User:Phänotyp/Oliver Reich

 Oliver Reich  (born January 30, 1968 in Munich) is a German urologist and professor. He is chief physician of the urological clinic at the Clinic Munich-Harlaching.

Life
Reich studied medicine from 1989 to 1995 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) of Munich, the University of Zurich and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In 1993, he worked as a research associate in Harare, Zimbabwe and at Bruno Reichart 's Department of Cardiac Surgery, LMU Munich. He received his doctorate in 1998 with in vitro studies on the electro-vaporization of the prostate and was given the rank of assistant professor in 2004 on experimental and clinical studies to reduce blood loss in the transurethral therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia. In 2001 he passed the examination for urology. Between 1996 and 2003 Reich was first a resident physician at the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, then a research assistant at the Urological Clinic of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and at the Urological Clinic of the LMU Munich. In 2003, Reich was appointed Senior Physician of the Urological Clinic of LMU Munich. In 2007 he took over the position of Deputy Hospital Director and Senior Surgeon of the Urological Clinic and Polyclinic of LMU Munich. In 2010 he became chief physician of the Urological Clinic Munich-Harlaching.

Clinical-scientific work
Reich's clinical and scientific focus is on prostate disease (including benign prostatic hyperplasia), oncology, urolithiasis and andrology. Reich is known for minimally invasive, functional surgical treatment of diseases of the prostate, urinary bladder and upper urinary tract (kidneys and ureters). In 2003, Reich was the first surgeon to pioneer GreenLight Laser Therapy in Germany, but also in other countries such as Russia and Kazakhstan, for the minimal-invasive treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Reichs special competence lies in the surgical treatment of prostate diseases. He was involved in the preparation of the current guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of benign prostate syndrome (BPS).

Honors and awards

 * 2005 Wolfgang Mauermayer Prize of the DGU "High Power (80W) Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTP) Laser Vaporization of the Prostate in 66 High Risk Patients"
 * 2007 European Association of Urology - American Association of Urology Scholars (biennial award to 3 European urologists under 40)
 * 2009 Winner EAU European Urology Challenge 2009
 * 2009 Wolfgang Hepp Prize of the DGU "CEACAM1 - a novel urinary marker for bladder cancer detection" (entire working group)

Memberships

 * American Urological Association (AUA)
 * European Urological Association (EUA)
 * German Society of Urology (DGU)
 * Urological Research Society (URS)
 * Working Group "Benign Prostate Syndrome" of the German Society of Urology (DGU)

Publications

 * Publications Oliver Reich in PubMed
 * Publications Oliver Reich in Google Scholar