Prof. Gress specializes in all aspects of aesthetic surgery, especially aesthetic surgery of the face, the female breast and the female genital region.

Curriculum Vitae

When I was a young man, I travelled to Brazil, where I had the opportunity to get to know one of today’s leading plastic surgeons and watch him work. It was Prof. Ivo Pitanguy in Rio de Janeiro. I owe my fascination with this medical discipline to this great man and colleague and I decided to follow in his footsteps. During my medical studies and later on in my speciality training, I had the honour of learning and working there as well as in other reputable departments of our specialist field in New York, Dallas and Munich. I am truly beholden to all my teachers and role models to this very day. Today, I pass on my expertise to young colleagues and students who come to us from all over the world to gain work experience.

Plastic surgery combines scientific ambition, surgical skills and artistic talent in a unique way. This fascination has continued to this day and I can say from the bottom of my heart that my profession has filled me with great pleasure and pride every single day I have been allowed to practice it in my long career. I hope very much that I will be able to continue doing so for a long time.

Medical Studies
1988 – 1994

Ludwig-Maximilians University and Technical University Munich, Germany
Universidade Federal da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil
Medical School at the New York University, United States

Medical specialist training
1994 – 2000

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar in Munich with Prof. Dr. Biemer
Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with Prof. John Mc Carthy at the New York University
Departmento da Cirurgia Plastica of the Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro with Prof. Ivo Pitanguy

The part of the training to become a specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery completed in Germany included microsurgery, replantation and hand surgery, reconstructive surgery for tumor diseases, congenital malformations, burns and accidental injuries as well as all aesthetic surgery.

International specialist trainings in the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
1994 – 2000

With Prof. Ivo Pitanguy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
With Prof. Sherryl Aston and Prof. Glenn Jelks in New York, USA
With Prof. Sam Hamra and Prof. John Tebbetts in Dallas, USA
Since 2001 branch in own practice after many years of clinical activity
Teaching activity and assistant training in plastic surgery
Regular active participation and lecturing at international specialist congresses
Associate Prof. – ULBS, University, Hermannstadt, Sibiu
Expert in the field of plastic surgery, emergency doctor