University Hospital Tübingen


Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Arnulf Stenzl
Department of Urology
Department of Urology at University Hospital Tübingen provides conservative and surgical care for patients with diseases of the urinary and male genital systems. The department is a certified Prostate Cancer Center by the German Cancer Society and has been recognized by FOCUS Magazine as one of the best medical institutions in Germany in this field. The department is a member of the Southwest German Tumor Center for Genitourinary Tumors and works in cooperation with the urological specialists there to offer treatment of cancers of the kidney, bladder, prostate, and testicles
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Arnulf Stenzl, the department treats over 2,700 inpatients every year. The andrology unit of the department works in close cooperation with the Fertility Center of the University's Gynecological Department and the Institute for Medical Genetics for the couple's health. The research unit of the department is working on many projects such as uro-oncology and laboratory for regenerative and reconstructive urology.
The Department of Urology at University Hospital Tübingen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Prostate cancer
• Varicocele
• Penile curvature
• Erectile dysfunction
• Bladder cancer
• Kidney tumors
• Testicular cancer
• Inflammatory diseases of the kidney
• Inflammatory diseases of the urinary bladder
Education and Professional Career
- 01.10.1973 - 31.01.1980 Study of Medicine, Karl and Franz University of Graz.
- 15.02.1980 Doctoral dissertation defense.
- 01.06.1980 - 31.12.1980 Department of Internal Medicine I, Klagenfurt Hospital.
- 01.01.1981 - 31.05.1981 Department of Internal Medicine II, Klagenfurt Hospital.
- 01.06.1981 - 31.03.1983 Assistant, Institute of Pathology and Anatomy, Karl and Franz University of Graz.
- 01.04.1983 - 31.06.1987 Assistant, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Graz.
- 01.04.1983 - 31.10.1984 Rotation, Department of General, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Traumatology, Plastic and Experimental Surgery.
- 01.11.1984 - 31.06.1987 Assistant, Department of Urology (Head: Prof. Dr. med. G. Humber), training for the title of a Medical Specialist in Urology.
- 01.07.1987 - 31.06.1988 Resident (Fellow, General Urology), Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
- 01.07.1988 - 31.06.1989 Fellow (Urological Oncology), Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
- Since 01.07.1989, Return to Austria as a Medical Specialist in Urology, registered in the list of doctors of the Austrian Medical Association.
- 01.09.1989 - 31.08.1990 Department of Urology, University Hospital Graz.
- 01.08.1990 - 01.09.1992 Senior Physician, Department of Urology, University Hospital Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
- 04.11.1992 - 31.03.2002 Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Urology, University Hospital Innsbruck.
- Since 01.04.2002, Head of the Department of Urology at the University Hospital Tuebingen.