OA Dr Heike Klepetko, PhD

„Plastic Surgery on its highest level – for my patients“

– this philosophy stands behind Heike Klepetko’s medical career

Professional Background:

• Medical training in Hannover, Germany and Vienna, Austria
• Medical doctor degree M.D. in Vienna 1996
• Training in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery at the Medical University Vienna and Hospital Hietzing in Vienna
• 2003 till 2010 Specialist at the Hospital Rudolfstiftung, Vienna
• since 2005 Private Clinic HK in Vienna
• 2010-2011 Staff member Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• since 2011 Staff member Erasmus Medical University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Further medical activities:

• International Diploma for Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
• Teaching position Institut for Anatomy, Medical University Vienna (2007-2010)
• Teaching at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna
• Management Course , Austrian Medical Society
• Teaching young specialist in Facial Plastic Surgery
• International Fellowships of the DAFPRAS (Dutch Association for Facial Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery)
• Teaching position University Medan, Indonesia
• „Teach the Teacher“ – program

Fellowships:

• Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, USA (J.J. Fung, MD, PhD)
• Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (E. Eriksson, MD, PhD)
• Medical University of Hannover, Germany (Prof. Dr. A. Berger)
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA (J. E. Zins MD, PhD and M. Siemionov MD, PhD)
• University of Freiburg, Germany (Prof. Dr. B. Starck)
• „Pyramide am See“, Zürich, Switzerland (Dr. C. George)
• „La Clinique“, Montreux, Switzerland (Dr. M. Pfulg)
• University of Tampere, Finnland (Prof. Dr. H. Kuokanen)
• Martin Luther Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany (Prof. Dr. J. Bruck)
• University of Gent, Belgium (Prof. Dr. S. Monstrey, Prof. Dr. Ph. Blondeel)
• University of Innsbruck, Austria (Prof. Dr. H. Piza)
• Dreifaltigkeits Krankenhaus Wesseling, Köln, Germany (Dr. D. Richter)

Awards:

1997 Annual Award of the Austrian Society for Transplantation

1998 Best Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Senology

1999 Young Investigator Award
Austrian Society for Surgical Research

2003 Best Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

2004 Best Paper
presented at the Alpine Workshop of the Austrian Society for Senology

2004 Best Paper
presented at the Annual meeting of the Austrian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

2005 Best Paper
presented at the Joint Meeting of the German Association for Plastic Surgery and the Austrian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Publications, abstracts and invited lectures

Memberships:

• Austrian Society for Senology www.senologie.at
• Austrian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery www.plastischechirurgie.org
• German Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery www.vdpc.de
• Austrian Society for Surgical Research
• European Plastic Surgery Workshop
• German Society for Hand surgery www.dah.at
• Dutch Association for Plastic Surgery