Marcio Augusto Averbeck, MD
Head of Neuro-Urology
Moinhos de Vento Hospital
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Prof. Marcio A. Averbeck received his medical degree from the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil (2003). His specialization in Urology (Medical Residency Program) was obtained in 2008 from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil. From 2008 to 2010 he was a member of the kidney and pancreas transplantation team at Santa Casa Hospital Complex, in Porto Alegre. In 2009 he was awarded a scholarship from the EAU/EUSP (European Urological Scholarship Program) and became a Clinical Fellow of the Neuro-Urology Unit in Innsbruck, Austria (host: Prof. Helmut Madersbacher).
Since he came back to Brazil (May 2010), he is actively involved in the training of residents at Presidente Vargas Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Porto Alegre. Dr. Averbeck has also an appointment as invited Professor at Unisinos University (Porto Alegre, Brazil). Dr. Averbeck has obtained both his MSc and PhD in Health Sciences from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (2011/2017). In 2014, he was invited to take over as Neuro-Urology Coordinator at Moinhos de Vento Hospital (Videourodynamics Unit).
Prof. Averbeck is an active member of the ICS Neuro-Urology Promotion Committee (as of 2012) and has been working on education projects for the Brazilian Urological Society in the Neuro-Urology Department (former chairman 2012/13), in the Women's Urology Department (former chairman 2014/15) and in the SBU Board of Education (E-learning coordinator 2016/17). In March 2016, Prof. Averbeck has been elected Secretary of the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS).
His main areas of interest are LUTS/HPB, neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD), surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, and post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence.
Financial relationships
There are no financial relationships to disclose.