Dr. Christopher Netsch was born in Frankfurt/Main and raised in Germany. He studied medicine at the Universities of Mainz (DE) and Bern (CH). He graduated from the University of Mainz in 2005 and finished his doctoral thesis in 2006. His training in urology was conducted at the Inselspital Bern (CH), Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe (DE) and the Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Barmbek (DE).
After his board certification in 2011, Dr. Netsch became a staff member at the Department of Urology of the Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Barmbek. Here, he also attended a 24-month fellowship on Endourology (Fellow in Endourology, Endourological Society). In 2015, he was qualified as a Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU). Dr. Netsch finished his habilitation thesis at Semmelweis University, Budapest (HU) in 2017. Dr. Netsch is a member of the Board of Directors of the Endourological Society, Chairman of the German Working Group of Endourology, member of the EAU male LUTS guidelines committee and an associate member (Prostate, Education & Fellowship) of the EAU section of Endourology (ESEUT). He is a reviewer for numerous journals such as European Urology, BJUI, Journal of Endourology and World Journal of Urology. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Urology. Dr. Christopher Netsch published over 150 PubMed listed, peer-reviewed journal articles, numerous book articles, published numerous abstracts, and hold lectures on national/international congresses. He was awarded with several national and international awards such as the Wolfgang Mauermayer and the Winfried Vahlensieck award of the German Society of Urology and the Hans Marberger award of the EAU. His scientific and clinical interests in urology are endourological topics: stone disease and minimally-invasive therapies for BPH.