Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
Dr. med. Uwe von Fritschen
Chief Physician Plastic and Aesthetic surgery
Clinical Focus & Subspecialties
- Breast surgery — aesthetic, malformations and reconstructive surgery
- Aesthetic Plastic Surgery — entire field, including revision surgery
- Functional and aesthetical reconstruction of congenital abnormalities
- Gynecomastia
- Plastic surgery after weight loss
- Skin cancer surgery
- Microsurgery
- Lipoedema/ Lymphoedema, Lymphnode transplantation
- Gendersurgery
- Facial paralysis
- Hand-surgery
- Reconstructive surgery after accidents and burn wounds
- Wound management and surgery
Curriculum Vitae
| 1984 – 1991 | Medical Studies at the University Hamburg
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| 1986 | Clinical elective: Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Scotland
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| 1988 | Clinical elective: Tropical medicine, Surgery in Nepal
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| 1991 – 1994 | Junior physician and assistant physician, AK Altona, Hamburg, department for General Surgery and Thorax/ Vascular Surgery
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| 1994 – 1996 | Assistant physician for Plastic Surgery at the University of Pernambuco, Brazil (Prof. Dr. L. Leite, Dr. R. Perreira)
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| 1996 – 1997 | Assistant physician, AK Altona, Hamburg, department for Thorax and Vascular surgery, Department for Trauma-and Reconstructive surgery
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| 1998 | Assistant physician, University Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf, Department for General and Thorax surgery |
| 1999 – 2001 | Board certification Surgery, Board certification Trauma Surgery, consultant Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, AK Altona, Hamburg
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| 2001 | Department for Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive- and Hand Surgery, Markus Hospital, Frankfurt
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| 2003 | Board certification Plastic Surgery
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| 2004 – 2007 | Consultant and assistant medical director Department for Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive- and Hand Surgery, Markus Hospital, Frankfurt
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| 2006 | Board certification Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
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| Since 2007 | Chief physician of the Clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic surgery, Helios Hospital Emil von Behring
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Academic Activities & Research
Dr. v. Fritschen has frequently published scientific works and has given 120 lectures and live-surgery sessions. He is member of the editorial board of the Journal of Senology and member of the medical advisory board of various medical societies. In the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive-, Aesthetic Surgery he is responsible for the section of breast surgery.