
Biography – Prof. Dr. Markus Graefen
- Studied medicine in Bonn
- Urology residences at university hospitals in Edinburgh, Düsseldorf and Hamburg
- Since 1995 Employed at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), with clinical and scientific focus on the diagnosis and treatment of prostate carcinoma
- 2000 German Research Foundation scholar with one-year research stay at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA
- 2001–2004 Consultant at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf and leader of the prostate carcinoma special consultation clinic
- 2001 Habilitation in Urology, topic: “Prognostic assessment of prostate carcinoma”
- 2004 Appointed senior consultant at the Martini-Klinik in Hamburg
- 2006 Co-author of the S3 guidelines on prostate cancer
- 2006–2012 Editor of European Urology: Surgery in Motion
- 2007 Appointed professor
- 2011 Appointed medical director at the Martini-Klinik
- 2012 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Medical Association (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der BÄK)
- 2013 Faculty member of the European Urology Residents Education Programme
- Numerous academic publications, book chapters and research prizes, predominantly in the field of prostate cancer
- Reviewer for numerous national and international scientific journals
- Member of the German Urology Society (DGU), European Association of Urology (EAU) and American Urological Association (AUA)
- Surgical specialism: Open and robotic-assisted, nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, plus brachytherapy of prostate carcinoma using afterloading and seed techniques

The prostatectomy
How is the prostate removed? And how are continence and potency maintained if oncologically possible. A short explanatory film.
4.08 minutes