{"id":9769,"date":"2020-08-28T10:46:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/prof-dr-med-franz-recker\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T07:37:11","slug":"prof-dr-med-franz-recker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/prof-dr-med-franz-recker\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9769\" class=\"elementor elementor-9769 elementor-1259\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d013af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d013af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d434497\" data-id=\"d434497\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5286a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5286a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa93dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfa93dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Specialist in Urology, with a particular focus on operative urology, member FMH<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a700312 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a700312\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4679178\" data-id=\"4679178\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e0e326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e0e326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC6638_Web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-13223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC6638_Web.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC6638_Web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC6638_Web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC6638_Web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC6638_Web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a324efb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a324efb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1443792\" data-id=\"1443792\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152efd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"152efd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Certificates of competence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638d435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"638d435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Specialist in Urology, Germany, 1989<\/li><li>Focus: Operative Urology, 2003<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c88eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c88eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Specialties and areas of interest<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4414d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4414d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Prostate conditions<\/p><\/li><li><p>Prostate cancer screening<\/p><\/li><li><p>Tumours and urinary tract stone disease<\/p><\/li><li><p>Ageing male health<\/p><\/li><li><p>Second opinions<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fadad7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fadad7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Career<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"537c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>1976\u20131982<br \/>Medical studies at RWTH Aachen University and Zurich University Hospital<\/li><li>1983\u20131989<br \/>Specialist training in urology at Zurich University Hospital and RWTH Aachen University<\/li><li>1990\u20131994<br \/>Senior Physician, Department of Urology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau<\/li><li>1995<br \/>Habilitation at Essen University Hospital<\/li><li>1996\u20132001<br \/>Consultant Urologist, Cantonal Hospital Aarau<\/li><li>2002<br \/>Associate Professor at the University of Basel<\/li><li>2001\u20132019: Head of the Urology Clinic and Prostate Centre, Cantonal Hospital Aarau<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40edc72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40edc72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Links and partners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-491bbf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"491bbf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prostatakrebs.ch\/home\/intro\/default.asp?userlang=DE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prostate cancer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prostatazentrum.ch\/index.php\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prostate centre<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksgr.ch\/urologie.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSGR<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd7fcef\" data-id=\"cd7fcef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72c61c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f72c61c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc926da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc926da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">1990\u20132018<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Organization of the International Engadin Prostate Cancer Meeting<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">2002<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Foundation of the <\/span><a class=\"reset interactable cursor-pointer decoration-1 underline-offset-1 text-super-primary hover:underline\" style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9; letter-spacing: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prostatakrebs.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"text-box-trim-both\">Swiss Prostate Cancer Research Foundation<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">1996\u20132020<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Scientific Director and participant in the Swiss arm of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)<\/span><\/li><li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\"><p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\">2009<br \/>Harvard Award for the world\u2019s best scientific study; see <a class=\"reset interactable cursor-pointer decoration-1 underline-offset-1 text-super-primary hover:underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prostatazentrum.ch\/index.php\/ueber-uns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"text-box-trim-both\">scientific publications<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\"><p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Since 2020<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">International scientific networking and collaboration for <\/span><a class=\"reset interactable cursor-pointer decoration-1 underline-offset-1 text-super-primary hover:underline\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: #f9f9f9;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prostatazentrum.ch\/index.php\/wissenschaftliche-vernetzung.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"text-box-trim-both\">second-opinion service<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e07855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e07855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Memberships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287be09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"287be09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Swiss Society of Urology (SGU \/ Swiss Urology)<\/p><\/li><li><p>German Society of Urology (DGU)<\/p><\/li><li><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">European Association of Urology (EAU)<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p>Medical Society of the University Hospital Basel<\/p><\/li><li><p>Medical Society of the University of Essen<\/p><\/li><li><p>Medical Society of RWTH Aachen University<\/p><\/li><li><p>Swiss Medical Association (FMH)<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e858b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e858b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d16655\" data-id=\"0d16655\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a44791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a44791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-014466c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"014466c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PolyClinic St. Moritz AG<br \/>Prof. Dr. med. Franz Recker<br \/>Via Paracelsus 2<br \/>7500 St. Moritz<\/p><p>telephone: <a href=\"tel:0041818308025\">+41 81 830 80 25<\/a><br \/>email: <a href=\"mailto: franz.recker@polyclinic.ch\">franz.recker@polyclinic.ch<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0858d7\" data-id=\"d0858d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a47318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a47318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Languages<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690428f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"690428f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>German<\/li><li>English<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u20131982Medical studies at RWTH [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9769","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9769"}],"version-history":[{"count":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17572,"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9769\/revisions\/17572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polyclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}