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Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker

Specialist in Urology, with a particular focus on operative urology, member FMH

Certificates of competence

  • Specialist in Urology, Germany, 1989
  • Focus: Operative Urology, 2003

Specialties and areas of interest

  • Prostate conditions

  • Prostate cancer screening

  • Tumours and urinary tract stone disease

  • Ageing male health

  • Second opinions

Career

  • 1976–1982
    Medical studies at RWTH Aachen University and Zurich University Hospital
  • 1983–1989
    Specialist training in urology at Zurich University Hospital and RWTH Aachen University
  • 1990–1994
    Senior Physician, Department of Urology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau
  • 1995
    Habilitation at Essen University Hospital
  • 1996–2001
    Consultant Urologist, Cantonal Hospital Aarau
  • 2002
    Associate Professor at the University of Basel
  • 2001–2019: Head of the Urology Clinic and Prostate Centre, Cantonal Hospital Aarau

Links and partners

Other activities

  • 1990–2018
    Organization of the International Engadin Prostate Cancer Meeting
  • 2002
    Foundation of the Swiss Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
  • 1996–2020
    Scientific Director and participant in the Swiss arm of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)

  • 2009
    Harvard Award for the world’s best scientific study; see scientific publications

  • Since 2020
    International scientific networking and collaboration for second-opinion service

Memberships

  • Swiss Society of Urology (SGU / Swiss Urology)

  • German Society of Urology (DGU)

  • European Association of Urology (EAU)

  • Medical Society of the University Hospital Basel

  • Medical Society of the University of Essen

  • Medical Society of RWTH Aachen University

  • Swiss Medical Association (FMH)

Contact

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

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

Languages

  • German
  • English