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Noor Buchholz

Biography

Dr. Noor Buchholz was trained in Germany, Switzerland and Australia. He has worked as a Consultant Urologist in Pakistan and in the Netherlands, and for 14 years in the United Kingdom where he was the Director of Endourology and Stone Services at the Royal London Hospital. He has now moved his practice to Dubai/ UAE but continues as an honorary Consultant Urologist with Luton & Dunstable Hospital in the UK. Dr. Buchholz is a leading expert in minimally invasive urological surgery in general, and stone treatment in particular. He is a worldwide recognized expert in shockwave lithotripsy, the treatment of urinary stones, endourology and laparoscopy. He is also the world’s leading expert in the novel technology of permanent metal stenting of the urinary tract. Until recently, Dr. Buchholz has been one of only 46 trainers worldwide recognized by the International Endourology Society (IES) for Endourology and Stone treatment, and the first such recognized trainer in Europe by the European Board of Urology (EBU). He was awarded multiple grants and awards. He is author on more than 300 original articles in scientific journals and book chapters. He is a reviewer for many international urological and scientific journals and he is a member of many national and international learned societies. He is an associated editor of the Arab Journal of Urology, Urologic International’s and Urolithiasis. Dr. Buchholz sits also on the board of the stone section of the European Association of Urology (eULIS-EAU) which is responsible for guidelines, training and standards in stone treatment, both in European and worldwide. He is the UK National Delegate for the Society International d’Urologie (SIU). Dr. Buchholz is the Founding Director of U-merge (Urology in emerging countries), a society that been created to promote medical and urological education and training in emerging countries to elevate the worldwide standard of urological care for patients. As such he organizes teaching and training activities from one-to-one tutoring to major international conference.

Research Interest

Dr Buchholz is a leading European expert in minimally invasive urological surgery in general, and in stone treatment in particular. He is a worldwide recognized expert in shockwave lithotripsy, keyhole and laser surgery for the treatment of urinary stones and other diseases in the urinary tract, and laparoscopy of the kidney. Minimally invasive surgical procedures include ESWL, semi-rigid and flexible ureterorenoscopy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, laparoscopic pyeloplasty and nephrectomy, and cryo-therapy of renal tumors. He is also the world’s leading expert in a novel technology of permanent metal stenting of the urinary tract.

Dr Buchholz is one of only 46 trainers worldwide recognized by the International Endourology Society (IES) for Endourology and Stone treatment, and the first such recognized trainer in Europe by the European Board of Urology (EBU). He was awarded multiple grants and awards. He is author on more than 250 original articles in scientific journals and book chapters.

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