University Hospital Muenster
Münster, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Andres Jan Schrader
Department of Urology
Department of Urology at University Hospital Muenster provides medical care for patients with diseases affecting the kidney, urinary tract and male genital system in all ages. Inflammatory, autoimmune, infectious, malformations, functional disorders, as well as neoplasms, are all treated in the department with the utmost care by the qualified medical staff. The department is in possession of the latest diagnostics and therapeutics for every field in urology allowing the department to treat nearly 2,700 inpatients every year, with Prof. Dr. med. Andres Jan Schrader as the head of the department who is known to be one of the best urologists in Germany, according to FOCUS Magazine.
The department has a Prostate Center which is a part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and is established as one of the best medical facilities for prostate cancer in Germany by FOCUS Magazine. Many specialists work together to develop a tailor-made management plan for each individual patient. The department takes pride in its center for robotic surgery where the da Vinci operating system is used for its benefits of reducing blood loss, pain and recovery time. The department is certified to be an ERUS Robotic Training Center.
Department of Urology at University Hospital Muenster is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Prostate cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Ureter stenosis
• Renal pelvis stenosis
• Adrenal gland tumors
• Testicular tumor
• Enuresis
• Kidney stones
• Kidney failure
• Small bladder disease
• Bladder diverticulum
• Abnormal urethral valves
• Vesicoureteral reflux
• Hydrocele
• Undescended testicle
• Penile deviation
• Buried penis
• Varicocele
• Labial fusion
- 1992 - 1999 Study of Medicine at the Hannover Medical School, Hannover.
- 1999 - 2000 Research Fellowship at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig.
- 2000 - 2002 Assistant Physician, Abdominal Surgery, Municipal Hospital Braunschweig.
- 2002 - 2010 Assistant and Senior Physician in the Department of Adult and Pediatric Urology at the University Hospital Marburg.
- 2010 - 2014 Leading Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Urology at the University Hospital Ulm.
- Since 01.08.2014 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Urology at the University Hospital Muenster.
Clinical Focuses
- Surgical and conservative urologic oncology (in particular renal cell carcinoma, prostate cancer, urothelial carcinoma of the bladder).
- Robot-assisted surgical techniques.
- Minimally invasive therapy of prostate hyperplasia (for example, laser enucleation in benign prostate hyperplasia).
Research Focuses
- Study of changes in the signal transduction pathway as a cause of the development and progression of renal cell carcinoma.
- Investigation of mutations and posttranscriptional modifications of the androgen receptor in patients with prostate cancer.
- Clinical studies on prognostic markers of various urologic cancers
Department of Urology
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