Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Tomasz Ozimek

I am a urology specialist and long-standing Oberarzt at Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban in Berlin, where I gained experience in endourology and minimally invasive urology.

Education

I graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Medicine at the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. I completed my specialist training at the Department of Urology at Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein in Lübeck (Germany).

Professional experience

My professional experience includes work and fellowships at many international medical institutions, including in the USA (University of California, Irvine), Switzerland (Universitätsspital Zürich) and Italy (Tor Vergata, Rome).

Clinical interests

• treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia:
  laser enucleation of the prostate adenoma (ThuLEP, HoLEP), palliative HoLEP/ThuLEP in prostate cancer, transurethral water-vapour therapy (Rezum)
• urinary stone therapy:
  flexible ureterorenoscopy (RIRS), percutaneous removal of kidney stones (ECIRS, PCNL, MiniPCNL), cystolitholapaxy (CLT)
• endourological diagnosis and treatment of the lower urinary tract:
  transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT), urethrotomy, paclitaxel-coated balloon for the urethra
• endourological diagnosis and treatment of the upper urinary tract:
  diagnostic ureterorenoscopy with biopsy/ablation of a tumour (OncoRIRS), paclitaxel-coated balloon for the ureter
• transperineal prostate fusion biopsies and focal therapy for prostate cancer

In 2019 I defended my doctorate at the Universität zu Lübeck on the safety and economic aspects of ureterorenoscopy. In 2023 I obtained my habilitation (Universität zu Lübeck), presenting research on personalised therapy for urinary stone disease. I also serve as a reviewer for several renowned medical journals (World Journal of Urology, Frontiers in Urology and Aktuelle Urologie). I am involved in clinical research aimed at developing new therapies in urology.

Selected Publications

• Guenzel K, Lukas Baumgaertner G, Padhani AR, Luckau J, Carsten Lock U, Ozimek T, Heinrich S, Schlegel J, Busch J, Magheli A, Struck J, Borgmann H, Penzkofer T, Hamm B, Hinz S, Alexander Hamm C. Diagnostic Utility of Artificial Intelligence-assisted Transperineal Biopsy Planning in Prostate Cancer Suspected Men: A Prospective Cohort Study. Eur Urol Focus. 2024 Apr 29: 00059-2.
• Wiessmeyer JR, Ozimek T, Struck JP, Hupe MC, Willig J, Merseburger AS, Kramer MW. Comprehensive Nomogram for Prediction of the Uric Acid Composition of Ureteral Stones as a Part of Tailored Stone Therapy. Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Jan;8(1):291-296.
• Ozimek T, Laturnus JM, Gohlke C, Wiessmeyer JR, Struck JP, Hupe MC, Merseburger AS, Kramer MW. New computed tomographic predictors of complicated perioperative course of 17.5F mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PNL). World J Urol. 2020 Jun;39(6):2147-2154.
• Ozimek T, Cordes J, Gilbert N, Hupe MC, Wiessmeyer JR, Schneider MH, Merseburger AS, Kramer MW. Laser fibre, rather than the stone, may harm the scope: retrospective monocentric analysis of 26 pre- and intraoperative factors of flexible ureteroscope (fURS) damage. World J Urol. 2020 Aug;38(8):2035-2040.

Certificates

• DEGUM Stufe I ultrasound certificate (urology)
• Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)

Membership in Scientific Societies

• Polish Urological Association (PTU)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie (DGU)
• European Association of Urology (EAU)
• Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU)