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Provides comprehensive information on the mastectomy and autologous tissue reconstruction procedure
Offers a valuable clinical guide
Written by leading experts on autologous breast reconstructive surgery
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About the authors
Professor Heitmann and Professor Fansa are both plastic surgeons. Professor Fansa acts as a Co-Director of the Plastic Surgery Department at the Klinikum Bielefeld. The authors also work together in private practice in Munich, with a main focus on oncologic breast surgery and reconstructive breast surgery.
Professor Christoph Heitmann graduated from Cologne University, Germany, in 1992. He completed his early surgical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (USA) and in clinics in Düsseldorf and Wuppertal, Germany. He received his PhD in 1993. In 1999 he gained the Specialist Fellowship in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery and was subsequently appointed as a Consultant for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the BG-Klinikum in Ludwigshafen, Germany (Director: Prof. G. Germann). In 2001, he worked as an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at Duke University, NC, USA (Prof. L.S. Levin) and returned to Ludwigshafen in 2002. Professor Heitmann became a lecturer in Plastic Surgery (2004) and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery (2007) at the Heidelberg University, Germany. Since 2008, he has worked with Professor Feller and later with Professor Fansa in private practice in Munich, Germany. Professor Heitmann has authored more than 60 articles in journals and books, is a frequently invited speaker at international conferences, and is a member of expert panels dealing with reconstructive breast surgery.
Professor Hisham Fansa graduated from the Medical University in Hannover, Germany, in 1994, and received his PhD in 1995. He completed his early surgical training at the University of Magdeburg, Germany, and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA. In 2000, he gained the Specialist Fellowship in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery and was subsequently appointed as a Consultant for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Magdeburg, where he also became a lecturer in Plastic Surgery in 2001. From 2003 to 2014 he was Director of the Plastic Surgery Department at the Klinikum Bielefeld, Germany. Since 2014 he has been a Co-Director of the same department. In 2009, Professor Fansa became an Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and received an MBA in Health Care Management. Since 2014, he has worked in private practice in Munich, Germany. He has authored more than 130 publications in journals and books. From 2011 to 2013 Professor Fansa was President of the German Society of Wound Healing and Treatment (DGfW). From 2013 to 2015, he was Vice President of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC) and German Delegate to the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS).Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Breast Reconstruction with Autologous Tissue
Authors: Hisham Fansa, Christoph Heitmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95468-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95467-7Published: 31 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95468-4Published: 12 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 192
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 172 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Gynecology