Biography – Prof. Dr. Hans Heinzer

• Studied medicine in Marburg and Hamburg
• Urology residencies at university hospitals in Berlin and Hamburg
• Since 1991 Employed at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) with focus on the treatment and diagnosis of prostate carcinoma and renal cell carcinoma
• 1997 Research stay at UCLA in Los Angeles
• Since 2000 Consultant at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Since 2004 Consultant and deputy director at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
• 2007 Appointed professor at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
• 2007 Appointed senior consultant at the Martini-Klinik in Hamburg
• Reviewer for Journal of Urology, European Urology, Der Onkologe and Der Urologe
• Numerous academic publications
• Member of the German Urology Society (DGU), European Association of Urology (EAU) and American Urological Association (AUA)
• Internationally renowned for nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy
• Specialised in salvage RRP (radical retropubic prostatectomy following past radiotherapy) and in robotic-assisted nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy