European awards

2019 · ERUS19 · Lisbon

John Wickham Lifetime Achievement Award

Prof. Artibani is the second recipient of the award for contributions to robotic surgery, presented at the 16th annual meeting of the EAU Robotic Urology Section. On behalf of ERUS, Prof. Wiklund commended his role in bringing robotic urology into the mainstream and his work in the Live Surgery Guidelines working group.

The award is named after John Wickham (1927–2017), a pioneer of robotic surgery, who performed the first robotic procedure on the prostate in London in 1991 with the PROBOT.

“We are only at the beginning of robotic urology. It is also an award for my co-workers, fellows and residents.”From his acceptance speech

2016 · European Association of Urology

Willy Gregoir Medal

Awarded the Willy Gregoir Medal at the EAU congress in Munich for a significant contribution to the development of urology in Europe. It is the highest honour the EAU grants each year.

The award followed eight years on the EAU Executive Board as Adjunct Secretary General for Science, from 2007 to 2015, and his presidency of the European Board of Urology.

“For a significant contribution to the development of the urological speciality in Europe.”EAU citation