Residence Germany Notable awards Martin-Waßmund-Prize | Nationality German | |
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Fields Oral and maxillofacial surgery Known for plastic facial reconstruction with a focus on micro surgery Field Oral and maxillofacial surgery Books Raising of Microvascular Flaps: A Systematic Approach | ||
Frank Hölzle ( [ˈhœltslɛ]) (born 13 February 1968 in Calw) is a German surgeon. He is a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the RWTH Aachen University. He is chairman and head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Hölzle is known for his work in the fields of plastic facial reconstruction with a focus on micro surgery. He is also specialised for the treatment of tumor diseases in the head and neck region, and of malformations like cleft lip and palate.
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Biography
Hölzle studied medicine and dentistry at the Free University of Berlin, at the Humboldt University of Berlin, at the University of Glasgow and at the University College London Medical School from 1989 to 1998. He received his doctoral title in human medicine in 1995. In 1998, he was promoted to doctor of dentistry. From 1999 to 2000, Hölzle was a scientific employee at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital Charité, Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin. Hölzle worked at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer at the Ruhr-University Bochum from 2000 to 2007, from 2004 as deputy director. In 2002, he received recognition as a medical specialist for oral and maxillofacial surgery, and in 2005 he achieved the additional qualification as a plastic and reconstructive face surgeon. In 2006, he received venia legendi for oral and maxillofacial surgery. In 2006, he also became a Fellow of the European Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (FEBOMFS, Barcelona). Between 1992 and 2010, Hölzle was influenced positively by Klaus-Dietrich Wolff, culminating at the Rechts der Isar Hospital of the Technical University of Munich. From 2007 to 2011, he was senior physician and deputy director of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Rechts der Isar Hospital of the Technical University of Munich. Since 2011 he has been a professor and head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital at the RWTH Aachen University.
Scientific contribution
Hölzle studied, together with others, the following subjects: Analysis of the anatomy of microsurgical transplants and their vessel passages and histology, microcirculation, and ischemic preconditioning of microsurgical flaps, monitoring of microsurgical transplants, computer planning and surgical guides of microsurgical bone reconstruction. The research of microsurgical tissue transplants was a focus of Hölzle's scientific work. Scientific publications appeared on objectifying valuation of the viability of the transplanted tissue and on the monitoring of different compound composite flaps.
Furthermore, Hölzle worked on micro circulatory characteristics of these transplants and with the phenomenon of the reperfusion injury. After the implementation of computer planning and surgical guides technique in microsurgical bone reconstruction, Hölzle dealt with the utilisation of meaningful clinical indications and improvement of these techniques.
Memberhips in international organisations
Honors and awards
Publications
Books
Hölzle is coeditor of two textbooks in the field of dental surgery and of oral and maxillofacial surgery:
Articles in scientific journals
Hölzle published more than 130 sicentific papers, amongst them :