Prostate carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, renal carcinoma, benign prostatic hyperplasia, smooth muscle cell regulation, surgery, oncology, urology

• 1978 – 1984 study of medicine, Saarland University, Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg and Montpellier University, France (Fellow of the French
  government)
• 1984 Medical license (aprobation) at the Saarland University Hospital
• 1985 Medical assistant at the Bundeswerkrankenhaus Ulm
• 1985 received a doctorate at the Saarland University Hospital
• 1986 Physician assistant at the Freiburg University Hospital
• 1987 Research Fellow (DFG) at the University of California, San Francisco, USA.
• 1988-1989 Physician Assistant at the University Hospital Freiburg
• 1990-2004 chief physician at the Medical University of Hannover
• 1991 Professor at the Medical University of Hannover
• 2004-2020 Head of the Department of Urology and Polyclinic of the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (LMU)
• Since 2021 Deputy Chief Physician of the Ludwig-Maximilian University Clinic in Munich (LMU)

Prof. Stief is a member of scientific and professional societies, in particular, since 2020 – a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and also edits the journal “Der Urologe” (“Urology”).
His clinical research is of particular importance for the understanding and effective treatment of prostate cancer.