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Biography

Altintas (13.05.1983) is Professor for Plastic surgery in Germany. He was graduated from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. His Doctoral thesis was about Tendon Transfer for Radial nerve Palsy at the BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery at the Ruperto Carola University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

He has a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Public health from Ruperto Carola University in Heidelberg. His surgical career started at the general surgery at the University Heidelberg, followed by German Center of Trauma Surgery at the Hannover Medical School. He worked at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn and Hand Surgery Center, Cologne Merheim, Germany. Altintas hold board certification for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery. He was Senior Consultant at the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery at the University of Essen, Essen, Germany, and since 2011, he has been an Vice Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery Diakonische Kliniken Hannover.