Claus G Roehrborn

Dept of Urology, UT Southwestern, United States of America

Claus G. Roehrborn, MD

Academic positions:
- E. Fogelson and Greer Garson Fogelson Distinguished Chair in Urology, Department of Urology

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr. Roehrborn's research interests are in the areas of benign and malignant prostate diseases, including medical and minimally invasive therapies for BPH, and markers for prostate cancer. He has been instrumental in the development of national and international guidelines for BPH and LUTS (AHCPR Guidelines, 1994; AUA Guidelines, 2003; WHO and ICUD Guidelines 1992 to 2005)

Any other information:
2007 - BJU International Invited Lecture at BAUS Meeting, Glasgow, UK
2002 - SIU Guest Lecture, Invited Guest Lecturer at the German Urological Meeting to give the SIU Guest Lecture
2002 - Invited Visiting Professor and Lecturer, Korean Urological Association, Chinese Urological Association, Philippine Urological Association, Japanese Urological Association
Over 30 visiting professorships in the US and international

Dr Roehrborn is a member of American Urological Association, South Central Section of the American Urological Association, Societe Internationale Urologique, Deutsche Urologische Gesellschaft (DGU), American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association. He is a member of the Editorial board of many peer-reviewed journals, is Associate editor of Urology, Co-editor of the comprehensive and authoritative Textbook of BPH and a reviewer for nearly all peer-reviewed journals in the field of urology.

His basic, translational and clinical research has yielded over 250 peer-reviewed publications, over 30 book chapters and numerous other contributions to the literature.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Urology > Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia & Prostatitis (since 16 November 2005)

Claus G Roehrborn is a Section Head for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia & Prostatitis , part of the UROLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

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