Alexander Haese

Prof. Dr. Alexander Haese Martini-Klinik, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany Prof. Dr. Alexander Haese is a Professor of Urology and a leading specialist in prostate cancer and robotic-assisted urological surgery. He is a member of the Faculty and senior physician at the Martini-Klinik, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), one of the internationally recognized centres for the treatment of prostate cancer.

He studied medicine in Hamburg and has been working at the UKE since 1996. In 2001–2002, he completed a research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University Medical School. He obtained his habilitation in 2005 and was appointed Professor in 2011. Since 2008, he has been Director of the robotic-assisted surgery programme at the Martini-Klinik.

His clinical and scientific work focuses on prostate cancer, nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy and robotic-assisted surgery. He is a certified robotic-surgery trainer and has supported the establishment of robotic prostatectomy programmes in numerous international centres. He has published extensively in the field of prostate cancer, contributed to scientific books and serves as a reviewer for international medical journals. He is a member of the German, European and American Urological Associations (DGU, EAU and AUA).