Dr. Robert Hierner

About the Doctor

Professor Robert Hierner is one of the most distinguished Plastic Surgeons and Hand Surgeons with an excellent international reputation and over 30 years of professional experience at renowned universities and institutions around the world. He is extensively educated in reputed global institutes ...

Area of Expertise

Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery Bariatric plastic surgery (body contouring after massive weight loss) (Interdisciplinary) Reconstructive surgery Aesthetic/Cosmetic surgery Scar treatment and revision Breast surgery Pediatric plastic surgery Comprehensive wound care Plastic surgery in the elderly Regenerative medicine Hand Surgery & Hand Medicine Hand surgery in the elderly Trauma and defect reconstruction of hand and upper limb, including replantation Rheumatoid hand Pediatric hand surgery & congenital hand deformities Peripheral nerve and brachial plexus (Carpal tunnel syndrome, etc.) Tumor Dupuytren

Education & Qualifications

• MBBS, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich/Germany, 1990
• Medical Doctorate in Plastic Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians-University Munich/Germany (summa cum laude), 1992
• University Diploma in Microsurgery, Claude Bernard University Lyon/France, 1992
• German Board Plastic Surgery (Facharzt für Plastische Chirurgie), 1997
• PhD in Plastic Surgery (Habilitation), Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover/Germany, 1999
• German Board Hand Surgery, 2000
• Belgian Board Oncology Surgery, 2004
• Professor and Chair Plastic Surgery, Catholic University, Leuven/Belgium, 2005
• University Diploma in Bariplastic Surgery, Descartes University, Paris/France, 2018
• Chief Medical Officer Program, Emory Executive Education, Emory University's Goizueta Business School, Atlanta GA/USA, 2022