Dr. Marianne Brehmer is M.D., Ph.D., specialized in advanced endourology. She is involved in several national and international scientific groups and she is main supervisor for Ph.D. students at the Karolinska Institutet. Since February 2017 she is responsible for the advanced endouroloy activity at Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Brehmer was educated at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. She has been qualified urologist since 1994. She got her Ph.D. degree in 1999 and did a post-doc in Edinburgh, UK, 2000-2001. Dr. Brehmer got her endourology training in Stockholm, Örebro and Edinburgh. She was for 3 years responsible for the stone and endourology activity at Uppsala University Hospital. In 2003 she moved to the department of urology at the Karolinska University Hospital where she for 10 years was the chairperson of the Stone and Endourological Team. During three years, 2013-2016, Dr. Brehmer was the Head of department at the department of urology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark where she was developing and performing advanced endourology in the department.

Dr. Brehmer has since many years been active in developing and improving the training of urologists. She was 2002-2013 the Swedish delegate for the European Board of Urology, EBU, where she was the president 2008‐2010. During her time in the EBU she was in charge of developing a system for certification of subspeciality centres.

Prof. Osther attended University Southern Denmark where he received his medical approval and M.D. in 1984. He completed his Urology and General Surgery residency at Odense University Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, and Lillebaelt Hospital, Denmark. He was consultant urological surgeon at Odense University Hospital from 2000-2002; and at Lillebaelt Hospital from 2002 to 2004, when he became chair of the department. He received the Ph.D. degree for scientific work on pathophysiology of calcium nephrolithiasis in 1995, and a University Diploma of Public Management in 2002.

Prof. Osther is currently Professor and consultant urological surgeon at Department of Urology and Director of Urological Research Center at Lillebaelt Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark. His research interests focus on urolithiasis, upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma, urinary tract pain, uroradiology, erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer. In his clinical practice he mainly deals with urinary stone disease and other upper urinary tract pathologies. In his areas of interest he has published extensively, and he has had numerous scientific presentations worldwide. He has been invited as guest surgeon for live surgery at several international urological meetings. During 15 years he was chairman of the Scandinavian Cooperative Group for Urinary Stones and he took the initiative to the Scandinavian Course on Urinary Stone Disease. In the period 2009-2013 he was Chairman of the EAU Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS), and he was president of the 2nd Meeting of EULIS in Copenhagen 2013. He has received several scientific awards, and he is and has been advisor for several Ph.D. students.

Prof. Osther is an honorary member of EAU Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS) and has been involved as reviewer in European Guidelines on Urolithiasis. He has been board member of the EAU Section Office, member of the Scientific Committees of Challenges in Endourology and Experts In Stone Disease. He chaired a sub-committee of the latest International Consultation on Stone Disease. Prof. Osther is member of the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Joyce Baard is a consultant urologist in the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam. Her medical degree was completed at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Her main fields of interests are the endourologic treatment of stones, BPE and urothelial tumors of lower and upper tract. Regarding the last she is especially focused on new imaging and diagnostic techniques.

She is an active member of various urological societies including the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) where she is part of the applied Research Committee.

CECILIA MARIA CRACCO, M.D., Ph.D., Specialization in Urology.

• 1989: Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Torino (110/110 cum laude).
• 1990 and 1996: attendance for 8 months at the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, U.K. (supervisors prof. G. Gabella and prof. G. Burnstock), as guest researcher.
• 1991-1994: PhD student in Ophtalmologic Sciences, University of Torino.
• 1994-1999: Residency in Urology, Urological Clinic, University of Torino.
• November 1999: Specialization in Urology, University of Torino (70/70 cum laude and “menzione onorevole”).
• May 2000: Urologist (permanent position), Division of Urology, SS. Annunziata Hospital of Savigliano (Cuneo).
• November 2002: transfer at the Urological Clinic, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital of Orbassano (Torino), position D, C2 from March 2007.
• May 1st 2008: she won #1 position for researcher, MED24 Urology, University of Torino, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, always working at the Urological Clinic at the S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital of Orbassano (Torino). Position C1 from 2009.
• February 2011: she won a position as Urologist at the Urology Department, Cottolengo Hospital of Torino (still working there nowadays).
• Member of many national and international uroclogical societies, she won 12 prizes for videos, presentations and research, receoved research funding for many years, had a constant teaching activity since 1990, first in Anatomy, then in Urology, for University and then for Masterclasses and courses.
• She published 250 papers, including 95 indexed papers in extenso, many invited book chapters and a Springer book on ECIRS in 2014, and is referee for many international journals.
• Surgical activity: 1000 procedures as first surgeon, in particular bipolar TURP, URS and RIRS, Greenlaser vaporization of the prostatic adenoma, bipolar TURB, PDD and SPECTRA TURB, ECIRS, HoLEP, with some invited surgeries since 2013.

Dr. Fajkovic is currently executive director of the Department of Urology at the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Austria. He specializes in urologic oncology and minimal invasive surgery. He has published 80 peer-reviewed research papers (h-index:22; total number of citations: 1521), over 30 non-peer-reviewed research papers, and two book chapters, is the recipient of various national and international rewards. He is a member of various academic societies and a journal, meeting abstract, and grant reviewer for numerous national and international organizations. He is currently member of several collaborative multicenter groups (Bladder Cancer Research Consortium, The Bladder Cancer Detection Group, and The Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Collaboration) and prospective clinical trials.

Dr. Fajkovic was born 1975 in Zagreb, Croatia. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 2005, he started his urological education as resident in Urology at the Department of Urology, LKH St.Pölten. He continued his education with a fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA in 2011.

In year 2013 he finished Austrian Board Certification and Certification of the European Board of Urology (F.E.B.U.). In the same year he joined to the Department of Urology at the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital.

Education

• 2013-2018 PhD-program 'ESWT treatment for erectile dysfunction', Department of Regional Health Research, SDU, Odense Denmark
• 2002-2008 Medical University in Poznan, Poland

Work experience

• 2016 Fellowship at Urology Department at Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
• 2012- Resident of urology
• 2010 Junior doctor at Department of Urology Hospital of Southern Jutland, Denmark
• 2008-2009 Junior at MSWiA Sygehus in Poznan, Poland

Guido Giusti was born in Verona (Italy) on February 27th 1966. He graduated in Medicine on October 30th 1991 with full mark cum laude at School of Medicine of University of Verona (Italy).

In 1996 he attended the 'Division of Urologic Surgery' of 'Washington University School of Medicine' in St. Louis (Missouri-USA) directed by Dr. W.J. Catalona for a full year research fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopy with dr. R.V. Clayman.

He graduated in Urology on October 29th 1996 with full mark cum laude at School of Urology at University of Verona (Italy). In June 1999 he moved to Department of Urology of Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan.

Since September 2008 to May 2015 he was Head of the 'Stone Center' of this Institution.

Since 2012 he established the European Training Center of Endourology under the patronage of SIU (Italian Society of Urology) and EULIS (EAU branch for Urolithiasis) and he chaired more than 109 international courses in 5 years with doctors coming from 19 different countries (www.etce.it).

Since June 1st 2015 he joined Ospedale San Raffaele- Turro Staff to establish a new Stone Center for this Hospital. He is Associate EDITOR of VideoUrology, BMC Urology and Minerva Urologica journal. He is Author of more than 170 abstracts in national and international congresses, and 84 papers on indexed National and International journals https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Giusti+Guido.

Born 1976, Baghdad, Iraq

Dr. Mudhar N Hasan is a Consultant Urologist at Danderyd Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Hasan was the Head of department of Urology at Danderyd Hospital and Karolinska Institutet between 2012-2017 and built up the endourology and robotic units at the Department.

Dr. Hasan's field of expertise includes advanced endourological procedures and robotic prostate surgery, and his main fields of interest in research are urolithiasis and urothelial carcinoma especially UTUC.

Professional career

• 1994-2000 Medical Studies at College of Medicine at University of Baghdad, Iraq
• 2003-2005 Resident at Mälar Hospital Eskilstuna, Sweden
• 2005 Medical License issued by the National board of Health and Welfare in Sweden
• 2005-2010 Specialist Registrar in Urology at Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2010-2012 Specialist in Urology at Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2012-2017 Consultant Urologist and Head of Urology Department at Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2017- Consultant Urologist at department of Urology Danderyd Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Born 1975, Denmark
Cand. Med. University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, 2002
Ph.D. in medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2008

• Resident; Dpt. of Urology, Fredericia Hospital, 2004 –2005
• Research fellow and resident; Department of Urology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia, 2008
• Research fellow/ Phd student, Dpt. of Urology, Fredericia Hospital and Clinical Institute, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, 2005- 2008.
• Resident in training, fellow and Post Doc: Fredericia and Odense University Hospital, Dpt. of Urology: 2008-2015.

Postgraduate Practical courses in Urology/ Masterclasses

• First Scandinavian Course on Urinary Stone Disease. Copenhagen;2004
• Practical Course on Flexible and Rigid Ureteroscopy. Stockholm, Sweden; 2004
• Second Scandinavian Course on Urinary Stone Disease. Oslo, Norway; 2006
• Surgical Master Class for the Flexible Ureteroscopy. Paris, France; 2006
• Masterclass in Endourology, EuLis, London, GB, June 2010
• Third Scandinavian Course on Urinary Stone Disease, Ørebro, Sweden, 2010
• 1st International eULIS-EAU Comprehensive Stone Workshop London, 2010
• LIME Masterclass in Endourology and stone treatment, Fredericia, Denmark, 2013
• RIRS: Practical Masterclass in Retrograde intrarenal stone surgery, Caceres, Spain, 2013 Masterclass in Endourology, Coloplast. Paris, 2015

40 peer-reviewed articles in international journals

PhD thesis: Pharmacological modulation of upper urinary tract activity during endourological procedures(2008) Ongoing research in the field of endourology and urolithias

Awards

• Steno Prize for Best Poster Presentation, Scandinavian Association of Urology, Aarhus, Denmark, 2007
• Best Scientific Paper: World Congress of Endourology 2007, Cancun, Mexico, 2007
• Hans Marberger Award 2009: European Urological Association (EAU): Best International Paper on Endourology 2008/ 2009
• Danish Urological Association Anniversary Grant, 2011
• Best Scientific Paper: World Congress of Endourology 2011, Japan

Robert Jones is Professor of Clinical Cancer Research at the University of Glasgow and a consultant medical oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.

His clinical practice is the medical management of cancers of the prostate, bladder and kidney. His research commitments include the management of a large portfolio of phase I, II and III trials. A member of the UK National Cancer Research Institute Bladder and Kidney Clinical Studies Group (CSG), he also chairs the Advanced Disease Subgroup of the Prostate Cancer CSG.

He is director of the CR-UK Clinical Trials Unit in Glasgow.

Education

• Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, B.A. (Chem)
• Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, M.D. 1990

Qualifications and Accreditation

• Fellow of the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons
• Fellow of the American Board of Urology (Board certified urologist)
• Endourological Society Fellowship
• Fellow of the Intercollegiate Board of Urology (FRCS Urology)

Clinical Responsibilities

• Laparoscopic urological surgery, stone disease management, minimally invasive treatment of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma, and minimally invasive treatment of upper urinary tract obstruction

Other Professional Activities (previous and present roles)

• Honorary Secretary, British Association of Urological Surgeons
• Endourological Society Board of Directors
• BJU International trustee, Honorary Treasurer, as well as Editorial Board
• Lead Consultant, Bristol Urological Institute
• Faculty of the European Society for Uro-technology (ESUT)
• Journal of Endourology Editorial Board
• European Urology Editorial Board
• Chairman, EuRECA, a European registry for renal cryoablation
• Canadian Journal of Urology Associate Editor

Publications

• Over 130 peer-reviewed publications, over 20 book chapters, and editor of 2 books

Research

• The qualitative aspects of surgeon-reported outcomes
• Cryoablation and partial nephrectomy in the treatment of kidney tumors
• Diagnosis and minimally invasive management of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma
• The evaluation and treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction
• The quality of life of patients with urinary stone disease, especially in patients requiring ureteral stents
• The evaluation of ureteral physiology and pharmacology
• The evaluation of medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones

Dr. Thomas Knoll is Associate Professor of Urology at Mannheim University Hospital, Germany, and Head of the Department of Urology, Sindelfingen Medical Center, University of Tuebingen, Germany. Dr. Knoll was previously staff member and Head of Endourology and Minimal-invasive surgery at the Department of Urology, University Hospital Mannheim, Germany. Dr. Knoll's field of expertise includes endourologic, laparoscopic and robotic surgery for urolithiasis, benign prostatic hyperplasia and uro-oncology.

His extensive scientific and clinical work focuses on the interventional treatment of urolithiasis and benign hyperplasia. He performed a large experimental work on the pathogenesis and prevention of calcium oxalate and cystine stone formation.

Dr. Knoll won a total of 8 awards pertaining to his innovation and research, including the Arthur-Smith-Award of the Endourology Society, the best abstract in stone disease of the American Urological Association and 2nd best experimental abstract of the European Association of Urology (EAU).

Dr. Knoll has published over 140 manuscripts in peer-reviewed literature and 16 book chapters.

Dr. Knoll serves an Editorial board member of the Journal of Endourology, the World Journal of Urology, and Urolithiasis. He is board member of the EAU Guideline Office, the Sections for Urolithiasis, Uro-Technology and Ethics in Live Surgery. In 2015 he was appointed as Member of the EAU Scientific Committee.

Professor em. Anders Magnusson studied medicine 1968 - 1974 at the University of Gothenburg. After internship at Mora Hospital he started as resident at the Department of Radiology (head: S-I Seldinger) at the same hospital. In 1979 he moved to Uppsala and the University Hospital. From 1984 he was head of the section of Uroradiology. In 1984 he defended his thesis 'Radiological investigation of the retroperitoneal lymph nodes' for the degree of PhD. He was full Professor of Radiology from 2000 and retired from that position in 2014 but is still active in clinical work as well as research.

Professor Magnusson has published more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Today, his main research interest is focused on optimization of CTU protocols including dose reduction, renal tumor ablation, CT-guided intervention and intervention in the urinary tract.

Morgan Rouprêt is 42-year-old and is currently full Professor (academic position) in the Academic Urology Department of the Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Assistance Publique -Hôpitaux de Paris, at the Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne University in paris. In his daily practice, he is particularly involved in the field of BPH, onco-urology and practices mini-invasive surgery and robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures. In 2015 he was the recipient of the Crystal Matula Award which is the most prestigious prize granted to a young promising European urological academician. From 2007, he has been working in the national group of experts involved in the French national guidelines. In 2008, he has been incorporated in the urothelium group of the EAU guideline office and he is involved specifically in the non muscle invasive bladder cancer group. In 2011, he also proposed renewed European Guidelines on upper urinary tract tumours. Besides, he is also involved in the EAU guidelines ad hoc panel for guidelines regarding complications after urological procedures.

Rouprêt is also a committed researcher and writer with a string of publications (i.e., 625 so far) in international, peer-reviewed journals. He focuses and writes on urological cancers particularly upper urinary tract tumours and prostate cancer. He is also an active member of the Editorial Board of the following journals: European Urology Oncology, BJU international and the World Journal of Urology. Besides, he owns a PhD in the field of onco-urology and genetic markers. In addition, Rouprêt is the main author or co-author of several books for medical students dedicated to education in the field of urology.

Dr. Seitz, born in Hamburg, Germany attended the Medical University of Hamburg, the Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa and the Medical University of Vienna, Austria where he received his medical degree in 1999. He completed his Urology residency at the Medical University of Vienna Austria under the direction of Prof. Michael Marberger. In 2006 he became Fellow of of the European Board of Urology (FEBU). From 2007-2010 he was head of the stone center and endourology unit at the dept. of Urology in Bolzano, Italy. In 2008 he graduated with professoral thesis at the Medical University of Vienna. From 2010-2013 he implemented the robotic surgery program at St. Johns of God Hospital, Vienna Austria. 2013 Dr. Seitz returned to the dept. of Urology at the Medical Univ. of Vienna under the direction of Prof. Shahrokh Shariat.

Dr. Seitz is vice chairman and Associate Professor of the Department of Urology and head of the stone center and robotic program at the Medical University of Vienna. His research interests focus on urolithiasis and uro-oncology (prostate, renal and urothelial cancer). He is chairman of the German working Group on urolithiasis, and chairman of the Austrian working group on diagnostic imaging in Urology. He is member of the Austrian working group on laparoscopy/robotic surgery and gender medicine.

He is Member of the European Guideline Panel on Urolithiasis, the European Urolithiasis Society (eULIS) and the International Alliance on Urolithiasis (IAU).

He has 100 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals as well as presented his research at several international conferences. Also he has been invited for live surgery meetings in multiple occasions.

Professional Career

• 1988 – 1995 Medical Studies at the University of Ulm (Germany)
• 1996 Medical License issued by the Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart (Germany)
• 2004 Medical Specialist in Urology, license issued by the Ärztekammer Baden-Württemberg
• 1995 – 1997 Internship in the Department of Urology, Universitiy of Ulm (Germany)
• 1997 – 1998 Residency in the Department of Urology, Military Hospital of Ulm (Germany)
• 1998 – 2000 Residency in the Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Aalen (Germany)
• 2000 – 2006 Residency in the Department of Urology, University of Ulm (Germany);
• since 2006 Senior Urologist for Endourology
• since Oct. 2006 Assistant Medical Director, Department of Urology, University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich (Germany)

Current Position

• Managing Assistant Medical Director
• Head of Endourology Division and Stone Center

Memberships

• since 2001 Arbeitskreis Harnsteine der DGU (German Urological Association)
• since 2006 Board member of Urological Research/Urolithiasis
• 2009-2016 Urolithiasis guideline panel of the EAU
• since 2011 Associate member EULIS

Teaching and Research Experience

• 2000 – 2005 Postdoc research in the Urolithiasis Lab of the Department of Urology, University of Ulm (Germany)
• since 2006 Lecturer at the Medical Faculty of the Technical University Munich
• since 2011 Organizer and trainer of URS, Mini-PNL and Endo-nurse workshops at the MRI

Experience in Clinical Studies (GCP)

• since 2000 as sub-investigator
• 08/2009 – 10/2010 PI of the PVP-Hypericin Phase IIa Study on PDD of superficial bladder cancer
• 10/2011 – 07/2015 PI Germany of the PVP-Hypericin Phase IIb Study on PDD of superficial bladder cancer

Consultancy

• Consultant and trainer in different projects for Richard Wolf Endoscopes, Siemens Health Care, Boston Scientific and Coloplast-Porgès

Professor of Urology University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 and Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery centre Urology Dept Tenon Hospital.

• Special Interest & Research : Medical and Surgical management of Urolithiasis, Conservative treatment of upper urinary tract urothelial tumors, lower tract endourology, laser clinical applications in Urology
• Research Fellowship 1999 : UT Southwestern Dallas Texas – Pr MS Pearle
• Arthur SMITH Award recipient at world congress of endourology 2010, Chicago, USA
• Member of international society of Urology : EAU, AUA, SIU, EndoSociety, AFU
• Board member of the EULIS, ESUT, ESU, EAU guidelines office
• Board of the directors of the EndoSociety
• Editorial Board member of the Journal of EndoUrology
• Adjunct Treasurer of the French Association of Urology
• European expert in laser clinical applications of upper urinary tract diseases
• Co-organizer of the 'Challenges in EndoUrology Paris'
• Organizer WCE 2018 Paris
• More than 200 publications (Medline) and more than 400 international presentations
• Reviewer for various English and French urological journals.