Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker
Specialist in Urology, specially specialised operative urology, member FMH
Certificates of competence
- Specialist in Urology, Germany 1989
- Focus: operative urology, 2003
Specialties and areas of interest
- Prostate diseases
- Prostate cancer screening
- Tumor/stone diseases of the urinary tract
- Aging-Males
- Second opinions
Background
- 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 Organization of the Int. Engadin Prostate Cancer Meeting
- 2002 Establishment of the Foundation Prostate cancer research (in German)
- 1996 – 2020 Scientific management and participation of the Swiss arm of the largest prostate cancer screening study, European Ranomised study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
- 2009 Harvard Award for the best scientific study worldwide:
Scientific Publications - 2020 Scientific networking for
Second opinions (in German)
Memberships
- Swiss Society of Urology (SGU)
- German Society for Urology (DGU)
- European Randomized Study of Sreening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
- European Association of Urology (EAU)
- Medical Society of the 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
Site St. Moritz
Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker
Plazza Paracelsus 2
7500 St. Moritz
telephone: +41 81 830 80 25
email: franz.recker@polyclinic.ch