Education and Career
1962–1968 Medical School University of Würzburg and Vienna
1968 doctoral thesis–medical doctor
1968–1970 Intern in surgery (Scuol Switzerland),
1970–1977 Resident in general surgery and urology
(Department of Urology and Surgery, University of
Würzburg)
1973 Stipend of the NIH Department of Surgery,
University of California, Los Angeles
1975 Stateboard certified urologist
1976 Senior resident in urology
(Department of Urology, University of Würzburg)
1977 Assistant professor of urology
(Department of Urology, University of Würzburg)
1980 Associate professor of urology
(Department of Urology, University of Würzburg)
1983 Full professor and chairman
(Department of Urology, University of Düsseldorf)
1993–1996 Vice-President
(Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf)
1999–2003 Medical Director/Medical Facilities
(Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf)
Membership
1980 Corresponding Member of the American
Urological Association
1983 Host of the Annual Meeting of the Urological
Research Society
since 1984 Chairman Educational Commission of Urologic
Oncology of the German Society of Urology
since1985 Member of the Executive Board of the German
Society of Urology
since 1986 Delegate of the German Section of the
International Society of Urology
1988–1994 Secretary General of the German Society of Urology
since1989 Corresponding Member of the American
Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons
since1992 Secretary of the XI. Congress of the European
Association of Urology in 1994
since 1992 Honorary Member of the New York Section of the
American Urological Association
Scientific Awards or Prices
1979 Scientific Award of the German Society of Urology
1980 Scientific Award of the German Society of Urology
1980 Heinrich-Warner-Award
1983 Film-Price of the German Society of Urology
Maximilian-Nitze-Medal of the German Society of
Urology
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award of the International
Society of Urology
2007 Frans Debruyne Lifetime Achievement Award of
the European Association of Urology
2007 Gold Medal of the Slovak Medical Association
Coeditor and Board-Member of Scientific Journals
World Journal of Urology, Urologia internationalis,
European Urology, Molecular Urology, Urology,
Current Opinion in Urology