Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gubisch

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 finished 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 in Stuttgart. 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 is regularly invited to lecture 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”. For 25 years he has guided the International Stuttgart Course for Functional & Aesthetic Rhinoplasty and produced several educational films. He is a member of many national and international societies and was awarded many international honorary memberships. 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 2011 Wolfgang Gubisch was cofounder of the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe (RSE) 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. In 2018 he was honofred with the “Höhler Nadel”, the highest award of the German Association of Aesthetic Surgeons (VDÄPC) . In 2022, he was given the highest award of the German Society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons (DGPRÄG) as well as of the International Society of Aesthetic Surgeons (ISAPS). In May 2021 Prof. Gubisch retired from the clinic.