University hospital Bonn
Bonn, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Walgenbach
Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at University Hospital Bonn is concerned with providing medical care to patients with conditions that caused deformities or aesthetically unpleasant body surfaces. This department recognizes the effect that appearance has on the psychological and mental state of patients and offers the most advanced procedures for reconstruction.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Klaus-Jürgen Walgenbach, the department is supplied with the needed state-of-the-art equipment as well as the experienced and qualified medical staff members to execute such procedures to perfection. The department is a member of the Breast Cancer and the Obesity Center. It is also established as one of the top institutions of its kind in Germany.
Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at University Hospital Bonn is specialized in:
• Facelift
• Forehead lift
• Lip plastic surgery
• Nose reshaping
• Ear reshaping
• Wrinkle treatment
• Breast reduction
• Breast augmentation
• Liposuction
• Thigh lift
• Body lifting
• Gynecomastia treatment
• Correction of congenital malformations
• Plastic surgery in hyperhidrosis
Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dr. med. Klaus-Jürgen Walgenbach
Education and Professional Career
- Since 2006 Organisation of regular monthly consultations at Harley Street, London.
- Since 2004 Head of the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Hospital Bonn.
- Since 2003 Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 2001 - 2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 2004 Additional qualifications in Hand Surgery.
- 2002 Habilitation in Plastic Surgery.
- 1997 - 2000 Training for a Medical Specialist in Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg.
- 1993 - 1994 Research Fellowship (Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1990 - 1997 Training for Dr. med. in Surgery, Department of General, Abdominal, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bonn.
- 1984 - 1990 Study of Medicine in Bonn and Pittsburgh, USA
Scholarships and Awards
- Scholarship of the University of Bonn for the education abroad, residency at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1989 Feodor Lynen Research Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (a year and a half), University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 1993 Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation within the follow-up program for the participants of the Feodor Lynen Research Scholarship.
- 2001 Report Award of the Association of German Plastic Surgeons.
- 1996 Poster Prize of the Academy of Surgical Research.
- 1991 KCI Medical Award of the German Society for Wound Healing and Wound Treatment (DGfW).
- 1999 Poster Prize of the Association of German Plastic Surgeons (as a Co-Author).
- 1995 Report Prize of the Robert Evy Society, Philadelphia, USA (as a Co-Author).
- 1997 Poster Award of the Working Group on Biomaterials of the German Society of Surgery (CAB), as co-author.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC, formerly VDPC).
- German Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (VDÄPC).
- Society for Aesthetic Surgery in Germany (GÄCD).
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
- American College of Surgeons (FACS).
- German Society of Surgery.
- Professional Association of German Surgeons.
- European Tissue Engineering Society.
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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