Arndt van Ophoven
Professor
University Hospital of Bochum, Marien Hospital Herne
Germany
Biography
Prof. van Ophoven received his medical degree from the University of Muenster in 1995 where he became head of the section of Neuro-Urology and Academic Centre for Continence Care in 2004. Earlier from 1998 to 1999 he had become postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Urology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In July 2008, he was appointed to Head of the Division of Neuro-Urology at the University Hospital Bochum. Prof. van Ophoven is currently lecturing at the University of Bochum. He is a member of many national and international (neuro-) urological societies and has published his research internationally.
Research Interest
Prof. van Ophoven’s clinical activities and research interests focus on the treatment of neurogenic voiding dysfunction including overactive bladder, urogenital inflammation and pelvic pain syndromes.