of Success, Morbidity and Quality of Life in A Contemporary Patient Cohort at a Referral Center.
• Minimum Number of MRI Ultrasound Fusion Targeted Biopsy Cores Needed for Prostate Cancer Detection: Multivariable Retrospective Lesion-Based Analyses of Patients Treated with Radical Prostatectomy