Alexander Springer, MD, Prof.

Clinical focus

Paediatric urologist and surgeon with expertise in paediatric urology, reconstructive urogenital surgery, minimally invasive surgery, hypospadias, disorders of sex development (DSD), undescended testis, experimental fetal uropathy, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics.

About me

I am a paediatric urologist and surgeon, Associate Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna, Fellow of the European Association of Paediatric Urology (FEAPU), and the Director of its European Certified Training Program. I am also the editor of the Frontiers of Paediatric Urology and a reviewer for several other medical journals. My medical experience spans Austria, Egypt, Germany, Ireland, Spain, the UK, and the USA. My interests include paediatric urology, hypospadias, DSD, undescended testis, experimental fetal uropathy, transcriptomics, and Bioinformatics.

Accepted medical data

MRI, CT, Ultrasound, X-ray, Blood test results, Medical report

Experience and training

January 2013 - Today

Consultant Paediatric Urologist and Surgeon, Interdisciplinary Center of Paediatric Urology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

February 2011 - December 2012

Fellow in Paediatric Urology, Department of Paediatric Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds (United Kingdom)

December 2007 - January 2011

Specialist in Paediatric Surgery, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

April 2008 - April 2008

Visiting doctor (hypospadias surgery), University Children’s Hospital, University of Cairo, Cairo (Egypt)

January 2008 - January 2008

Visiting doctor, Experimental fetal surgery, Barcelona (Spain)

December 2003 - November 2007

Resident, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

January 2005 - January 2007

Specialist, Adult and Paediatric Transplant Surgery Department of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

December 2001 - November 2003

Resident, Department of Urology, Krankenhaus Altötting, Altötting (Germany)

December 1999 - November 2001

Resident, Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Münster, Münster (Germany)

Licensures and memberships

Licensure

23611, Austria • Verification URL

Licensure

7116705, United Kingdom • Verification URL

Memberships

• European Society of Paediatric Urology
• International Society of Hypospadias and DSD
• German Association of Urology
• Austrian Association of Surgery
• Austrian Association of Paediatric Surgery
• Austrian Association of Paediatric Urology

Publications

• PubMed