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Lein is considered an expert in minimally invasive surgery. He played a key role in the development of keyhole technology at the Department of Urology of the Berlin Charité Clinic.

Education and experience:

• 1987-1993: Studied medicine at Humboldt University in Berlin;
• 1993-1995: Internship, clinic and polyclinic of urology, Charité University Hospital;
• 1995-2000: Research Assistant, Clinic and Polyclinic of Urology, Charité University Hospital;
• 1996-1997: Research fellowship, Wellman Laboratories, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA;
• 2001–2006: Senior physician at the Urology Clinic and Clinic of the Charité University Hospital;
• 2006-2007: Deputy Director of the Urological Clinic and Polyclinic of the Charité University Hospital;
• 2007-2010: Leading senior physician Campus Mitte, Urology Clinic of the Charité University Polyclinic – University Medicine Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte;
• 2010: Chief physician of the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology at the Offenbach Clinic.

Specialization:

• Surgical treatment of oncological diseases
• Conservative therapy of oncological diseases
• Treatment of diseases of the urinary tract
• Laparoscopic surgery

Education and clinical experience:

• He graduated from the medical faculty of Magdeburg University
• Doctor’s assistant in the urological department of the Helios Clinic, Bad Zarov, Germany
• Doctor’s assistant in the surgical department of the Beeskov Clinic
• Doctor’s assistant in the urological department of the Helios Clinic, Bad Zarov, Germany
• Senior doctor in the urological department of the Helios Clinic, Bad Zarow, Germany
• Head of the Department of Urology at the Helios Clinic, Bad Zarow, Germany

Membership in professional organizations:

• German Society of Urology (DGU)
• Berlin Society of Urologists (BUG)
• Berlin Surgical Society (BCG)
• European Association of Urologists (EAU)
• East Brandenburg Cancer Center (OBTZ)

Specialization:

• robotic surgery with da Vinci® robots;
• nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy;
• radical cystectomy with bladder reconstruction;
• organ-saving surgery for kidney tumors;
• reconstructive surgery of the urethra on the oral mucosa;
• TUR of the bladder;
• TUR of the prostate.

Education:

• 1978-1984 Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Professional experience:

• 1985 Assistant at the surgical clinic of the Medical University of Lübeck;
• 1986 Assistant at the Urology Clinic of the Medical University of Lübeck;
• 1989 Assistant at the Clinic of Urology of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Klinikum Großhadern;
• 1989 Consultancy at the Munich Cancer Center with a focus on bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma;
• 1990 Senior Physician, Department of Urology, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Grosshadern Clinic;
• 2001 Board of Directors of the Urological Center Munich;
• 2002 Chief physician of the urological clinic Munich-Planegg;
• 2003 President of the Society of Urologists of South-East Germany;
• 2011 Managing Director of MedVZentrum Ebersberg.

Awards:

• American Urological Association Award (1994);
• Urological Innovation Award, Dr. Robert Pfleger Foundation (1995);
• Prize of the German Society of Urology (1996);
• American Urological Association Award (1996).

Membership in professional organizations:

• German Association of Urology (DGU);
• American Urological Association (AUA);
• European Association of Urology (EAU);
• German Professional Association of Urologists (BDU);
• Urological Center Munich AG (UCM AG);
• German Society of Laser Medicine;
• American Urological Association.

Specialization:

• Urology;
• Diagnosis of diseases of the urinary system, male genitalia;
• Special urological surgery;
• Andrology;
• Treatment of cancer.

Education:

• Studied Medicine at the Medical University of Hamburg;
• Specialization in Urology at the Academic Hospital Solingen.

Experience:

• 1994-1995 Research Assistant Experimental Surgery, University of Saarland;
• 1996-2007 Clinical Senior Physician and Research Associate, Georg-August-University Goettingen;
• 2007-2009 Chief Physician, Asklepios City Clinic Bad Wildungen;
• 2015 Deputy Medical Director, Academic Hospital Solingen;
• Chief Physician at the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology, Academic Hospital Solingen.

Autor over 349 scientific publications.