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Ulrich Mehnert
PD Dr. Dr. med.

Ulrich Mehnert

Senior Consultant Neuro-Urology
Languages
German, English
Academic position Specialisation Honors and awards Academic career Studies Continuing professional development Postgraduate Degrees / Diplomas Grants Memberships Scientific projects Other activities Publications

Academic position

Privatdozent at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich

Specialisation

Urology
Neurourology
Functional Urology

Honors and awards

2012Eugen-Rehfisch-Prize for the best scientific work in applied clinical research, awarded at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Forum Urodynamicum 2012 in Zurich
2009Price for Best Poster Presentation in a Poster Session during the 24th Annual EAU Congress 2009 in Stockholm
2009Eugen-Rehfisch-Prize for the best scientific work in applied clinical research, awarded at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Forum Urodynamicum 2009 in Kassel / Bad Wildungen
2008Price for Best Poster Presentation in a Poster Session during the 23rd Annual EAU Congress 2008 in Milan

Academic career

2018Doctor’s degree (PhD) at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of the University of Maastricht
Since 2017Privatdozent at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich
2013-2017Lecturer at the medical faculty of the University of Zurich
Since 2009Research lab, Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zurich, Balgrist University Hospital (Zurich, Switzerland): Project leader in Neuro-Urology Research
2006-2009Research lab, Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zurich, Balgrist University Hospital (Zurich, Switzerland): Post-doc research fellow in Neuro-Urology Research
2005Medical dissertation (MD), University of Ulm

Studies

1998-2004Studies in human medicine at the universities of Ulm (Germany), Dundee (Scotland), and Brisbane (Australia)

Continuing professional development

  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for investigators and study coordinators
  • Academic didactics
  • Radiation Protection
  • Specialisation certificate in Neuro-Urology (FMH)

Postgraduate

2011-2014Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr University Bochum (Herne, Germany): Resident-in-training in Urology
2009-2010University Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris, France): Resident-in-training in Urology
2006-2009Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zurich, Balgrist University Hospital (Zurich, Switzerland): Resident-in-training in Neuro-Urology
2005-2006University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel (Kiel, Germany): Res-ident-in-training in Urology
2005Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA): Internship for 4 weeks in the Department of Urology and for 4 weeks in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2004-2005Texas Heart Institute (Houston, Texas, USA): Internship for 8 weeks in cardio-vascular surgery

Degrees / Diplomas

  • 2018 Specialisation certificate in Neuro-Urology (FMH)
  • 2018 Doctor’s degree (PhD) at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of the University of Maastricht
  • 2017 Venia Legendi of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich
  • 2014 Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
  • 2014 Urology board certification (Germany, Switzerland)
  • 2005 Medical Doctor (MD) degree, Medical Faculty of the University of Ulm
  • 2004 Medical state examination & licence to practice medicine
  • 2004 United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1

Grants

2013-2016Swiss National Science Foundation #32003B_149628: “Evaluation of new approaches in the treatment and neurophysiological assessment of healthy and impaired human lower urinary tract function II”
2012–2014SwissLife Jubiläumsstiftung: „Die Blase und das Gehirn – Untersuchung der supraspinalen Steuerung des unteren Harntraktes bei Patienten mit neurogener und nicht-neurogener Harnblasenfunktionsstörung“
2011–2014Swiss National Science Foundation #32003B_135774: “The bladder and the brain - supraspinal control of lower urinary tract function in patients with neurogenic and non-neurogenic bladder dysfunction”
2009–2012Swiss National Science Foundation #32003B_127477: “Evaluation of new approaches in the treatment and neurophysiological assessment of healthy and impaired human lower urinary tract function”

Memberships

  • DGU – German Society of Urology
  • EAU – European Association of Urology Forum Urodynamicum
  • ICS – International Continence Society
  • SGU - Swiss Society of Urology
  • Swiss Continence Foundation (Vice-Chairman)
  • INUS – International Neuro-Urology Society

Scientific projects

  • SYNERGY I: The bladder and the brain - supraspinal control of lower urinary tract function in patients with neurogenic and non-neurogenic bladder dysfunction
  • SENSORY II: Evaluation of new approaches in the treatment and neurophysiological assessment of healthy and impaired human lower urinary tract function

Other activities

  • 2015 – 2019 Treasurer of the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS)
  • Scientific reviewer for the following journals: BJU international, Case Reports in Medicine, Clinical Autonomic Research, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, European Journal of Neurology, European Urology, Neurourology and Urodynamics, The Journal of Urology®, World Journal of Urology
  • Since 2011 Vice-chairmen of the Swiss Continence Foundation

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