Professor of Urology
Director of Urology Spital Thurgau AG, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Speech Title: Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP) during the New Technologies
Personal Information
Name: Thomas Reinhard William Herrmann
Date of birth: 12.07.1972
Place of birth: Duderstadt, Germany
Nationality: German
Business address : Clinical Director Urology Spital Thurgau AG, Chairman Department of Urology, Kantonspital Frauenfeld, Pfaffenholzstrasse 4, 8501 Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Medical Education, University
1992 – 2000 Medical School of the Georg August University Göttingen, Germany
1999 University of Vienna, supported by the Sokrates (Erasmus) grant of the European Union
Professional Achievements
2003 Fellowship. Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad, India.
(Head of Department: Dr. Mahesh R Desai), supported by the
August-Kuerten-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
2006 Attending, Department of Urology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
2008 Consultant Urologist: Section minimal invasive therapy: Endourology, stone therapy, laser therapy, Section Member: Laparoscopy
2009 Director of Endourology and Laparoscopy, Hannover Medical School, Germany
2012 Vice chairman, Department of Urology and Urological Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
2016 Focus List: Best Doctors in Germany: Prostate Surgery
2017 Focus List: Best Doctors in Germany: Prostate Surgery
2018 Clinical Director Urology Spital Thurgau AG, Chairman Department of Urology, Kantonspital Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Academic Achievements
2006 Assistant Managing Editor, World Journal of Urology
2008 Managing Editor, World Journal of Urology
2009 Vice Chairman and Founder Urothulium Study Group (ThuVARP, ThuVEP)
2009 Inventor of ThuLEP (Thulium Laser Enucleation of the prostate – anatomical enucleation with laser support)
2009 Founding Member „Urothulium Study Group“, Vice Chairman
2010 Member of the EAU guideline Working Group „New technologies“, European Association of Urology
2010 First Author: European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines on “Laser and Technology”
2010 Editorial Board Member World Journal of Clinical Urology (WJCU)
2010 Editorial Board Member Scientific Research Publishing of Urology (SRPJU) term 2011-2014
2010 Editorial Board Member Annals of Urology 2011 – 2014
2011 Associate Editor World Journal of Urology
2012 Member of the Working Group of the German Urological Association (DGU): AK Endourology and Laparoscopy
2013 Associate Professor, PhD / Habilitation thesis „Development of novel surgical approaches in urological soft tissue surgery with Thulium:Yttrium-Alluminium-Garnet (Tm:YAG) laser support”
2013 Member of the Working Group of the German Urological Association (DGU): AK Endourology. Position Treasurer
2013 Co-Author European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines on “Robotics and Key-hole Surgery”
2013 Editorial Board member Biomed Research Urology (BMC Urology), IF 2.8, term 2013 – 2015
2014 Editor of the Urology Collection, SpringerPlus
2015 Editorial board member. Asian Journal of Andrology (AJA), term 2015-2018 (IF 2.8)
2015 Founder International Consultation of Bipolar Enucleation of the Prostate (ICBEP)
2015 Inventor of BipoLEP probe for combined mechanical and vaporizing enucleation probe for BipolEP – anatomical enucleation of the prostate (Karl Storz GmbH, Tuttlingen, Germany)
2015 Member T.R.U.S.T, Training and Research in Urological Surgical Therapies
2015 Member UroICE group, International Consultation in Endourology
2015 Visiting Professor, Department of Urology, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherland
2016 Editorial Board member Biomed Research Urology (BMC Urology), IF 2.8, term 2016-2018
2016 Member Guidelines Working Group on „Non neurogenic Male LUTS”, European Association of Urology
2018 Director of Urology Clinic Spital Thurgau AG and Head of Department of Urology Kantonspital Frauenfeld
2018 Professor of Urology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany
2018 Chairman German working group of Endourology – AK Endourologie German Society of Urologie (DGU)
2019 Member German working group of surgical techniques – AK Operative Techniken, German Society of Urologie (DGU)
2020 Associate Editor Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) Journal SIUJ
Academic Publications
h- index: 35
h-index without self citation 33
183 NCBI Pubmed listed publikations
315 total publication items (researchgate)
Tutorship / Surgical Faculty
2012 – today Surgical Faculty for live Surgery and instructional courses in endourological procedures (such as ThuLEP, BipolEP), minimal invasive PNL [MIP] and en bloc resection of bladder tumors) on all mayor international meetings (EAU; Challenges in Endourology, ESU / ESUT Masterclasses, eGrandrounds in Endourology (SIU), World Congress of Endourology. National meetings: Annual Meeting German Association of Urology (DGU) and German Robotic Urological Association (DRUS) and Working Group Masterclasses (AK Endourology), EULIS
2010 – today Reference Surgeon / Tutor for transurethral enucleation of the Prostate (ThuLEP, BipolEP), minimal invasive PNL [MIP] and en bloc resection of bladder tumors