Awards, memberships, publications
1986 Peter Bischof Prize of the North German Society for Urology
1991 Bohringer-Ingelheim Prize of the medical faculty of the University of Mainz
1999-2003 Founding Member and Deputy Spokesman of the urological oncology working group of the German Cancer Society
2000-2004 Founding Chairman of the German Prostate Cancer Consortium
2003-2010 General Secretary of the German Society for Urology
2003-2012 Member of the early detection committee of the German Cancer Aid of the German Research Foundation
2007-2009 Founding Chairman of the German Society for Robot-Assisted Surgery
2010 Member of the prostate cancer guideline commission of the German Society for Urology
2010 Principal Investigator of the preferred study in low-risk prostate cancer
2010-2013 Vice President and President of the German Society for Urology
2013-2016 Member of the guideline commission for bladder cancer of the German Society for Urology
2014-2015 Member of the board of the kidney transplant working group of the German Society for Urology
Member of the German Research Network for Kidney Tumors