BIOGRAPHY
After his medical studies Wolfgang Gubisch started plastic surgery in 1974 at the Marienhospital Stuttgart. From 1976 to 1978 he was resident in ENT at the University Clinic in Tübingen and then he proceeded his training in plastic surgery in Stuttgart. He is double-boarded qualified as plastic surgeon as well as ENT surgeon. Since 1988 he has been Head of the Clinic of Plastic Surgery, which is the oldest and one of the largest institutions for plastic surgery in Germany. In 2001 the clinic was separated into three independent highly specialized clinics, and Prof. Gubisch became the Head of the Clinic of Facial Plastic surgery. His main interest is focused on aesthetic, functional as well as reconstructive nasal surgery. He regularly is invited as lecturer all over the world and guides courses for aesthetic and functional rhinoplasty to demonstrate his surgical techniques. He has written more than 200 scientific publications and given more than 450 lectures all over the world, mainly about rhinoplasty topics. In 2017 he published summarizing his experience “Mastering Advanced Rhinoplasty”. 25 years he guided the International Stuttgart Course for Functional & Aesthetic Rhinoplasty. In addition he has produced several educational films. He is member of many national and international societies as well as an honorary member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Southern Africa and of the Armenian Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. From 2010 – 2012 he was president of the German Association of Aesthetic Surgeons (VDÄPC) and Board member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC). In 2011Wolfgang Gubisch founded together with 7 colleagues the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe and served as president until 2016. In July 2011 he got the honorary doctor award from the University of Athens for his intensive activities in teaching facial plastic surgery. Since April 2015 Prof. Gubisch is working as Senior Director at the Clinic of Facial Plastic Surgery at the Marienhospital. In 2018 he summarized his experience of 42 years performing rhinoplasties and published it in “Mastering Advanced Rhinoplasty”. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. habil Dr. h. c. W. Gubisch