Norbert Pallua

Norbert Pallua ( born January 21, 1952 in Brunico, South Tyrol) is Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand and Burn Surgery, University Hospital Aachen.

Life and work

Norbert Pallua studied after high school Human Medicine in Innsbruck and Vienna ( Austria ), at the same time he approved in Bologna, Italy, after completion of the state exam. There he took off the Doppelsprachigkeitsprüfung. The training to become a specialist in surgery took place in Berlin at the surgical clinic of the University Hospital Rudolf Virchow, Free University of Berlin under ES Bücherl. The training of specialists in Plastic, Hand and Burn Surgery with additional qualification in hand surgery took place at the Hannover Medical School under the direction of A. Berger. The Venia Legendi gained Norbert Pallua 1995. Since 1997 he works as a Professor of Plastic, Hand and Burn Surgery at the University Hospital Aachen and has been director of the clinic.

Since 2001 Pallua representative of Germany at the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Executive Committee ( EBOPRAS ) and a member of the teaching faculty and examiner for the European Board Examination.

Norbert Pallua represents the interests of plastic surgery in many national and international committees. He was, among other things, to 2009, Vice-President ( " reconstructive surgery" ) of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery ( DGPRÄC ) and is representative of Central Europe in the International Confederation of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons ( IPRAS ). Since 2001 he is the representative of Germany UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists ), since 2008 chairman of the normalization committee for Aesthetic Medicine.

Pallua is Catholic, married and has three children.

Work focuses on

The clinical focus is in reconstructive surgery as well as in aesthetic research. His area of ​​expertise is primarily reconstructive surgery of the head and neck region with it 's own, he developed methods that allow to restore aesthetically and functionally after tumor surgery or accidents the entire face. In breast surgery, he pursued particularly scar -saving, also developed by him techniques for breast reduction with very stable long-term results. From the beginning he is a pioneer in the field of fat grafting. The research is focused in the field of tissue engineering, mainly in adipose tissue and in the area of the nerve. There are numerous scientific cooperation programs with international universities.

Honors

  • 2003: Honorary Professor and Director of the Surgical Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Nanjing, China
  • 2005: Appointed lifelong Honorary Director of the Clinic for Plastic Surgery in Yixing, China
  • 2008: Honorary Professor of the Romanian Association of Plastic Surgery
  • 2012: Appointed Foreign expert of the Italian Universities Evaluation Committee of the Italian Ministry of University and Research

Congress presidencies

  • 2006: Congress President of the Annual Congress of DGPRÄC in Aachen
  • 2007: Chairman of the Scientific IPRAS World Congress in Berlin
  • 2009: Congress President of the Spring Congress of VDÄPC and the annual congress of the EASAPS in Aachen
  • 2009: Organizer of the European Course of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in Aachen
  • 2010: Co - Chair of the First Chinese - German Congress of Plastic Surgery in Shanghai
  • 2011: Co - Chair of the First Chinese - European Congress of Plastic Surgery in Beijing
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