Resident in Urology, Mannheim University Hospital. Resident in General Surgery, Mannheim University Hospital

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1 Associate Professor of Urology Department of Urology Sindelfingen- Boeblingen Medical Center University of Tuebingen Sindelfingen, suedwest.de Birth date: Place of birth: June 12, 1971 Eberbach, Education and Training 10/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /2011 Medical School, University of Heidelberg, Intern and Resident in Nephrology and Rheumatology Mannheim University Hospital, Resident in Urology Mannheim University Hospital Resident in General Surgery, Mannheim University Hospital Resident in Urology, Mannheim University Hospital Fellow in Endourology and Uro- oncology, Capa University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Resident in Urology, Mannheim University Hospital Training in robotic surgery, Recklinghausen, Ruhr University, Bochum Certification and Academic Titles 11/1998 MD- Thesis Role of selective Endothelin- 1- Receptor Anatagonism in acute postischemic renal failure of the rat, University of Heidelberg 2000 German Board of Medicine 06/2005 PhD- Thesis Calciumoxalate Stone Formation: New concepts for Pathogenesis, Therapy and Prevention, University of Heidelberg 09/2006 MSc- Thesis Healthcare Management Economic Aspects of Outpatient Surgery in Urology, University of Mannheim Academic and Clinical Appointments Academic Appointments 01/ / / /2007 Instructor in Urology, Mannheim University Hospital Medical School Assistant Professor in Urology, Mannheim University Hospital Medical School

2 12/2007- present 08/2008- present Associate Professor in Urology, Mannheim University Hospital Medical School Lecturer in Urology, University of Tuebingen Medical School, Clinical Appointments 04/ / / / /2008- present Head of Minimal- invasive Urology, Mannheim University Hospital Staff Physician, Mannheim University Hospital Head of Urology, Sindelfingen- Boeblingen Medical Center, University of Tuebingen, Research Interests 1. Genetic pathomechanisms and potential therapeutic options of cystinuria 2. Evaluation and Development of new minimal- invasive techniques and instruments: - Urinary stone disease (Mini- PCNL, flexible URS, SWL) - Benign prostatic hyperplasia (application of medical lasers) - Laparoscopy (application of 3D- imaging) - Superficial bladder cancer (Photodynamic imaging and laser application) 3. Development of preventive approaches for recurrent calcium oxalate stone formation 4. Development and evaluation of medical simulators and training tools 5. Experimental research on treatment options of chronic renal transplant failure Grant support Richard Wolf Foundation, Impact on photodynamic imaging on the recurrence of superficial bladder cancer, 01/ /2008, Richard Wolf Foundation, Endoscopic superficial laser ablation of renal papillas, 01/ /2006, Research Fund, University of Heidelberg, Experimental research on cystinuria, 01/ /2004, Research Fund, University of Heidelberg, Laser application for gene transfer, 01/ /2002, German Research Foundation (DFG), Treatment of chronic renal transplant failure, 01/ /1999, Honors and Awards 1997 DFG Research Grant Chronic renal allograft failure 2000 Poster Award, German Society of Urology 2002 Best Poster, Southwestern German Society of Urology 2004 Best Abstract in Stone Disease, American Urological Association 2005 Wolfgang- Hepp- Award, German Society of Urology Award for best lectures, Mannheim University Medical School 2005 Young Investigator Award, European Urolithiasis Society 2

3 nd Best Experimental Abstract, European Association of Urology 2011 Poster Award, European Association of Urology 2013 Arthur- Smith- Lectureship Award, Endourology Society Membership in Professional Societies present present present present present present present present present present present present German Society of Urology (DGU) European Association of Urology (EAU) Endourology Society Southwestern German Society of Urology German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM) German Working Group Urolithiasis EAU Guideline Group on Urolithiasis Erich- Frank- Society for German- Turkish Relationships in Medicine European Intrarenal Surgery Society (EIRSS) AUA- EAU Collaborative Guideline Group on Ureteric Stones German Society for Shock Wave Lithotripsy (DGSWK) American Urological Association (AUA) EAU Young Academic Urologists Group German Working Group Robotics, Laparoscopy and Endourology International Cooperation in Endourology (ICE) Editorial Positions, Boards, and Peer- Review Service Guest Editor 2010 European Urology Supplement, Vol World Journal of Urology, Vol. 29 Boards present present present present present present present present present present present present Program Committee German Society of Urology (DGU) EAU Section for Urolithiasis (ESUT) Vice- Chair EAU Guideline Group on Urolithiasis Chair German Working Group on Urolithiasis German Society for Shock Wave Lithotripsy Urological Research Video- Urology Journal, Journal of Endourology Educational Board, Southwestern German Board of Medicine Vice- Chair EAU Section for Uro- Technology (EULIS) International Collaboration in Endourology (ICE) Section Editor, World Journal of Urology Journal of Endourology EAU Panel on Ethics in Live Surgery Peer- Review Service present German Society of Urology (DGU) present Urological Research 2005 Israel Science Foundation present Journal of Endourology present European Association of Urology (EAU) present European Urology 3

4 2005- present Urologe present Journal of Urology present Urologia Internationals present World Journal of Urology 2012 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Teaching Dissertation Committees Doctoral Committee for Jens Oltersdorf Doctoral Committee for Uwe Göttmann Doctoral Committee for Sreedhar Sagi Doctoral Committee for Yanwei Cao Doctoral Committee for Mahmoud Osman Doctoral Committee for Katrin Heger Doctoral Committee for Kristina Dobler Doctoral Committee for Patrick Krombach Doctoral Committee for Yvonne Alfano Doctoral Committee for Thomas Zimmerer Doctoral Committee for Kristina Richardt Doctoral Committee for Susanne Christmann present Doctoral Committee for Heiko Kohns present Doctoral Committee for Martina Holten present Doctoral Committee for Thorsten Brantes present Doctoral Committee for Michael Berner Research Mentor/Supervisor Postdoctoral Fellows Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, MD Patrick Honeck, MD present Jan Peter Jessen, MD present David Zimmermann, MD Consulting Positions present present present present present present Simbionix Simulators Karl Storz Endoscopes Schoelly Endoscopes Coloplast Boston Scientific Storz Medical Olympus Visiting Professorships 11/2007 Harbin University Medical School, China 11/2007 Jinan University Medical School, China 10/2010 Academic Stone Center, Kunming Medical School, China 04/2012 Chilean Society of Urology, Santiago, Chile 4

5 03/2013- present Guangzhou Medical School, Guangzhou, China Extramural Invited Presentations and Moderations 2003 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Klinikum Coburg, 2003 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Annual Meeting of the European Intrarenal Surgery Society, Edinburgh, UK 2004 Moderation Urolithiasis and Andrology, DGU Annual Meeting, 2004 Current standards in stone therapy, Military Hospital, Ulm, 2005 Moderation Urolithiasis, Andrology and Urogynecology, Fulda, 2005 Endourology and Laparoscopy Session, AUA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX 2005 Update Ureteroscopy, Northern German Urology Meeting, Kiel, 2005 Moderation Experimental Urolithiasis Session, DGU Annual Meeting, Wiesbaden, 2006 Costs and Reimbursement Session, What s new in Urology Session, Pathogenesis of calciumoxalate stone formation, Annual Meeting SWDGU, Frankfurt, 2006 Ureteroscopy, Swedish Society of Urology, Stockholm, Sweden 2006 Update flexible Ureteroscopy, Hellenic Society of Urology, Geneva, Switzerland 2006 Moderation Urolithiasis Session, DGU Annual Meeting, Hamburg, 2006 Endourology in difficult anatomy, Therapy of bilateral stones, Urolithiasis Sympsium, Dresden, rd Urology Course for nurses and medical assistants, Mannheim, 2007 Moderation Urolithiasis Session, Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, EAU Annual, Meeting, Berlin, 2007 Urolithiasis Session, Ureteroscopy, Annual Meeting DGSWL, Saarbruecken, 2007 Current standards in urolithiasis, Klinikum Fulda, 2007 Urolithiasis Session, Berlin, 2007 The renal papilla and calcium oxalate stone formation, Annual Meeting of the C. E. Alken Society, Stuttgart, 2008 Uro- Oncology Working Group, Bonn- Siegburg, 2008 Interventional Therapy of Urinary Stones, Urolithiasis Session, EAU Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy 2008 Perspectives on Side Effects of ESWL, Indiana University of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 2008 Skills Assessment and Surgical Training Session, AUA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 2008 Update Urolithiasis, Eastern German Urology Meeting, Weimar, 2008 Treatment concepts for Urolithiasis, Cologne Urology Days, Cologne, 5

6 2009 Moderation Research and Medical Treatment of Urolithiasis Session, EAU Annual Meeting Stockholm, Sweden 2009 Safety and efficacy of treatments for stones, EAU Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden 2009 New Guidelines Urolithiasis, Eastern German Urology Meeting, Chemnitz, 2009 Guidelines Urolithiasis, Bavarian- Austrian Urology Meeting, Salzburg, Austria 2009 Treatment of Large Stones, 1 st Meeting of the EAU Section Urolithiasis (EULIS), London, UK 2009 Moderation Sparing the Nephron in Kidney Stones, World Congress of Endourology, Munich, 2009 Lower Pole Stones: Flexible URS, EULIS Symposium, Como, Italy 2009 Urolithiasis in the Elderly, Curriculum Urologicum, Berlin, 2009 Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Symposium d Endourologie, Paris, France 2010 Guidelines Urolithiasis, Urology Forum, Zuers, Austria 2010 Extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy, Hall i. Tyrol, Austria 2010 Metabolic evaluation and prevention of urolithiasis, Rheinische Gespräche, Dusseldorf, 2010 Evidence for stone therapy, Curriculum Urologicum, Stuttgart, 2010 Percutaneous nephrolithotomy Prone position, EAU Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain 2010 Current treatment concepts for Urolithiasis, Kunming, China 2010 Prostate cancer Update on diagnostics, Satellite Symposium, AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2010 Guidelines on Urolithiasis, Northern German Urology Meeting, Potsdam, 2010 How far should live surgery go?, World Congress on Endourology, Chicago, IL 2010 Moderation Ureteral physiology/laparoscopy II, World Congress on Endourology, Chicago, IL 2010 Point- Counterpoint- Discussion Lower pole stones, DGU Annual Meeting, Dusseldorf, 2010 Lower Pole Stones: Flexible URS, Moderation PNL and URS Session, EULIS Symposium, Como, Italy 2010 Guidelines on Urolithiasis, Military Hospital Koblenz, 2010 Flexible URS for large renal calculi, Panhellenic Urology Meeting, Larncaca, Cyprus 2010 Current update on Urolithiasis, Salzhaeuser Gespraeche, Lueneburg, 2010 Congress Souvenirs Urolithiasis and BPH, Klinikum Altona, Hamburg, 2011 Update Urolithiasis, Urology Forum, Zuers, Austria 2011 Laser Prostatectomy: Thulium Laser, ESUT Expert Meeting, Davos, Switzerland 2011 Mini- PNL, 2 nd World Congress on Controversies in Urology, Paris, France 6

7 2011 How to treat stones in 2011, University Hospital, Kiel, 2011 Moderation Urolithiasis Session, SWDGU Annual Meeting, Tuebingen, 2011 Rigid and flexible Ureteroscopy, 2 nd Comprehensive Urolithiasis Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria 2011 Stones and renal cancer, Urolithiasis Course, Glashuette, 2011 Diagnostics and intervention for urinary calculi, Bremen, 2011 Auditing and Quality Control in Laparoscopy and Endourology, AUA Annual Meeting (E&U Session), Washington, USA 2011 Challenges in BPH treatment Session, Challenges in Endourology, Paris, France 2011 Dilatation for percutaneous surgery, Tailored treatment concepts for BPH, Round- table discussion BPH Treatment, World Congress on Videourology, Torino, Italy 2011 Metabolic evaluation and prevention of urinary stones, Urolithiasis Course, Bremen, 2011 Cystinuria, Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Moderation Live Surgery: Navigation and More, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2012 Moderation Challenges in Education/Urolithiasis, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2012 Round Table Discussion Stone Disease, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2012 Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery for Stone Therapie, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2012 Moderation Personalized Treatment of Urinary Stone disease, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2012 Mini PCNL, Masterclass Urolithiasis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2012 What s new in Urolithiasis, Urology Meeting, Datteln, 2012 Future Techniques in Urology, Guidelines Urolithiasis, Doelln Urology Meeting, 2012 Mini- PNL, PNL: Prone Position, Stones in the Lower Pole, International Meeting on Urolithiasis, Ouro Preto, Brazil 2012 Where are we apart from Da Vinci: Current state of 3D laparoscopy, AUA Annual Meeting (E&U Session), Atlanta, GE 2012 Evidence for Stone Therapy, Update Ureteroscopy, Update Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Urolithiasis Course, Chilean Society of Urology, Santiago, Chile 2012 Ureteroscopy and Stenting, Annual Meeting of the British Association of Urology (BAUS), Glasgow, UK 2012 EAU and AUA Souvenirs: Oncology and Robotics, Petersberg Summer Symposia, Petersberg, 2012 PNL: Less Complications, better Efficacy, World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Moderation Urolithiasis/Epidemiology, World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Round Table: Complications of Endourology: Prevention and Management, World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Mini PNL: Yes or No?, Endourology Meeting, Torino, Italy 7

8 2012 Thulium Laser Prostatectomy, Medical Treatment of BPH, Fall Urology Course, Recklinghausen, 2012 Flexible Ureteroscopy, 6 th International Conference of the Royal Medical Services, Dead Sea, Jordan 2012 Urolithiasis in children Diagnosis, Therapy, Prevention, Curriculum Urologicum, Hamburg, 2012 Extracorporal Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Masterclass Urolithiasis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2012 Refining Indications for PNL, Experts in Stone Disease, Dubai, VAE 2013 Generation Y Challenges in recruiting residents and fellows, Urology Forum, Zuers, Austria 2013 What is new in Urolithiasis, UroUpdate, Duesseldorf, 2013 En- bloc Thulium Laser Resection of Non- Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Expert meeting on Superficial Bladder Cancer, Davos, Switzerland 2013 Percutaneous stone manipulation, Tips & Tricks in Endourology, EAU Wintermeeting Challenge the Expert, Davos, Switzerland 2013 Urolithiasis, Uro Update, Dusseldorf, 2013 Observation and deferred treatment for urinary stones, EAU Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy 2013 Stone analysis and epidemiology of urinary stone disease, EAU Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy 2013 A new perspective in the management of urolithiasis, Xpanse meeting, Shenzhen, China 2013 Surgical management of BPH, Xpanse meeting, Shenzhen, China 2013 Mini- PNL: How I do it, Annual meeting of the Turkish society for endourology, Antalya, Turkey 2013 Mini PNL is superior, Annual meeting of the Turkish society for endourology, Antalya, Turkey 2013 Are the indications for PNL decreasing?, Annual meeting of the Turkish society for endourology, Antalya, Turkey 2013 The difficult stone case, Panel discussion, Annual meeting of the Turkish society for endourology, Antalya, Turkey 2013 Update Urolithiasis, Urological Academy Spring meeting, Heidelberg, 2013 ESWL update, Summer Meeting, German Urology Association (BDU), Sylt, 2013 Modern Working time models Generation Y, Annual Meeting of the South Western Society of Urology, Baden- Baden, 2013 Therapeutic options in CRPC prior chemotherapy, Annual Meeting of the South Western Society of Urology, Baden- Baden, 2013 Metabolics in Stone Disease, 3 rd Challenges in Endourology, Paris, France 2013 Update percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Postgraduate Course Urology, Lisbon, Portugal 2013 Diversity in Urolithiasis, 2 nd EULIS meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013 Conservative treatment of urinary calculi, Annual Meeting of the German Society of Urology, Dresden, 2013 What is new in percutaneous surgery?, 2 nd Meeting of the International Alliance in Urology, Nanning, China 2013 Miniaturization of PNL Potential advantages and limitations, Urolithiasis 8

9 Meeting, Guangzhou University, China 2013 Update Urolithiasis, Fall Seminar, Recklinghausen, 2013 TUR- Prostate: Intraoperative Techniques, TUR- Prostate Course of the German Working Group on Endourolgy, Heilbronn, 2013 Thulium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate, BPH Meeting, Ahmedabad, India 2014 Flexible URS: Indications, Technique, Tips and tricks, Urology Winter Meeting, Vaasa, Finland 2014 Update Cystectomy, Workshop Bladder cancer, 3iPathways, Berlin, 2014 Update Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy, Workshop Bladder cancer, 3iPathways, Berlin, 2014 Mini-, Ultra- Mini-, Mikro- PNL, 1 st Meeting of the German Urolithiasis Working Group, Hamburg, 2014 Challenge the Guidelines: RIRS vs. ESWL for lower pole stones, EAU Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 Multi- tract PNL, EULIS Section Meeting, EAU Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 Emerging Techniques: Tubeless, Mini, Micro PNL, Update Urolithiasis, Kuwait 2014 Prone, Supine, Endoscopic Combined PNL, Update Urolithiasis, Kuwait Invitations as a tutor in Laparoscopy, Endourology, and Urolithiasis 2003 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain 2004 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria 2004 Hands- on- Training URS, Annual Meeting Southwestern German Society of Urology (SWDGU), Heidelberg, 2004 Hands- on- Training URS, DGU Annual Meeting, Dusseldorf, 2005 Hands- on- Training URS, DGU Annual Meeting, Wiesbaden, 2005 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 Hands- on- Training URS, Annual Meeting SWDGU, Fulda, 2006 Hands- on- Training URS, DGU Annual Meeting, Hamburg, 2006 Hands- on- Training URS, Annual Meeting SWDGU, Frankfurt, 2007 Hands- on- Training Laparoscopy, EAU EUREP Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic 2009 New Trends in Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy, World Congress of Endourology, Munich, 2009 Annual Refresher Course for Residents in Urology, Stromberg, 2010 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain 2010 Hands- on- Training URS, DGU Annual Meeting, Dusseldorf, 2010 Hands- on- Training URS, Northern German Urology Meeting, Potsdam, 2011 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria 2011 Hands- on- Training URS, DGU Annual Meeting, Hamburg, 2011 Prophylaxis and Medical Management of Urolithiasis, World 9

10 Congress of Endourology, Kyoto, Japan 2011 Moderation BPH, TUR, Female Urology, World Congress of Endourology, Kyoto, Japan 2012 Hands- on- Training Endourology, European Urology Forum, Davos 2012 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2012 Prophylaxis and Medical Management of Urolithiasis, World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Hands- on- Training URS, DGU Annual Meeting, Leipzig, 2012 Hands- on- Training Laser Prostatectomy, DGU Annual Meeting, Leipzig, 2012 Hands- on- Training PCNL, DGU Annual Meeting, Leipzig, 2013 Annual Refresher Course for Residents in Urology, Stromberg, 2013 Hands- on- Training Endourology, European Urology Forum, Davos 2013 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy 2013 Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Instruction Course, European School of Urology, EAU Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy 2013 Ureteroscopy school, Richard- Wolf- Training Center, Knittlingen, 2013 Ureteroscopy Hands- on- Training, Surgical training course for residents, Mannheim, 2013 Ureteroscopy Hands- on- Training, DGU Annual Meeting, Dresden, 2013 TUR- Prostate Course of the German Working Group on Endourology, Heilbronn, 2014 Hands- on- Training Endourology, European Urology Forum, Davos 2014 Hands- on- Training URS, EAU Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 E- Blus Exam Laparoscopy, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France 2014 Annual Refresher Course for Residents in Urology, Stromberg, Invitations as a surgeon 2004 Annual Meeting Jordanian Society of Urology, Amman, Jordan 2005 Endourology Workshop, University of Tuebingen, 2006 Clinical Refresher Course Urology, Mannheim University Hospital 2006 Endourology Workshop, University of Tuebingen, 2006 Update Endourology, Mannheim University Hospital 2007 Update Endourology, Mannheim University Hospital th Workshop on Endourology, Pforzheim, 2007 University Hospital Harbin, China 2007 University Hospital Jinan, China nd Endourology Workshop Barmbeck, Hamburg, th Workshop on Endourology, Pforzheim, 2008 Endovision, University of Tuebingen, 2009 Endovision, Hall Medical Center, University of Innsbruck, Austria 2010 Academic Stone Center, University Hospital Kunming, China 2010 Symposium d Endourologie, Paris, France 2010 Surgical Urology Meeting, Mannheim University Hospital, 2010 Urolithiasis Workshop, Dresden, 10

11 2011 ESUT Session, EAU Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria 2011 Endourology Course, Taiba Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2011 EULIS Comprehensive Urolithiasis Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria 2011 Annual Meeting Societé International d Urologie, Berlin, 2011 Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, Istanbul, 2012 Masterclass Urolithiasis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2012 ESUT Session, EAU Annual Meeting, Paris, France nd Challenges in Endourology, Paris, France 2012 Workshop flexible URS, Beirut, Lebanon 2012 Endourology Meeting, Torino, Italy 2012 Prostate Surgery, Prosper Hospital, 2012 Workshop Flexible URS, Amman, Jordan 2012 ESUT Winter- Meeting, Mannheim, 2013 Ureteroscopy Live Surgery and Hands- on- Training, Surgical training course for residents, Mannheim, 2013 Mini- PNL Live Surgery at the 2 nd EULIS meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark 2013 Bipolar TUR- Prostate, TUR- Prostate Course of the German Working Group on Endourolgy, Heilbronn, 2013 Bipolar TUR- Prostate, Endourology Meeting, Ahmedabad, India 2014 Edited Video Ultra- Mini- PNL, ESUT Live Surgery Session, EAU Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden 11

12 Bibliography Peer- Reviewed Original Publications 1. Rainer Birck, Thomas Knoll, Claude Braun, Michael Kirchengast, Klaus Münter, Fokko J. van der Woude, Peter Rohmeiss. Improvement of postischemic acute renal failure with the novel orally active endothelin- A receptor antagonist LU in rats. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1998; 32: Rainer Birck, Stefan Krzossok, Thomas Knoll, Claude Braun, Fokko J. Van der Woude, Peter Rohmeis. Effect of the preferential cyclooxygenase- 2 inhibitor meloxicam on renal perfusion compared to indomethacin. Exp Nephrology 2000; 8: Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Thomas Knoll, Jeannette Hoang- Böhm, Peter Alken. Clinical Evaluation of a newly developed endoscopic resection device (Rotoresect): Physical principle and first clinical results. Surgical Endoscopy 2001; 15: Francesco. J. Martinez Portillo, Damian. K. Osmonov, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Georg Blumberg, Peter Alken, Klaus- Peter Jünemann. Postoperativer Vergleich der Plikationsnähte Prolene vs. Gore- Tex auf die Lebensqualität von Patienten mit kongenitaler oder erworbener Penisdeviation. Aktuelle Urol 2001; 32: Thomas Knoll, Sabine Schult, Rainer Birck, Claude Braun, Maurice Stephan Michel, Stephan Bross, Klaus- Peter Jünemann, Peter Rohmeiss, Michael Kirchengast. Therapeutic administration of an ET- A receptor antagonist after acute ischemic renal failure dose- dependently improves recovery of renal function. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2001; 37: Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll, Taras Ptashnyk, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Flexible ureterorenoscopy for the treatment of lower pole calyx stones: influence of different lithotripsy probes and stone extraction tools on scope deflection and irrigation flow. Eur Urology 2002; 41: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Armando Cueva- Martínez, Stephan Bross, Martin Spahn, Peter Alken, Kai Uwe Köhrmann. Evaluation of superficial papillary laser ablation by endoscopic lasers on an ex- vivo kidney model. J Endourol 2002; 16: Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. The URO Mentor: development and evaluation of a new computer- based interactive training system for virtual life- like simulation of diagnostic and therapeutic endourological procedures. Br J Urol 2002; 89: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Lutz Trojan, Peter Alken, Kai Uwe Köhrmann. Langzeitergebnisse der interstitiellen Laserkoagulation zur Behandlung der benignen Prostatahyperplasie. Aktuelle Urol 2003; 34: Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. The Rotoresect- System for Bloodless Transurethral Ablation of the Prostate: Four- Year Follow- up. Br J Urol 2003; 91: Thomas Knoll, Jens Oltersdorf, Uwe Göttmann, Maurice Stephan Michel, Meike Schaub, Fokko J. van der Woude, Peter Rohmeiss, Claude Braun. Influence of acute selective endothelin- receptor- A blockade on renal hemodynamics in a rat model of chronic allograft rejection. Transpl Int 2003; 16: Thomas Knoll, Anton Musial, Lutz Trojan, Taras Ptashnyk, Peter Alken, Kai Uwe Köhrmann. Measurement of Renal Anatomy For Prediction of Lower Pole Caliceal 12

13 Stone Clearance: Reproducibility of Different Parameters. J Endourol 2003, 17: Stephan Bross, Peter M. Braun, Joachim Weiß, Francisco J. Martinez Portillo, Thomas Knoll, Christoph Seif, Klaus- Peter Jünemann, Peter Alken. The role of the carbachol test and concommittant diseases in patients with nonobstructive urinary retention undergoing sacral neuromodulation. World J Urol 2003; 20: Sreedhar Sagi, Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Axel Schaaf, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Gene delivery into prostate cancer cells by holmium laser application. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2003; 6: Stephan Bross, Peter Martin Braun, Francisco J. Martinez Portillo, Thomas Knoll, Christoph Seif, Klaus- Peter Jünemann. Sakrale Neuromodulation bei nichtobstruktiver, chronischer Harnretention: Die Wertigkeit des Carbacholtest und der Einfluss der assoziierten Nervenläsion. Aktuelle Urol 2003; 34: Stephan Bross, Peter Martin Braun, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll, Francisco J. Martinez Portillo, Klaus- Peter Jünemann, Peter Alken. Blasenwandspannung unter physiologischer Blasenentleerung und bei Patienten mit Detrusorhyperaktivität und subvesikaler Obstruktion. Aktuelle Urol 2003; 34: Tamara McNealy, Manfred Frey, Lutz Trojan, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Intrinsic presence of poly (ADP- ribose) is significantly increased in malignant prostate compared to benign prostate cell lines. Anticancer Research, 2003, 23: Uwe Göttmann, Jens Oltersdorf, Meike Schaub, Thomas Knoll, Walter E. Back, Fokko J. van der Woude, Claude Braun. Oxidative stress in chronic renal allograft nephropathy in rats: effects of long- term treatment with carvedilol, BM , or alpha- tocopherol J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2003; 42: Axel Häcker, Martin Hatzinger, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken, Michael Siegsmund. Metachronous testicular tumor of an extragonadal germ cell tumor. Aktuelle Urol 2003; 34: Axel Schaaf, Sigrun Langbein, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. In vitro transfection of human bladder cancer cells by acoustic energy. Anticancer Res 2003; 6C: Thomas Knoll, Sreedhar Sagi, Lutz Trojan, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. In vitro and ex vivo gene delivery into proximal tubular cells by means of laser energy a potential approach for curing cystinuria? Urol Res 2004; 32: Lutz Trojan, Daniel Thomas, Thomas Knoll, Rainer Grobholz, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Expression of pro- angiogenic growth factors VEGF, EGF and bfgf and their topographical relation to neovascularisation in prostate cancer. Urol Res 2004; 32: Tamara L. McNealy, Lutz Trojan, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice S. Michel. Micelle delivery of Doxorubicin increases cytotoxicity to prostate carcinoma cells. Urol Res 2004; 32: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Annette Steidler, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken. Influence of oxalate on tubular and epithelial renal cell lines. Urol Res 2004; 32: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Sigrun Langbein, Sreedhar Sagi, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Impact of Holmium:YAG and Neodymium:YAG lasers on the efficacy of DNA delivery in transitional cell carcinoma. Lasers Med Sci 2004; 19:

14 26. Stephan Bross, Sigmund Pomer, Leonard Doderlein, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Gerd Staehler, Hans- Jürgen Gerner, Peter Alken. Urodynamic findings in patients with infantile cerebral palsy. Aktuelle Urol 2004; 35: Maurice Stephan Michel, Philipp Erben, Lutz Trojan, Axel Schaaf, Koba Kiknavelidze, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken. Acoustic energy: a new transfection method for cancer of the prostate, cancer of the bladder and benign kidney cells. Anticancer Res 2004; 24: Lutz Trojan, Daniel Thomas, Dorothee Friedrich, Rainer Grobholz, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Expression of different vascular endothelial markers in prostate cancer and BPH tissue: an immunohistochemical and clinical evaluation. Anticancer Res 2004; 24: Maurice Stephan Michel, Philipp Erben, Lutz Trojan, Axel Schaaf, Koba Kiknavelidze, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken. Acoustic energy: a new transfection method for cancer of the prostate, cancer of the bladder and benign kidney cells. Anticancer Res 2004; 24: Axel Häcker, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Thomas Knoll, Sigrun Langbein, Annette Steidler, Oliver Kraut, Ernst Marlinghaus, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. High- intensity focused ultrasound for ex vivo kidney tissue ablation: influence of generator power and pulse duration. J Endourol 2004; 18: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Axel Häcker, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Validation of computer- based training in ureterorenoscopy. BJU Int 2005; 95: Mahmoud Osman, Yvonne Alfano, Axel Häcker, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll. 5- year follow- up of patients with clinically insignificant residual fragements after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Eur Urol 2005; 47: Mahmoud Osman, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Katrin Heger, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy with ultrasonography- guided renal accesss: experience from over 300 cases. BJU Int 2005; 96: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Axel Häcker, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Validation of computer- based training in ureterorenoscopy. BJU Int 2005; 95: Stefan Kamp, Thomas Knoll, Mahmoud Osman, Axel Häcker, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken: Donor- site morbidity in buccal mucosa urethroplasty: lower lip or inner cheek? BJU Int 2005; 96: Axel Häcker, Stefan Vallo, Christel Weiss, Rainer Grobholz, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel: Minimally invasive treatment of renal cell carcinoma: Comparison of 4 different monopolar radiofrequency devices. Eur Urol 2005; 48: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Axel Häcker, K Fastenmeier, Thomas Knoll, Oliver Reich, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel: New Bipolar Resection Device for Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: First ex- Vivo and in- Vivo Evaluation. J Endourol 2005; 19: Axel Häcker, Stefan Vallo, Christel Weiss, T Stein, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel: Technical characterization of a new bipolar and multipolar radiofrequency device for minimally invasive treatment of renal tumours. BJU Int 2006; 97:

15 39. Patrick Honeck, Axel Häcker, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll: Shock wave lithotripsy versus ureteroscopy for distal ureteral calculi: a prospective study. Urol Res 2006; 34: Stefan Kamp, Thomas Knoll, Mahmoud Osman, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken: Low- power holmium: YAG laser urethrotomy for treatment of urethral strictures: functional outcome and quality of life. J Endourol 2006; 20: Axel Häcker, Stefan Vallo, Christel Weiss, Rainer Grobholz, T Stein, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel: Bipolar and multipolar radiofrequency ablation with resistance controlled power output: standardized ex vivo kidney tissue ablation: J Urol 2006; 175(3 Pt 1): Thorsten J Wilhelm, Thomas Knoll, Gerald Weisser, Rainer Grobholz, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Stefan Post: Urothelial carcinoma of the ureter, giant rectal stone and sigmoid carcinoma 55 years after ureterosigmoidostomy. Scanc J Urol Nephrol 2006; 40: Kilian Rödder, Roberto Olianas, Roland Dahlem, Thomas Knoll, Margit Fisch: Retroperitoneoscopy to extract an amorphous matrix calculus of the right kidney. Urologe A 2006; 45: Thorsten J Wilhelm, Thomas Knoll, Gerald. Weisser, Rainer Grobholz, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Stephan Post: Urothelial carcinoma of the ureter, giant rectal stone and sigmoid carcinoma 55 years after ureterosigmoidostomy. Scand J Urol Nephrol 2006; 40: Axel Häcker, Stefan Vallo, Christel Weiss, T Stein, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel: Technical characterization of a new bipolar and multipolar radiofrequency device for minimally invasive treatment of renal tumours. BJU Int 2006 ; 97 : Axel Häcker, Stefan Vallo, Christel Weiss, Rainer Grobholz, T. Stein, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel: Bipolar and multipolar radio frequency ablation with resistance controlled power output: standardized ex vivo kidney tissue evaluation. J Urol 2006 Mar; 175(3 Pt 1): Patrick Honeck, Axel Häcker, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll: Shock wave lithotripsy versus ureteroscopy for distal ureteral calculi: a prospective study. Urol Res 2006; 34: Stefan Kamp, Thomas Knoll, Mahmoud Osman, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken: Low- power holmium: YAG laser urethrotomy for treatment of urethral strictures: functional outcome and quality of life. J Endourol 2006; 20: Yanwei Cao, Sreedhar Sagi, Axel Haecker, Annette Steidler, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll: Impact of hypoxia and hypercapnia on calcium oxalate toxicity in renal epithelial and interstitial cells. Urol Res 2006; 34: Patrick Honeck, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Axel Häcker, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll: Risk of Collateral Damage to Endourologic Toos by Holmium YAG Laser Energy. J Endourol 2006; 20: Axel Hacker, K. Peters, Thomas Knoll, E. Marlinghaus, Peter Alken, J.W. Jenne, Maurice Stephan Michel: Ablation of clinically relevant kidney tissue volumes by high- intensity focused ultrasound: Preliminary results of standardized ex- vivo investigations. J Endourol 2006; 20: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Harald Rotert, Candida Peter, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll. Intravenous contrast media in urology: evaluation of safety and tolerability in 49,975 patients. Med Princ Pract 2006; 15:

16 53. Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken: Surgical Atlas. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: the Mannheim technique. BJU Int. 2007; 99: Axel Hacker, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Patrick Honeck, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll. A biological model to teach percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique with ultrasound- and fluoroscopy- guided access. J Endourol 2007; 21: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Lutz Trojan, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll. Retrograde Ureterorenoscopy for stone treatment using a new 270 semiflexible scope in vitro, ex vivo and clinical application. J Endourol 2007; 21: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Patrick Krombach, Dieter Hannak, Axel Hacker, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll. Prospective evaluation of acute endocrine pancreatic injury as collateral damage of shock wave lithotripsy for upper urinary tract stones. BJU Int 2007; 100: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Birgit Bucher, Axel Hacker, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Development of mortality and morbidity of TUR- Prostate over 17 years in a single center. J Endourol 2007; 21: Gunnar- Wendt- Nordahl, Silke Hukele, Patrick Honeck, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Axel Häcker nm Diode Laser: A Novel Laser Technology for Vaporization of the Prostate. Eur Urol. 2007; 52: Glenn M Preminger, Hans Göran Tiselius, Dean G Assimos, Peter Alken, A Colin Buck, Michele Gallucci, Thomas Knoll, Jim E Lingeman, Stephen Y Nakada, Magarete S Pearle, Kemal Sarica, Christian Türk, J Stuart Wolf Jr; American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc; European Association of Urology Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi. Eur Urol. 2007; 52: Glenn M Preminger, Hans Göran Tiselius, Dean G Assimos, Peter Alken, A Colin Buck, Michele Gallucci, Thomas Knoll, Jim E Lingeman, Stephen Y Nakada, Magarete S Pearle, Kemal Sarica, Christian Türk, J Stuart Wolf Jr; EAU/AUA Nephrolithiasis Guideline Panel guideline 16ort he management of ureteral calculi. J Urol. 2007;178: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Sreedhar Sagi, Christian Bolenz, Peter Alken, Maurice S Michel, Thomas Knoll. Evaluation of cystine transport in cultured human kidney cells and establishment of cystinuria type I phenotype by antisense technology. Urol Res. 2008;36: Thomas Zimmerer, Axel Häcker, Hans P Hammes, Claude Braun, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll. Hospital- based evaluation urolithiasis A link between stone formation and urolithiasis? Urol Int 2009; 82: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Sabine Huckele, Patrick Honeck, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Axel Häcker. Systematic Evaluation of a Recently Introduced 2- Micron Continuous Wave Thulium Laser for Vaporesection of the Prostate. J Endourol 2008; 22: Thomas Knoll für den Arbeitskreis Harnsteine der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie. S2 Leitlinie zur Diagnostik, Therapie und Metaphylaxe der Urolithiasis: Teil 1: Diagnostik und Therapie. Urologe A 2009; 48: Thomas Knoll für den Arbeitskreis Harnsteine der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie. S2 Leitlinie zur Diagnostik, Therapie und Metaphylaxe der Urolithiasis: Teil 2: Metabolische Diagnostik und Metaphylaxe. Urologe A 2009; 48: Elmar Heinrich, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Patrick Honeck, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Axel Häcker. 120 W lithium triborate vaporization of the prostate: comparison with 80 W potassium- titanyl- phosphate laser in an 16

17 ex- vivo model. J Endourol 2010; 24: Thomas Knoll, Felix Wezel, Maurice Stephan Michel, Patrick Honeck, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl. Do patients benefit from miniaturized tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy? A comparative prospective study. J Endourol 2010; 24: Thomas Knoll, Anne B Schubert, Dirk Fahlenkamp, Dietbert B Leusmann, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Gernot Schubert. Urolithiasis through the ages: data on more than 200,000 urinary stone analyses. J Urol 2011; 185: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Tuna Mut, Patrick Krombach, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll. Do new generation flexible ureterorenoscopes offer a higher treatment success than their predecessors? Urol Res 2011; 39: Markus Ritter, Patrick Krombach, Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Axel Häcker. Initial experience with a newly developed antirefluxive ureter stent. Urol Res 2012; 40: Thomas Knoll, Jan P. Jessen, Patrick Honeck, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl. Flexible ureterorenoscopy versus miniaturized PNL for solitary renal calculi of mm size. World J Urol 2011; 29: Patrick Honeck, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Jens Rassweiler, Thomas Knoll. Three- dimensional laparoscopic imaging improves surgical performance on standardized ex- vivo laparoscopic tasks. J Endourol 2012; 26: Francesco Sanguedolce, Alberto Breda, Felix Milan, Marianne Brehmer, Thomas Knoll, Evangelos Liatsikos, Palle Osther, Olivier Traxer, Cesare Scoffone,. Lower pole stones: prone PCNL versus supine PCNL in the International Cooperation in Endourology (ICE) group experience. World J Urol 2013; 31: Cosentino M, Breda A, Sanguedolce F, Landman J, Stolzenburg JU, Verze P, Rassweiler J, Van Poppel H, Klingler HC, Janetschek G, Celia A, Kim FJ, Thalmann G, Nagele U, Mogorovich A, Bolenz C, Knoll T, Porpiglia F, Alvarez- Maestro M, Francesca F, Deho F, Eggener S, Abbou C, Meng MV, Aron M, Laguna P, Mladenov D, D'Addessi A, Bove P, Schiavina R, De Cobelli O, Merseburger AS, Dalpiaz O, D'Ancona FC, Polascik TJ, Muschter R, Leppert TJ, Villavicencio H. The use of mannitol in partial and live donor nephrectomy: an international survey. World J Urol. 2013; 31: Jan Peter Jessen, Jan P. Jessen, Patrick Honeck, Thomas Knoll, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy under combined sonographic/radiologic guided puncture: results of a learning curve using the modified Clavien system. World J Urol 2013; 31: Liatsikos E, Knoll T, Kyriazis I, Georgiopoulos I, Kallidonis P, Honeck P, Stolzenburg JU. Unfavorable outcomes of laparoscopic pyeloplasty using barbed sutures: a multi- center experience. World J Urol. 2013; 31: Doizi S, Knoll T, Scoffone CM, Breda A, Brehmer M, Liatsikos E, Cornu JN, Traxer O. First clinical evaluation of a new innovative ureteral access sheath (Re- Trace): An European Study. World J Urol 2014; 32: Wendt- Nordahl G, Meister L, Sagi S, Honeck P, Michel MS, Knoll T. Evaluation of alkalinization and chelating agent therapy in murine cystinuria model. J Urol 2014 (submitted) 79. Sanguedolce F, Liatsikos E, Verze P, Hruby S, Breda A, Binbay M, Knoll T. Use of flexible ureteroscopy in the clinical practice for the treatment of renal stones: 17

18 Results from a large European survey conducted by the EAU Young Academic Urologists Working Group. Urolithiasis 2014 (epub) 80. Khan SA, Chang RT, Ahmed K, Knoll T, van Velthoven R, Challacombe B, Dasgupta P, Rane A. Live Surgical education: A perspective from the surgeons who perform it. BJU Int 2013 (epub) 81. Jessen JP, Honeck P, Knoll T, Wendt- Nordahl G. Flexible ureterorenoscopy for lower pole stones: influence of the collecting system s anatomy. J Endourol 2014; 28: Schoenthaler M, Buchholz, N, Farin E, Ather H, Bach C, Bach T, Denstedt JD, Fritsche HM, Grasso M, Hakenberg OW, Herwig R, Knoll T, Kuehhas FE, Liatsikos E, Liske P, Marberger M, Osther PJ, Santos JM, Sarica K, Seitz C, Straub, Traxer O, Trincheri A, Turney B, Miernik A. The post- ureteroscopic lesion scale (PULS): a multicenter video- based evaluation oft he inter- rater reliablity. World J Urol 2013 (epub) 83. Knoll T. Editorial comment: Mini PNL, Zeng et al. J Endourology 2014; 28: Artibani W, Ficarra V, Challacombe BJ, Abbou CC, Bedke J, Boscolo- Berto R, Brausi M, de la Rosette JJ, Deger S, Denis L, Guazzoni G, Guillonneau B, Heesakkers JP, Jacmin D, Knoll T, Martínez- Pineiro L, Montorsi F, Mottrie A, Piechaud PT, Rane A, Rassweiler J, Stenzl A, van Moorselaar J, van Velthoven RF, van Poppel H, Wirth M, Abrahamsson PA, Parsons KF. EAU Policy on Live Surgery Events. European Urology (epub) Reviews and Editorials 1. Thomas Knoll, Meike Schaub, Rainer Birck, Claude Braun, Klaus- Peter Jünemann, Peter Rohmeiss. The renoprotective potential of endothelin receptor antagonists. Expert Opinions On Investigational Drugs 2000; 9: Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Endourology: Virtual- reality Training. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2002; Ausgabe B: Wilhelm Hochreiter, Thomas Knoll, Bernhard Hess. Pathophysiology, Diagnostics and conservative Therapy of non- calcium stones. Therapeut Umschau 2003; 60: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Interventional Therapy of Urinary Stones (I) ESWL. Therapeut Umschau 2003; 60: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Interventional Therapy of Urinary (II) Endoscopic Techniques. Therapeut Umschau 2003; 60: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken. 55. DGU Annual Meeting: Scientific background and abstract selection. Urologe A, Thomas Knoll, Volker Janitzky, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken, Kai Uwe Köhrmann. Cystinuria Current recommendations on Diagnostics, Therapy and Follow- up. Aktuelle Urol 2003; 34: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Axel Häcker, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Minimal- invasive Therapy of Urolithiasis. Aktuelle Urol 2003; 34:

19 9. Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken. Interventional Treatment of Urinary Stones. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2003; 128: Maurice Stephan Michel, Lutz Trojan, Thomas Knoll, Stephan Bross, Peter Alken. Established and new urological therapeutic options in the management of prostate carcinoma. Radiologe 2003; 43: Thomas Knoll. What is your diagnosis? Incomplete renal tubular acidosis type I. Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 2004; 93: Thomas Knoll. Emergency cases in Urology. Notfallmedizin 2004; 29: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Axel Häcker, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Therapy of Urinary Stones: Treatment and Follow- up. Notfallmedizin 2004; 29: Thomas Knoll, Antonia Zöllner, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel: Cystinuria in childhood and adolescence: Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow- up. Pediatr Nephrol 2005; 20: Lutz Trojan, Axel Schaaf, Annette Steidler, Markus Haak, Georg Thalmann, Thomas Knoll, Norbert Gretz, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Identification of metastasis- associated genes in prostate cancer by genetic profiling of human prostate cancer cell lines. Anticancer Res 2005;25(1A): Lutz Trojan, Koba Kiknavelidze, Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Prostate cancer therapy: standard management, new options and experimental approaches. Anticancer Research 2005; 25: Thomas Knoll, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Peter Alken. PNL: Indications, Techniques and Results. Urologe A 2005; 44: Thomas Knoll, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Lutz Trojan, Andreas Wenke, Norbert Roeder, Peter Alken. Actual aspects of Stone Therapy. Akt Urol 2005; 36: Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel. Progress in treatment of ureteric stones. Eur Urol 2005; EAU- EBU Update Series Urolithiasis 20. Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken. URS in the past, today and tomorrow. Urologe A 2006; 45 Suppl. 4: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll: Urolithiasis: Metabolics and Prevention. Arzneimitteltherapie 2006; 24: Christian Türk, Thomas Knoll, Kai Uwe Köhrmann. New Guidelines on Urolithiasis: Progress or Problems? Urologe A 2008; 47: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Andy Evan, Martin Spahn, Thomas Knoll. New aspects of calcium oxalate stone formation. Urologe A 2008; 47: Udo Nagele, Thomas Knoll, David Schilling, Maurice Stephan Michel, Arnulf Stenzl. Lower Pole Stones. Urologe A 2008; 47: Thomas Knoll. Editorial Comment: Training in percutaneous nephrolithotomy a critical review. Eur Urol 2008; 54: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Yanwei Cao, Axel Häcker, Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll. Transurethral resection of the prostate: defending its leading position in the management of benign prostatic enlargement. Minerva Urol Nefrol 2009; 61: Thomas Knoll, Andre Tasca, Noor Buchholz. Treatment of small lower pole calculi SWL vs. URS vs. PNL. Arch Ital Urol Androl 2011; 83: Jens Rassweiler, Thomas Knoll, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Jim A McAteer, Jim E Lingeman, Robin O Cleveland, Michael R Bailey, Christian Chaussy. Shock wave technology and application: an update. Eur Urol 2011; 59: Thomas Knoll, Rainer Hofmann, Klaus Höfner. Benign hyperplasia and urolithiasis. Urologe A 2011; 50 Suppl. 1:

20 30. Thomas Knoll, Hans- Martin Fritsche, Jens Rassweiler. Current medical and economic aspects of stone treatment. Akt Urol 2011; 42: Thomas Knoll, Peter Alken. Beyond ESWL: New concepts for definitive stone treatment. World J Urol 2011; 29: Thorsten Bach, Rolf Muschter, Ramos Sroka, Stavros Gravas, Andreas Skolarikos, Thomas R. Herrmann, Thomas Bayer, Thomas Knoll, Claude C. Abbou, Günther Janetschek, Alexander Bachmann, Jens Rassweiler. Laser Treatment of benign prostatic obstruction: basics and physical differences. Eur Urol 2012; 61: Thomas Knoll. Simultaneous antegrade- retrograde Stone Treatment. Urologe 2013; 52: Thomas Knoll, Ulrich Humke. Urolithiasis in childhood. Urologe 2013; 52: Thomas Knoll, Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl. Complications of Ureterorenoscopy. Urologe 2014 (in press) Non- Peer- Reviewed Publications 1. Maurice Stephan Michel, Thomas Knoll, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Endourologie: Multimediales interaktives Training. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2002; Ausgabe B: Wilhelm Hochreiter, Thomas Knoll, Bernhard Hess. Pathophysiologie, Diagnostik und konservative Therapie nicht- kalziumhaltiger Harnsteine. Therapeut Umschau 2003; 60: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Interventionelle Therapie des Harnsteinleidens (I) Extrakorporale Stoßwellenlithotripsie. Therapeut Umschau 2003; 60: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Interventionelle Therapie des Harnsteinleidens (II) Endoskopische Verfahren. Therapeut Umschau 2003; 60: Thomas Knoll. What is your diagnosis? Incomplete renal tubular acidosis type I. Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 2004; 93: Thomas Knoll, Maurice Stephan Michel, Peter Alken. 55. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Urologie Auswahl- und Begutachtungsverfahren für wissenschaftliche Beiträge. Urologe A, Thomas Knoll. Urologische Notfälle. Notfallmedizin 2004; 29: Thomas Knoll, Lutz Trojan, Axel Häcker, Maurice Stephan Michel, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken. Interventionelle Therapie von Harnsteinen: Indikationen, Ergebnisse und Komplikationen. Notfallmedizin 2004; 29: Gunnar Wendt- Nordahl, Peter Alken, Thomas Knoll. Harnsteinleiden. Medikamentöse Therapie und Metaphylaxe. Arzneimitteltherapie 2006; 24: Heiko Kohns, Thomas Knoll. Therapie von Nierentumoren. Klinische Onkologie 2011; 5 20