Marc Possover

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Marc Possover (born January 22, 1963 in Saint-Avold ) is a French surgeon and gynecologist .

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Marc Possover graduated from high school in 1978 at the age of 15 . He then began studying medicine at Nancy University . He completed this in 1986 at the age of 22. Possover began a specialist training as cardio vascular surgeon in Nancy . It was September 25, 1990 at the University with the thesis "aneurysm a candida albicans of the internal carotid artery" , for which he received the title of "Magna Cum Laude" PhD .

In 1990 he began a second specialist training in gynecology and obstetrics at the Saarland University in Homburg . In 1992 Possover moved to the Klinik am Eichert in Göppingen , where he received his specialist certification for gynecology and obstetrics in July 1995.

In August 1995 he became functional top doctor , later senior physician at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Hospital of the University of Jena , where he Achim Schneider worked until June 2,001th In 1995 Possover completed a course with Daniel Dargent at the University of Lyon on the laparoscopic techniques of radical vaginal hysterectomy according to Schauta and radical trachelectomy according to Dargent for the treatment of cervical carcinoma (cervical cancer). He brought these techniques to Germany and developed the method further at the University of Jena. He completed his habilitation in July 1998 with a thesis on "Laparoscopic treatment of cervical carcinoma: development and establishment of a new method" and in 1999 received the license to teach gynecology and obstetrics. From August 1998 to June 2001 he was the senior physician and deputy to the clinic director.

In 2001 Marc Possover moved to the Clinic and Polyclinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of Cologne as Senior Consultant , where he was appointed adjunct professor under Peter Mallmann in 2003. In 2004 he received a visiting professorship at the Norvegian Radium Hospital in Oslo . From January 2005 to September 2008 he was chief physician in the department for gynecology and obstetrics at the St. Elisabeth Hospital in Cologne .

In October 2008 Marc Possover went to Switzerland to the Hirslanden Clinic in Zurich as head of the Center for “Surgical Gynecology and Neuropelveology” . In the same year he founded the "International School of Neuropelveology" - a school dedicated to the further training of doctors in the field of neuropelveology.

In 2012 he received the world's first professorship in neuropelveology at Aarhus University in Denmark .

In 2013 the Possover International Medical Center was founded in Zurich, which specializes in the neuropelveological treatment of patients from all over the world.

Marc Possover has been the founding president of the International Society of Neuropelveology since 2014 .

Professional focus

Possover's scientific work focuses on the minimally invasive treatment of endometriosis and malignant diseases of the uterus . He is regarded as the "father of neuropelveology", a new branch of medicine that deals with pathological changes in nerves in the pelvis . In 2003 he was the first in the world to implant electrodes in a paraplegic patient to restore the function of the legs, and in 2006 he used electrodes to restore the function of the bladder and bowel in a paralyzed woman.

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Memberships

  • German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Working group gynecological oncology
    • Working group for gynecological endoscopy
  • German Cancer Society
  • European Society of Gynecology Endoscopy
  • German Society for Computer and Robot Assisted Surgery
  • American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
  • International School of Pelvic Surgery
  • Endometriosis Research Foundation
  • "Stand Up And Walk"

Awards

  • First prize in the Postgraduate Prize Paper Competition of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists , 1994.
  • Habilitation award from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, June 2001.
  • Teaching Award of the University of Cologne , 2002
  • Gold medal from the Associazione Ostetrici Ginecologi Ospedalieri Italiani (AOGOI), October 2003.
  • L. Arthur Bloomfield Award of Excellence from the American Academy of Continuing Medical Education , 2007.
  • Eugen Rehfisch Prize of the Forum Urodynamicum, March 2010.
  • Honorary membership of the Japan Society of Gynecologic and Obstetric Endoscopy , the Italian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics , the Associazione Ostetrici Ginecologi Ospedalieri Italiani and the Society of Gynecology Endoscopy of South America , as well as the "Cercle Recamier"
  • Prize of the "Swiss Technologie Award 2014" in the "Inventor" category with the invention of the LION procedure for treating irritable bladder and restoring walking function in people with paraplegia
  • Harry Reich Award for groundbreaking work in the research and treatment of endometriosis, New York, NYC, US, 2019.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.theison.org/ Website of the International Society of Neuropelveology
  2. ↑ M. Possover, H. Diebolder, K. Plaul, A. Schneider : Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal resection of recto-vaginal endometriosis. In: Obstetrics & Gynecology . 96, 2000, pp. 304-307. PMID 10960302
  3. ^ M. Possover, K. Rhiem, V. Chiantera: The "neurologic hypothesis": a new concept in the pathogenesis of the endometriosis? In: Gynecol Surg. 2, 2005, pp. 107-111, doi: 10.1007 / s10397-004-0070-8
  4. ↑ M. Possover: Procedure for extensive retroperitoneal endometriosis. In: Practical Gynecology. 2, 2003, pp. 110-124.
  5. ↑ M. Possover: Technical modification of the nervesparing Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Radical Hysterectomy Type 3 for better reproducibility of this procedure. In: Gyneco Onco. 90, 2003, pp. 245-247, doi: 10.1016 / S0090-8258 (03) 00255-5
  6. ^ M. Possover: Options for laparoscopic surgery in cervical carcinomas. In: Eur J Gynaec Oncol. 6, 2003, pp. 471-472. PMID 14658583
  7. ↑ M. Possover, V. Chiantera: The "Neuro-Pelveology": A new specialty of neurology? In: J Neuros. 2007.
  8. ↑ M. Possover, J. Baekelandt, V. Chianteras: The Laparoscopic Implantation of Neuroprothesis - LION technique - to control intractable abdomino-pelvic neuralgia. In: Neuromodulation. 10, 2007, pp. 18-23, doi: 10.1111 / j.1525-1403.2007.00083.x
  9. ↑ M. Possover, J. Quakernack, V. Chiantera: The "LANN technique" to reduce the postoperative functional mobidity in laparoscopic radical pelvic surgery. In: J Am Coll Surg . 10, 2005, pp. 913-917. PMID 16310695 .
  10. ^ M. Possover: New surgical evolutions in management of sacral radiculopathies. In: Surg Technol Int. 19, 2010, pp. 123-128. PMID 20437355 .
  11. ↑ M. Possover, B. Schurch, K. Henle: New strategies of pelvic nerves stimulation for recovery of pelvic visceral functions and locomotion in paraplegics. In: Neurourol Urodyn . 29, 2010, pp. 1433-1438. PMID 20589714 .
  12. ^ Theres Lüthi: First Steps - New Treatment Method for Paraplegics. In: NZZ. May 16, 2010, (online)
  13. ↑ M. Possover: The sacral LION procedure for recovery of bladder / rectum / sexual functions in paraplegic patients after explantation of a previous Finetech-Brindley controller. In: J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 16, 2009, pp. 98-101. PMID 19110191
  14. ↑ M. Possover, J. Baekelandt, A. Kaufmann, V. Chiantera: Laparoscopic endopelvic sacral implantation of a Brindley controller for recovery of bladder function in a paralyzed patient. In: Spinal Cord. 46, 2008, pp. 70-73. PMID 17420771 .
personal data
SURNAME Possover, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French surgeon, gynecologist and obstetrician
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Avold , France