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Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker

Specialist in urology, special surgical urology, member FMH

Certificates of competence

  • Specialist in urology, Germany, 1989
  • Focus: special surgical urology, 2003

Specialties and areas of interest

  • Prostate diseases 
  • Prostate cancer screening 
  • Tumor/stone diseases of the urinary tract
  • Aging-Males
  • Second opinions

career

  • 1976 – 1982 Studied medicine at RWTH Aachen University and Zurich University Hospital
  • 1983 – 1989 Specialist training in urology at the University Hospital Zurich and RWTH Aachen
  • 1990 – 1994 Senior consultant in urology at Aarau Cantonal Hospital
  • 1995 Habilitation at Essen University Hospital
  • 1996 – 2001 Head physician for urology at Aarau Cantonal Hospital
  • 2002 Associate Professor at the University of Basel
  • 2001-2019 Chief Physician of the Urology Clinic and Prostate Centre Cantonal Hospital Aarau

Other activities

  • 1990 – 2018 Organisation of the Int. Engadin Prostate Cancer Meeting
  • 2002 Establishment of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
  • 1996 – 2020 Scientific management and participation of the Swiss arm of the largest prostate cancer screening study, European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
  • 2009 Harvard Award for the best scientific study worldwide: Scientific publications (in German)
  • 2020 Scientific networking for second opinions (in German)

Memberships

  • Swiss Society of Urology (SGU)
  • German Society of Urology (DGU)
  • European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
  • European Association of Urology (EAU)
  • Medical Society University Hospital Basel
  • Medical Society of the University of Essen
  • Medical Society of the University RTWH Aachen
  • FMH Professional Association of Swiss Physicians

Contact

PolyClinic St. Moritz AG
Standort St. Moritz
Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker
Plazza Paracelsus 2
7500 St. Moritz

telephone: +41 81 830 80 25
email: franz.recker@polyclinic.ch

Languages

  • German
  • English

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