University of Bern
George N. Thalmann, MD, Full Professor of Urology, Chairman and Director Department of Urology of the University of Bern Switzerland since 2010. Trained in general surgery and urology. Fellowship at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston with Prof. Leland Chung and Prof. Andrew von Eschenbach. Research focus on basic and clinical research in prostate and bladder cancer. Over 340 publications. More than 8 Mio CHF in competitive research funding. Since 2016 Editor Words of Wisdom for European Urology and since 2020 Associate Editor British Journal of Urology International. Member of the prize committee of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Oncology Research of Southern Switzerland and Representative of the Clinic Directors and Staff members of the University Hospital Inselspital Bern. Currently vice president of the Swiss Academy of the Medical Sciences. Member of the Scientific Office of the European Association of Urology (EAU) 2005-2013, president European Society for Urological Research (ESUR) 2004-2006, Board member European Society for Oncological Urology (ESOU) 2008-2018, member of the scientific research council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 2008-2016 and secretary general of the Association of Academic European Urologists (AAEU) 2013-2019. Member of various processional societies such as the AUA, AAGUS, EAU, SIU and others.
Recipient of the AUA Laboratory Research Award, the Matula Award of the EAU, the Theodor-Kocher-Prize of the University of Bern, the Dominique Chopin Award of the ESUR, the Cancer prize of the Swiss Cancer League and the Michael Marberger Award of the AAEU.
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