Prof. Piotr Chłosta, head of the JU MC Clinic and Chair in Urology, has received the European Board of Urology Golden Pin. The distinction was conferred upon him for his significant accomplishments in urological education on the European scale.
European Board of Urology is a non-profit organisation operating as part of the European Union of Medical Specialists. Its chief aim is to study and standardise urological training in Europe, leading to the highest quality of medical care.
Prof. Piotr Chłosta is a graduate of the Wroclaw Medical University Faculty of Medicine. Since 2008, he has been the president of the Polish Urological Association Section of Endourology. From 2002 to 2014, he was the Association’s delegate to the European Board of Urology , and in 2004–2012, he was also a urology consultant for the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. He was a visiting professor at the Universitätsklinikum für Urologie Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden.
As a world-class specialist in urology, he pioneered many complex surgical procedures. He was the first doctor in Poland and one of the first physicians in the world to perform a laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in metastatic testicular cancer patients, the first in Poland to create an orthotopic ileal neobladder completely laparoscopically, and the first in the world to laparoscopically implant an artificial sphincter around prostatic urethra.
Prof. Chłosta has introduced a number of innovative surgical methods to Polish urology, along with modifications of several widely used treatment methods. Continuing the work of his teacher, Professor Andrzej Borówka, he developed a minimally invasive method of biopsy, which can be applied to treat advanced urinary bladder cancer. He also co-authored and implemented the method of percutaneous cystolithotrypsy (PCCL) to remove bladder stones.
Prof. Chłosta is a member of a number of scientific associations, including the European Association of Urology (EAU), the Association of Academic European Urologists (AAEU), the Laparoscopy Working Group of European Section Uro-Technology (ESUT), the American Urological Association (AUA), and, from 2014 on, the Royal College of Surgeons. He received a number of awards from Polish and international research associations, international medical journals, and the Polish Ministry of Health. Last year, he received an honorary doctorate from the Semmelweis University in Budapest.
