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ERUS18: Inaugural John Wickham Award goes to Claude Abbou
Prof. Claude Abbou is the winner of the first John Wickham Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to robotic surgery. The prize was awarded in Marseille, at the 15th Annual EAU Robotic Urology Section meeting, ERUS18. The award was presented by...
Call for Applications: Chairman of the EAU Membership Office
The EAU is starting the search for a new chairperson of the EAU Membership Office. The current Chairman, Prof. Igor Korneyev is stepping down after EAU19, following two successful terms. The EAU Membership Office is responsible for the 16,000...
Call for Applications: Adjunct Secretary General – Science
The EAU is looking for a new Adjunct Secretary General – Science, a prominent position on the EAU Executive Committee. The current Adjunct Secretary General – Science, Prof. Francesco Montorsi will be stepping down after EAU19 after a successful...
Exhibit of the Month: The “Bavarian Lithotomy Set”
Every month, an EAU History Office member chooses an item of particular interest from the European Museum of Urology. This instrument was chosen by Dr Friedrich Moll, Urologist at the University of Cologne Medical Centre and curator of the collections...
“A journal is more than its impact factor”
Last month, it was announced that the EAU’s flagship scientific journal, European Urology had a 2017 impact factor of 17,581, an all-time high. This makes European Urology the most highly-ranked urology journal in the world, by far. We spoke...
ESU Training and Research Group: Reaching new heights through collaboration
The European School of Urology (ESU) pioneered the “Training and Research” group to develop the training standards of the ESU’s Hands-on Training (HOT) programmes. This initiative was accomplished through close collaboration with the EAU Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT), EAU...
Surgery in the 3rd Millennium: The future is female
Urology has historically been a male-dominated surgical specialty, and although the number of female urologists is growing worldwide, they still represent a minority particularly in leadership and academic positions. The first edition of the congress “Surgery in the 3rd...
ESU introduces new kidney-transplant masterclass
The number of candidates on the waiting list for a kidney transplant is increasing. With donor figures and characteristics changing over time, further development of kidney transplant preservation techniques is needed. Customisation of immunosuppression to adapt to the characteristics...
EAU-National Societies Meeting 2018: Emergent challenges in Europe
Around 65 representatives of 39 urological national societies from all over Europe gathered at the Grand Hotel Huis Ter Duin in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to address challenges in European urology. “The collaboration between the EAU and the European national...
EMUC18: Finding durable solutions in prostate cancer management
Although in Europe the debate has begun on how to deliver uniform and quality care for prostate cancer (PCa) patients, healthcare experts and physicians are encountering deeply-rooted issues that range from financial costs, poor patient recruitment in key trials...
BCa18: Changes in MIBC guidelines needed as new prospects emerge
There is a lot of work that needs to be done to address gaps in the guidelines for managing muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), but at the same time there are new prospects in biological predictors that could transform the...
EMUC18: Crucial MDT work in urological cancers
Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) help achieve optimal management of urological malignancies, but more than putting MDTs in place, experts are in agreement that a lot more needs to be done to support and increase the contacts and links among various...