Curriculum vitae 6 Jan 1949 Date of Birth 1969-1970 National Service 1970-1976 Medical School at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Preclinical) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Clinical) 1976 Graduation and Medical Licensure 1977 Medical thesis (Universität Würzburg) 1976-1977 Resident at the District Hospital in Gerolzhofen and the Carl-von-Heß-Hospital at Hammelburg 1977-1978 Research Fellow of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft“ in the research project group 105 (Sonderforschungsbereich): “Prostate cancer and the immune system” 1978-1979 Resident at the Department of Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg 1979-1984 Specialist training in Urology at the Department of Urology of the University Hospital Würzburg 1984 Board certification in Urology 1986 Medical thesis for Habilitation 1990-1992 Full Professor of Urology, University of Würzburg Medical School since 1992 Full Professor of Urology and Head, Department of Urology, Technical University of Dresden, Medical School 1993-1999 Chairman of the Board of the University Hospital Dresden 2003 Service Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany since 2004 Member of the Executive Board of the European Association of Urology since 2004 Member of the Advisory Board of the German Cancer Foundation since 2004 Member of the Executive Board of the German Society of Urology 2005 Honorary doctorate from the University of Presov, Slovakia since 2006 Member of the Executive Board of the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden since 2008 Corresponding Member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons 2008-2009 President of the German Society of Urology since 2009 Member of the Board of Directors of the European Cancer Organisation Honorary member Argentinean Society of Urology Czech Society of Urology New York Section of the American Urological Association Slovakian Society of Medicine Slovakian Society of Urology Iranian Society of Urology Italian Society of Urology SIU Urogators Alumni Society Publications 200 original scientific articles 46 book contributions 7 books and several other publications Page last modified: 9 May 2012
