Margit Fisch, MD, FEAPU, FEBU

University Medical Centre Eppendorf, University of Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

Margit Fisch, MD, FEAPU, FEBU, is Director of the Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Her major professional interest is reconstructive urology, especially urethral reconstruction and urinary diversion. In cooperation with the Center of Urology and Nephrology in Mansoura, Egypt, she contributed major advances to ureteral implantation and urinary diversion using the anal sphincter, including developing and publishing the “sigma-rectum pouch” technique. In cooperation with the University College in Dublin, Ireland, and Prof. John Fitzpatrick, she created the “transverse colonic pouch” technique, among others.
Dr. Fisch trained with Professor Rudolf Hohenfellner and Joachim W. Thüroff in Mainz, Germany. In 2000 she moved to Hamburg to become Head of the Section of Pediatric Urology at the Asklepios Clinic and became Director of the Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology in 2002. She has held her University of Hamburg position since December 2008. Dr. Fisch is Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) and the European Academy of Paediatric Urology (FEAPU). She is an elected International Member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) and the Society of Pelvic Surgeons (SPS). She is a member of the Association of Academic European Urologists (AAEU). She has served as President of the Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (GURS) and the European Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (ESGURS) and was the first female President of the German Association of Urology (2021 – 2022). Memberships include the European Association of Paediatric Urology (ESPU), Society of Pediatric Urologic Surgeons (SPUS), the European Association of Urology (EAU), the American Association of Urology (AUA), the German Association of Urology (DGU) and the German-Japanese Confederation of Urology. Dr. Fisch has published over 300 papers and book chapters, with over 90 as first author, and she organizes the International Meeting on Reconstructive Urology (IMORU).
Dr. Fisch trained with Professor Rudolf Hohenfellner and Joachim W. Thüroff in Mainz, Germany, and became a staff member at Mainz Medical School in 1992. She served as Vice-Chair of the Department of Urology before moving to Hamburg to become Head of the Section of Pediatric Urology at the Asklepios Clinic in 2000. In 2002, she became Director of the Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology. She has held her University of Hamburg position since December 2008.

Dr. Fisch is Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) and the European Academy of Paediatric Urology (FEAPU). Additionally, she is Adjunct Scientific Chair and Board Member of the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU), and an elected International Member of both the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) and the Society of Pelvic Surgeons (SPS). She has served as President of the Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (GURS) and the European Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (ESGURS).

Memberships include the European Association of Paediatric Urology (ESPU), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Society of Pediatric Urologic Surgeons (SPUS), the European Association of Urology (EAU), the American Association of Urology (AUA), the German Association of Urology (DGU), the Panafrican Association of Urology (PAUSA), and the German-Japanese Confederation of Urology.

She has published >300 papers and book chapters, with >90 as first author, and organizes the tri-annual International Meeting on Reconstructive Urology (IMORU).