Curriculum Vitae
Goetz A. Giessler, MD, PhD
- Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeon (German and European Board Certified)
- Hand Surgeon (German Board certified)
- European Board Certificate for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (FEBOPRAS)
- Exempt Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
since 2013 – Director of the Clinic for Plastic-Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery at the Kassel Clinic
2012 – Entitlement as Extracurricular Professor for Plastic Surgery at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
2010 – University Teaching Certificate of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
2009-2013 – Senior Consultant and Vice Chairman of the Department for Plastic-, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at the BG Trauma Center Murnau, Germany
2009 – Entitelment as Associate Professor for Plastic Surgery at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany (Habilitation)
2008 – Travel Fellowship of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osteosynthesefragen (AO) for Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2008 – German Board Examination for Hand Surgery
2006-2008 – Consultant in the Clinic for Hand-, Plastic-, and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center at the BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Plastic and Hand Surgery of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
2006-2007 – Research Fellowship, Microvascular Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopedic Surgery / Hand Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
2005 – European Boards of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)
2005 – German Board Exam for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
2004-2005 – Resident Rotation at the Clinic for Plastic and Hand Surgery, Clinic for BreastDiseases, , Vogtareuth Clinic, Germany
2001-2006 – Residency at the BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen at the Clinic for Hand-, Plastic-, and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center at the BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Plastic and Hand Surgery of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
2001 – Full Medical License
1999-2001 – First & Second Year Residency (Arzt im Praktikum) at the BG Trauma Center Murnau Murnau in the Department for Plastic-, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at the BG Trauma Center Murnau, Germany
1999 – Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA), Philadelphia (USA), ECFMG Certificate
1999 – Doctoral Thesis at the Pharmacological Institut for Natural Scientists (Prof. Dr. Dr. E. Mutschler), Frankfurt/Main, Germany
1998 – Immatriculation for the Final Year Medical School at the Technical University Munich, Germany
1997 – United States Medical Licensing Exam USMLE Step 2 and ECFMG English Test
1996 – United States Medical Licensing Exam USMLE Step 1
1992 – Immatriculation at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (JWG) University Medical School Frankfurt/Main, Germany
1991-1992 – Compulsory Military Service at the 234th Mountain Ranger Battallion, Mittenwald, Germany
Scholarships, Grants and Rewards
2010 – Herbert-Lauterbach-Reward 2010 of the Workers Compensatory Clinics Union (VBGK) for excellent clinical and scientific research in trauma medicine
2010 – Best Poster Reward of the Bavarian Surgeons Association at the 87th Annual Meeting, Wuerzburg, Germany
2008 – Travel Fellowship of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osteosynthesfragen (AO) for Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2006 – Peer-reviewed Research Grant of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), together with Allen T. Bishop, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
2006 – Travel Grant of the German Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (DGPRAeC) for Clinical Visits at the Plastic Surgical Departments at the Harvard University, Boston, USA and Gent, Belgium
1998 – Travel Grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to the Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, USA
1996 – Travel Grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Memberships
- German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (DGPRAeC)
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
- American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
- European Faculty Member Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) Surgery of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osteosynthesefragen, AO”, Davos, Switzerland
- European Alpine Workshop of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- German Association of Surgeons (Berufsverband Deutscher Chirurgen, BDC)
- Interplast Germany NGO, Section of South Bavaria
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