YASSIN Aksam, MD, PhD, EdD, Fellow of the European Board of Urology, is running his Institute of Urology and Andrology in Norderstedt-Hamburg, Germany. He is serving as member of the German Exam Board for Urology, Andrology and Medical Oncology, and has got the competence and authority for conducting further education in these fields at his institute. His special interests are in the majors: Genital and Prostate diseases, Men ?s Health and sexual medicine for males and females.
Primary medical qualification with MD degree at Damascus University, Syria in 1980. 1986: certified by German Board for Urology. Thereafter PhD degree in medical sciences at Hamburg University where he is still affiliated with, especially in terms of T1/ T2 prostate cancer research.
In 1993 Professor Yassin moved to the University of Sarasota (today: Argosy University), Florida/USA where he worked for his doctoral degree in education which he achieved in 1996. Subsequently he was serving there as adjunct professor for Human Sexuality in the clinical psychology program as a visiting professor at the College of Behavioural Sciences for 4 years.
1990-1996: Visiting Professor for urology and sexual medicine at the Dubai Medical College for Girls in Dubai, UAE
Since 2000 Prof. Yassin is faculty member and full Professor of Urology at the Gulf Medical University School of Medicine, Ajman / UAE, and beside this task he ?s simultaneously serving as Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
Prof. Yassin organized more than 34 local and 31 international congresses. He actively takes part in several national and international conferences every year with numerous lectures of his main focus: andrology, prostate diseases and sexual medicine.
Since 2008, mentor and faculty instructor for Men ?s Health Curriculum in Master Degree Program for Preventive Medicine at Dresden International University, Germany. Since 2015 scientific dean of this faculty.
He wrote 4 books, published 66 original articles, contributed as co-author in another 66, and composed 7 chapters in 4 books.
Prof. Yassin is serving as reviewer for 10 journals relating to urology, andrology and endocrinology as well as Men ?s Health, and he is member of the editorial board of 5 journals.