Prof. Dr. med. Markus Küntscher
Chief Physician at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik, Director of the Reconstructive Breast Centre

CV
- 1991-1997 Degree in medicine in Leipzig, Heidelberg and Durban / South Africa
- 2004 Postdoctoral lecture qualification and Privatdozent teaching status at Heidelberg University, specialist in plastic and hand surgery
- 2007 Awarded title of professor by Heidelberg University
- 2004-2010 Senior doctor / assistant chief physician at the Centre for Serious Burn Injuries with Plastic Surgery, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (ukb)
- Since 2010 chief physician at the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik
- Since 2012 Director of the Reconstructive Breast Centre at Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik
Focus
Plastic-reconstructive surgery (treatment of chronic wounds, restoration of female breast using body’s own tissue, tissue expander or implants after breast cancer) | Concealment of defects following tumour removal (e.g. after skin cancer) | |
Hand surgery: broken bones, injuries to tendons, ligaments and nerves, Dupuytren’s contracture, malformations in children, prosthetic replacement of finger joints | Surgery to treat burn injuries in adults and children, aesthetic and functional restoration after burn injuries | |
Plastic-aesthetic surgery, including corrective breast surgery, abdominal wall tightening, treatment of gynaecomastia | Treatment of transsexual men and women (sex adaptation surgery) |