Zur Person
| Professional Career | |
| 5/1990–6/1992 | Resident in Urology, Bunderswehrzentralkrankenhaus Koblenz, Abteilung Urologie |
| 30.06.1992 | Doctoral thesis „Etiology and pathogenesis of urolithiasis in rats with portocaval anastomosis“, Dept. Of Urology, University Hospital Bochum (Prof. Dr. med. Th. Senge), summa cum laude |
| 7/1992-5/1993 | Resident, Urologische Universitätsklinik Tübingen |
| 6/1993-5/1994 | Resident, Dept. Of Surgery, Kreiskrankenhaus Hechingen |
| 6/1994-7/1995 | Resident, Urologische Unversitätsklinik Köln |
| 8/1995-10/1996 | Research Fellowship, Urological Oncology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center und Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, USA (DFG He 2618/1-1) |
| 08.12.1996 | Board exam in Urology, Staff Urologist, Dept. Of Urology, University of Cologne |
| 01.07.1997 | Head Urologist Dept of Urology, University of Cologne |
| 13.05.1998 | Associate Professor of Urology, „Molecular, immunohistochemical and pathohistological parameters in pathogenesis and prognosis of testicular germ cell tumours“ |
| 01.02.1999 | Head Urologist, Dept of Urology, University Marburg |
| 01.01.2004 | Head, Division of Oncological Urology, University of Cologne |
| 01.12.2008 | Chairman and Director, Department of Urology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| 29.05.2015 | Doctor honoris causae, Carol-Davila-University, Bucarest, Romania |
| 01.09.2015 | Director and Chairman, Department of Urology, University of Cologne |
| Scientific Awards | |
| 1989 | Paul Mellin Preis der Nordrhein – Westfälischen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 1993 | Promotionspreis der Ruhr – Universität Bochum |
| 1993 | Award, Europäische Gesellschaft für Urolithiasis |
| 1995 | Peter Bischoff Preis der Norddeutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 1997 | Heinrich Warner Preis für Urologische Onkologie |
| 1998 | Paul Mellin Preis der Nordrhein – Westfälischen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 2000 | Posterpreis der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft |
| 2000 | Uro – Oncology Award der European Association of Urology |
| 2001 | BARD-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 2002 | Nietze – Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 2005 | Paul-Mellin-Preis der Nordrhein Westfälischen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 2009 | Schöneberger Award of the Renal Transplantation Society of the German Association of Urology |
| 2009 | Honorary Member of the Rumanian Association of Urology |
| 2008 | Honorary Member of the Belarussian Society of Oncological Urology |
| 2010 | Paul-Mellin-Preis der Nordrhein Westfälischen Gesellschaft für Urologie |
| 29.05.2015 | Doctor honoris causa Carol-Davila Universität Bukarest |
| 2017 | Adjunct Professor of Uro-Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
| Organisations | |
| Board Member Association of Urological Oncology of the German Cancer society, Chairman German Testicular Cancer Study Group 2008 - 2013, Chairman "Prostate Cancer Guidelines" of the European Association of Urology 2008 - 2013, Board Member of European Society for Oncological Urology of EAU, Board Member "German Prostate Cancer Guideline Group". Board Member: German TNM classification group of urogenital cancer, Chairman of the German Working Group on Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer | |
| Editorial Board: European Urology, Urology, Urologe A, Aktuelle Urologie, Hematology & Oncology, Oncology Research and Treatment | |
