Biography – Prof. Dr. Lars Budäus

• Studied medicine in Hamburg and Vienna
• 18-month training stay in general surgery at Diakonie-Klinikum Hamburg
• From 2005 Urology residency at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), with clinical and scientific focus on urological oncology, including the diagnosis and treatment of prostate carcinoma
• 2009 One-year research stay at the University of Montreal, Canada
• Clinical and surgical specialisation in the area of prostate carcinoma
• From 2011 Consultant at the Martini-Klinik, contributor to the special consultation clinic on the treatment of advanced prostate carcinoma
• Since 2013 Consultant, member of the Martini-Klinik faculty
• 2020 Appointed professor
• Numerous academic publications on forecasting models and predictors of outcome quality following radical prostatectomy
• Open and da Vinci-assisted radical prostatectomy
• Reviewer for numerous national and international scientific journals
• Member of the German Urology Society (DGU) and European Association of Urology (EAU)
• Habilitation in Urology, topic: “Investigations of models to predict the risk of recurrence and analyse factors influencing post-operative outcomes following radical prostatectomy”
• Introduction of the MRI 3D fusion biopsy of the prostate
• Designated a subject matter expert in prostate cancer by Onkozert / German Cancer Society (DKG)