A documentary portrait

Prof. Dr. Altintas

A life's work. A lasting responsibility.

The people, encounters and experiences behind his journey. A film about medicine, teaching and responsibility.

Career & sources

Transcript

English

After my father's death, I committed myself to the company. If I was to preserve this life's work, I could not have acted otherwise.

Preserving a life's work means more than continuing what came before. It means living up to its standards. For Professor Altintas, this became a personal commitment: to a practice of medicine that combines German thoroughness and care with the courage to explore new paths.

His career is a journey through distinguished schools of surgery. At Hannover Medical School, he was shaped by Professor Christian Krettek, successor to Harald Tscherne and a leading figure in the school of trauma surgery Tscherne established. A longstanding mentor, Krettek profoundly influenced his discipline and surgical expertise. In Istanbul, Professor Yıldırım, former president of the Turkish Society of Plastic Surgery, opened new professional horizons. These were encounters with people whose experience extended far beyond individual techniques.

Gerald Spilker of the Cologne school, and Günter Germann of Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen, were among the formative teachers on his path. His doctorate at Heidelberg University, the oldest university in present-day Germany, laid a foundation for his scientific career. Hans-Ulrich Steinau, a recipient of Germany's Federal Cross of Merit and an outstanding figure in German plastic surgery, shared his surgical knowledge and opened doors to the professional societies. Robert Hierner and Alfred Berger, editors of authoritative textbooks in the field, accompanied him for many years as teachers, mentors and personal companions. Alfred Berger also supported the expert assessment of his scientific work. From this close association with great teachers, his own approach to medicine took shape.

His influences extended beyond medicine. Peter Eichhorn, a pioneer of public-sector business administration and public management, taught at the University of Mannheim, one of Germany's leading universities for business and economics. He shaped Altintas' understanding of economic responsibility and the leadership of non-profit organisations. Oktay Sinanoğlu, a professor at Yale University who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize, also became a formative figure and a mentor in his life. These encounters nurtured a way of thinking that crossed national and disciplinary boundaries.

Collaborative scientific work connects him with colleagues at institutions including the University of Colorado, University Hospital Zurich and the University of Southern California. Numerous international studies and his editorial work in peer-reviewed journals reflect this exchange and his international standing. Research, teaching and clinical experience came together in this work.

From this combination emerged his own distinctive approach. His pioneering work in body definition and six-pack surgery, his approaches to non-surgical rhinoplasty, the Goldene Nase technique and the Haute Couture procedures for highly selective treatments share a common standard: medical precision, individual planning and the careful choice of the appropriate approach. Experience became the starting point for new possibilities. And new possibilities brought a particular responsibility.

He cared for figures from the business world and served as a presidential physician to several heads of state and ministers. Throughout, he remained discreetly in the background, without placing his position in the public spotlight. He also became a role model for a new generation of doctors whom he personally trained. He passed on more than surgical techniques: experience, judgement and an understanding of medicine that extends beyond formal specialist training. For our school of surgical practice, Professor Altintas is a legend. As a surgeon, a scientist and a teacher.

Since 2013, M C Aesthetics has been committed to this tradition. We preserve his techniques, his scientific work and the spirit of this school with respect and appreciation. For us, carrying it forward means making knowledge accessible, advising people with care and passing on medical experience responsibly. A life's work also finds its value in what others carry forward. M C Aesthetics. Built on experience. Committed to meticulous care.

Profile, career & sources Text file

Watch page · English

Scientific profile

Prof. Dr. Altintas

Dr. med. · Dipl. oec. · M.Sc.

Supervisory board (non-profit) · Mc Aesthetics

Current location: New York (USA)

Scientific expertise. Openly documented.

Prof. Dr. Altintas no longer performs surgical treatments at Mc Aesthetics.

Personally taught by a twice-nominated Nobel Prize candidate. International experience as a presidential physician. His professional path brings together qualifications in medicine and economics.

A journey through his career

International scientific standing

Research connects. Across borders.

Translational research, international editorial roles and a clear sense of medical responsibility shape Prof. Dr. Altintas’s profile.

Ethics & medical responsibility

Beauty calls for principles.

Prof. Dr. Altintas stands for transparency, scientific perspective and medical responsibility. His book chapter places the physician’s ethical and moral duty in aesthetic medicine at its heart.

Discuss possibilities and limits openly. Preserve natural beauty. Take responsibility.

Im Dienste der Schönheit?
LIT Verlag · 2011

BMBF funding · book & ethics

The 2011 book developed in the context of funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Read the funding acknowledgement

His contribution to the book · 2011

Der Arzt, die ethisch-moralische Verpflichtung und die ästhetisch-plastische Chirurgie

Ahmet A. Altintas · Mehmet A. Altintas

ISBN 9783643112934

View the chapter in the contents

Academic foundations

Depth of expertise. Clear principles.

German universities and hospitals shaped his scientific career. His contribution on medical ethics forms part of a book developed in the context of funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Research and responsibility as a shared commitment.

Back to the international network

Research team: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ali Altintas · BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen

Academic profile

International congress

Taipeh

Taiwan · 2019

Invited expert lecture on facial anatomy and filler rheology.

Congress programme

International congress

Paris

Frankreich · 2020

IMCAS World Congress · live demonstration of facial contouring; also teaching in fat transfer.

Congress programme

International congress

Hongkong

Hongkong · 2019

ISAPS congress · invited body-contouring expert.

Documentation · Congress and teaching documentation

Teaching & knowledge exchange

London

Body-contouring courses and live transmission of surgical techniques.

Documentation · Congress and teaching documentation

Teaching & knowledge exchange

Rom

Italien

Teaching courses in breast surgery.

Documentation · Congress and teaching documentation

International congress

Peking

China

Lecture at the Asia World Congress.

Documentation · Congress and teaching documentation

International congress

Helsinki

Finnland · 2011

WSRM · reconstruction of complex elbow bone and soft-tissue defects.

Congress programme

International congress

Neu-Delhi

Indien · 2009

Asia Pacific Burns Congress · microcirculation and cell morphology in wound healing.

Documentation · Academic profile

International congress

Basel

Schweiz · 2010

German-speaking Working Group for Microsurgery · reconstructive surgery contributions.

Documentation · Academic profile

International congress

Dresden

Deutschland · 2010

DGPRÄC annual meeting · scientific congress contributions.

Congress programme

International editorial board

Sage · Advances in Wound Care

Thousand Oaks, USA

Editorial Board Member · Advances in Wound Care

Publisher & role

International editorial board

Open Access Text

London, UK

Editor-in-Chief · Frontiers in Drug, Chemistry and Clinical Research · Editorial Board Member · Trauma and Emergency Care

Publisher & role

Research funding · book project

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Berlin, Deutschland · 2010–2011

His contribution to “Im Dienste der Schönheit?” connects aesthetic and plastic surgery with medical ethics. The academic exchange behind the book received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The book’s funding context

Academic mentorship

Yale University

New Haven, USA

The academic connection with Yale is through Prof. Oktay Sinanoğlu († 2015), whose personal pupil Prof. Altintas was. Sinanoğlu taught chemistry and molecular biophysics there for 37 years.

Academic biography Academic mentorship

Academic mentorship

İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa

Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi · Istanbul

Prof. Altintas was a personal pupil of Prof. İbrahim Yıldırım († 2025) at Cerrahpaşa in Istanbul. This academic mentorship forms part of his foundation in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.

Academic biography Academic mentorship

Academic mentorship & textbook editorship

Dubai · Prof. Dr. Robert Hierner

Dubai, UAE

The connection with Dubai is through Prof. Robert Hierner, a mentor of Prof. Altintas. Hierner practises there and co-edits the multi-volume Springer reference series “Plastische Chirurgie”.

Academic biography Academic mentorship Reference textbook · Springer

Prof. Dr. Altintas · Career and recognition

Personally mentored.
Internationally respected.

Personal academic mentorship, surgical training and responsibilities as a presidential physician have shaped Prof. Dr. Altintas’s career. His qualifications in medicine and economics are complemented by international research relationships and personal recognition.

Personally shaped

Taught by a twice-nominated Nobel Prize candidate.

Prof. Dr. Altintas was a personal student of Oktay Sinanoğlu. This individual academic mentorship forms part of his biography. Sinanoğlu taught at Yale University for 37 years; the Turkish Ministry of Culture describes him as having been nominated twice for the Nobel Prize.

Yale University Nomination · Source About the mentor

Biographical background & sources

The personal teaching relationship is documented by Prof. Altintas and his photographic archive. The Yale source concerns Sinanoğlu’s professorship; it does not establish a Yale degree for Prof. Altintas. The Nobel Prize reference denotes a reported nomination, not an award.

View shared photographs in the mentors section

Medical trust

Responsibility as a presidential physician.
Personal recognition.

Prof. Dr. Altintas’s international career includes caring for heads of state from several countries as a presidential physician. He has received multiple honours and personal recognition for this work. In the interests of discretion, names, countries and individual care relationships are not disclosed.

“one of the world’s best”

A personal tribute from the heads of state he has cared for — an expression of trust in his medical work.

International encounters · Film and photography

Biographical background & sources

Biographical information and personal tributes: Prof. Dr. Altintas. The short video excerpts, presented in full, and historical images come from the archive he supplied. They show the respective encounters and occasions; they do not establish specific appointment documents, award titles or dates.

Surgical mentors · Hanover and plastic surgery

The personal connection with Prof. Krettek, teaching with Prof. Spilker and the Hanover school of surgery are formative milestones. The following images complement the portraits of his academic companions.

Photographs with Prof. Krettek and from Hanover Teaching with Prof. Spilker

Academic influences · Personal development

Influential figures & mentors

An academic foundation across disciplines and countries: economics and management in Mannheim, the Hanover school of surgery, and personal mentorship in medicine and the natural sciences. These influences shaped Prof. Altintas’s approach to research, leadership and responsibility.

Learning from influential figures. Developing an individual standard.

Economics and business at Mannheim

Prof. Dr. Altintas · Personal career journey

A journey through his career

Formative years of learning, international milestones and the path to his own teaching school.

Direct mentor
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
Peter Eichhorn
University of Mannheim · Public & Nonprofit Management
Peter Eichhorn was a direct mentor to Prof. Dr. Altintas in Public & Nonprofit Management. A pioneer of public-sector business administration, he shaped this discipline at the University of Mannheim, a leading German institution for economics and business.
Academic excellence in economics
Biography · Wikipedia University of Mannheim
Direct academic lineage
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.
Christian Krettek
FRACS · FRCSEd
Hannover Medical School
Prof. Dr. Altintas is a direct pupil of Christian Krettek and the Hanover school. This surgical tradition brings together scientific precision and demanding clinical training.
The Hanover school
Biography · Wikipedia Professional profile
Surgical milestones · 2 photographs
Personal connection with Prof. Krettek. Mentor and sources
Hanover school of surgery · Original montage with the names and captions as preserved.
Scientific guidance & review
Univ. Prof. em. Dr.
Alfred Karl Maria Berger
Deceased 2022
Vienna · Hannover Medical School
Alfred Karl Maria Berger provided accompanying expert review of Prof. Altintas’s scientific publications. A pioneer of plastic surgery in Europe, university teacher in Vienna and long-serving department director in Hanover, he combined professional judgement with academic responsibility.
Review of scientific publications
Medical University of Vienna Reference textbook
Academic mentorship · Personal pupil
Prof. Dr.
Oktay Sinanoğlu
Deceased 2015
Yale University · New Haven, USA
Prof. Altintas was a personal pupil of Oktay Sinanoğlu. The internationally renowned chemist and biophysicist taught at Yale University for 37 years, connecting theoretical research with thinking across disciplines.
37 years at Yale University
Biography · Wikipedia Yale University View in the network
The Turkish Ministry of Culture describes him in its biography as having been nominated twice for the Nobel Prize. Biography · Ministry of Culture
Personal years of learning · 2 photographs
Personal student of Oktay Sinanoğlu · Prof. Altintas photographic archive
Original montage with the preserved year and Nobel Prize motif. The reference to a nomination also applies to this image caption.
Academic mentorship · Personal pupil
Prof. Dr.
İbrahim Yıldırım
Deceased 2025
İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa · Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Altintas was a personal pupil of İbrahim Yıldırım at Cerrahpaşa. A university teacher and former president of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, Yıldırım helped shape surgical education.
Cerrahpaşa · Plastic surgery
Istanbul Medical Chamber View in the network
Mentor · Plastic surgery
Prof. Dr. Dr. med.
Gerald Spilker
Cologne-Merheim
Gerald Spilker is among the influential figures in the development of Prof. Dr. Altintas as a plastic surgeon. His school in Cologne-Merheim represents plastic, reconstructive and burn surgery.
Foundations in plastic surgery
Professional profile
Personal teaching moment · Photograph
Teaching with Prof. Spilker. The montage connects this academic milestone with a personal tribute from heads of state cared for by Prof. Altintas. Mentor and sources
Mentor · Reconstructive surgery
Prof. Dr. med.
Günter Germann
Heidelberg · Ludwigshafen
Günter Germann helped shape the path of Prof. Dr. Altintas in plastic and reconstructive surgery. His expertise brings together hand surgery, microsurgery and university teaching.
Hand surgery & microsurgery
Biography · Wikipedia Professional profile
Mentor · Surgical responsibility
Prof. Dr.
Hans-Ulrich Steinau
Deceased 2025
Ruhr University Bochum · Bergmannsheil
Hans-Ulrich Steinau is among the formative mentors of Prof. Dr. Altintas. His long-standing clinical, scientific and humanitarian commitment was recognised in 2011 with the German Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon.
Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon · 2011
Biography · Wikipedia Award In memoriam
Mentor · Science & teaching
Prof. Dr.
Robert Hierner
MD · MSc · PhD
Plastic surgery · Hand surgery
Robert Hierner is one of the mentors of Prof. Dr. Altintas. As co-editor of the multi-volume Springer reference work “Plastische Chirurgie”, he represents systematic knowledge transfer and surgical education.
Editor of reference textbooks
Professional profile Reference textbook View in the network

International expertise & recognition

Expertise with international reach.

Editorial leadership and international editorial boards are distinctive aspects of Prof. Dr. Altintas’s work, combining subject expertise with responsibility for scientific exchange.

Editor-in-chief & co-editor roles

Editor-in-Chief

Frontiers in Drug, Chemistry and Clinical Research

Publisher source

Co Editor-in-Chief

World Journal of Surgery and Surgical Research

Publisher source

International editorial boards

International Journal of Anaesthesiology and Pain Research

Editorial Board

Expertise & research

Scientific work, authorship and original sources in context.

Research into skin perfusion, confocal microscopy and the assessment of burn wounds.

Selected publications

All related publications

2016
Overweight and skin microcirculation
Citation & authors
In vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy assessments: impact of overweight on human skin microcirculation and histomorphology.
Ahmet A Altintas; Matthias C Aust; Robert Krämer; Peter M Vogt; Mehmet A Altintas
PMID 27020601
DOI 10.1117/1.JBO.21.3.036009
Journal of biomedical optics
First author
PubMed
2009
Microcirculation under the microscope
Citation & authors
Assessment of microcirculatory influence on cellular morphology in human burn wound healing using reflectance-mode-confocal microscopy.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Mehmet Ali Altintas; Kyros Ipaktchi; Merlin Guggenheim; Panagiotis Theodorou; Peymaneh Amini; Gerald Spilker
PMID 19614915
DOI 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00516.x
Wound repair and regeneration
First author
PubMed
2011
Local burn versus local cold induced acute effects on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.
Citation & authors
Local burn versus local cold induced acute effects on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Merlin Guggenheim; Arzu Oezcelik; Benjamin Gehl; Matthias C Aust; Mehmet Ali Altintas
PMID 21287657
DOI 10.1002/jemt.20982
Microscopy research and technique
First author
PubMed

Co-author of a clinical publication on vertical breast reduction in gigantomastia.

Selected publications

All related publications

2010
Vertical breast reduction in gigantomastia
Citation & authors
Vertical reduction mammaplasty combined with a superomedial pedicle in gigantomastia.
Peymaneh Amini; Tilman Stasch; Panagiotis Theodorou; Ahmed Ali Altintas; Vu Phan; Gerald Spilker
PMID 20179473
DOI 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181b0a5d8
Annals of plastic surgery
Co-author
PubMed

Work on tendon transfers, flaps and assessment of transferred tissue.

Selected publications

All related publications

2009
Long-term results and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score analysis after modified Brooks and D'Aubigne tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy.
Citation & authors
Long-term results and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score analysis after modified Brooks and D'Aubigne tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy.
A A Altintas; M A Altintas; E Gazyakan; T Gohla; G Germann; M Sauerbier
PMID 19258145
DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.11.012
The Journal of hand surgery
First author
PubMed
2011
In vivo comparison of microcirculation and histomorphology of two different flap donor sites.
Citation & authors
In vivo comparison of microcirculation and histomorphology of two different flap donor sites.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Tilman Stasch; Arzu Oezcelik; Mehmet Ali Altintas
PMID 20658569
DOI 10.1002/jemt.20906
Microscopy research and technique
First author
PubMed
2010
Monitoring of microcirculation in free transferred musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flaps by confocal laser scanning microscopy--a promising non-invasive methodical approach.
Citation & authors
Monitoring of microcirculation in free transferred musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flaps by confocal laser scanning microscopy--a promising non-invasive methodical approach.
M A Altintas; A A Altintas; M Guggenheim; K Knobloch; A D Niederbichler; P M Vogt
PMID 19027386
DOI 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.034
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery
Co-author
PubMed

Book chapter on the responsibilities of doctors in aesthetic plastic surgery.

Selected publications

All related publications

2011
Der Arzt, die ethisch-moralische Verpflichtung und die ästhetisch-plastische Chirurgie
Citation & authors
Ahmet A. Altintas and Mehmet A. Altintas wrote the chapter on medical responsibility. The table of contents published by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology identifies both authors.
ISBN 9783643112934
Im Dienste der Schönheit?
Co-author
KIT

Publications & original sources

Scientific work, authorship and original sources in context.

2016
Overweight and skin microcirculation
Citation & authors
In vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy assessments: impact of overweight on human skin microcirculation and histomorphology.
Ahmet A Altintas; Matthias C Aust; Robert Krämer; Peter M Vogt; Mehmet A Altintas
PMID 27020601
DOI 10.1117/1.JBO.21.3.036009
Journal of biomedical optics
First author
PubMed
2014
Acute effects of splint immobilization of the forearm on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.
Citation & authors
Acute effects of splint immobilization of the forearm on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.
A A Altintas; P M Vogt; M A Altintas
PMID 24738150
DOI 10.1002/jemt.22317
Microscopy research and technique
First author
PubMed
2014
Acute effects of local cold therapy in superficial burns on pain, in vivo microcirculation, edema formation and histomorphology.
Citation & authors
Acute effects of local cold therapy in superficial burns on pain, in vivo microcirculation, edema formation and histomorphology.
B Altintas; A A Altintas; R Kraemer; H Sorg; P M Vogt; M A Altintas
PMID 24342123
DOI 10.1016/j.burns.2013.11.023
Burns
Co-author
PubMed
2011
Local burn versus local cold induced acute effects on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.
Citation & authors
Local burn versus local cold induced acute effects on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Merlin Guggenheim; Arzu Oezcelik; Benjamin Gehl; Matthias C Aust; Mehmet Ali Altintas
PMID 21287657
DOI 10.1002/jemt.20982
Microscopy research and technique
First author
PubMed
2011
In vivo comparison of microcirculation and histomorphology of two different flap donor sites.
Citation & authors
In vivo comparison of microcirculation and histomorphology of two different flap donor sites.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Tilman Stasch; Arzu Oezcelik; Mehmet Ali Altintas
PMID 20658569
DOI 10.1002/jemt.20906
Microscopy research and technique
First author
PubMed
2010
Vertical breast reduction in gigantomastia
Citation & authors
Vertical reduction mammaplasty combined with a superomedial pedicle in gigantomastia.
Peymaneh Amini; Tilman Stasch; Panagiotis Theodorou; Ahmed Ali Altintas; Vu Phan; Gerald Spilker
PMID 20179473
DOI 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181b0a5d8
Annals of plastic surgery
Co-author
PubMed
2009
To heal or not to heal: predictive value of in vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy in assessing healing course of human burn wounds.
Citation & authors
To heal or not to heal: predictive value of in vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy in assessing healing course of human burn wounds.
Ahmet A Altintas; Merlin Guggenheim; Mehmet A Altintas; Peymaneh Amini; Tilman Stasch; Gerald Spilker
PMID 19826264
DOI 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181bfb810
Journal of burn care & research
First author
PubMed
2010
Histometric and histomorphologic comparison of combustion and ambustion using in vivo reflectance-confocal microscopy.
Citation & authors
Histometric and histomorphologic comparison of combustion and ambustion using in vivo reflectance-confocal microscopy.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Peymaneh Amini; Mehmet Ali Altintas; Walter Perbix; Vu Phan; Tilman Stasch; Gerald Spilker
PMID 19725063
DOI 10.1002/jemt.20770
Microscopy research and technique
First author
PubMed
2009
Microcirculation under the microscope
Citation & authors
Assessment of microcirculatory influence on cellular morphology in human burn wound healing using reflectance-mode-confocal microscopy.
Ahmet Ali Altintas; Mehmet Ali Altintas; Kyros Ipaktchi; Merlin Guggenheim; Panagiotis Theodorou; Peymaneh Amini; Gerald Spilker
PMID 19614915
DOI 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00516.x
Wound repair and regeneration
First author
PubMed
2010
Insight in human skin microcirculation using in vivo reflectance-mode confocal laser scanning microscopy.
Citation & authors
Insight in human skin microcirculation using in vivo reflectance-mode confocal laser scanning microscopy.
Mehmet Ali Altintas; A A Altintas; M Guggenheim; A E Steiert; M C Aust; A D Niederbichler; C Herold; P M Vogt
PMID 19513794
DOI 10.1007/s10278-009-9219-3
Journal of digital imaging
Co-author
PubMed
2009
Is superficial burn caused by ultraviolet radiation (sunburn) comparable to superficial burn caused by heat--a histomorphological comparison by in vivo Reflectance-Mode-Confocal Microscopy.
Citation & authors
Is superficial burn caused by ultraviolet radiation (sunburn) comparable to superficial burn caused by heat--a histomorphological comparison by in vivo Reflectance-Mode-Confocal Microscopy.
M A Altintas; A A Altintas; M Guggenheim; K H Busch; A D Niederbichler; M C Aust; P M Vogt
PMID 19496895
DOI 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03322.x
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
Co-author
PubMed
2009
In vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy provides insights in human skin microcirculation and histomorphology.
Citation & authors
In vivo reflectance-mode confocal microscopy provides insights in human skin microcirculation and histomorphology.
M A Altintas; M Meyer-Marcotty; A A Altintas; M Guggenheim; A Gohritz; M C Aust; P M Vogt
PMID 19481421
DOI 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.04.011
Computerized medical imaging and graphics
Co-author
PubMed
2010
Insight in microcirculation and histomorphology during burn shock treatment using in vivo confocal-laser-scanning microscopy.
Citation & authors
Insight in microcirculation and histomorphology during burn shock treatment using in vivo confocal-laser-scanning microscopy.
Mehmet Ali Altintas; Ahmet Ali Altintas; Merlin Guggenheim; Matthias C Aust; Andreas David Niederbichler; Karsten Knobloch; Peter M Vogt
PMID 19427756
DOI 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.03.003
Journal of critical care
Co-author
PubMed
2009
Long-term results and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score analysis after modified Brooks and D'Aubigne tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy.
Citation & authors
Long-term results and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score analysis after modified Brooks and D'Aubigne tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy.
A A Altintas; M A Altintas; E Gazyakan; T Gohla; G Germann; M Sauerbier
PMID 19258145
DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.11.012
The Journal of hand surgery
First author
PubMed
2009
In vivo evaluation of histomorphological alterations in first-degree burn injuries by means of confocal-laser-scanning microscopy-more than "virtual histology?".
Citation & authors
In vivo evaluation of histomorphological alterations in first-degree burn injuries by means of confocal-laser-scanning microscopy-more than "virtual histology?".
Mehmet Ali Altintas; Ahmet Ali Altintas; Merlin Guggenheim; Andreas David Niederbichler; Karsten Knobloch; Peter M Vogt
PMID 19165093
DOI 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318198e746
Journal of burn care & research
Co-author
PubMed
2009
Reflectance confocal-laser-scanning microscopy in vivo assessments of cigarette-induced dynamic alterations of cutaneous microcirculation on histomorphological level.
Citation & authors
Reflectance confocal-laser-scanning microscopy in vivo assessments of cigarette-induced dynamic alterations of cutaneous microcirculation on histomorphological level.
Mehmet Ali Altintas; Ahmet Ali Altintas; Merlin Guggenheim; Andreas Gohritz; Max Meyer-Marcotty; Peter M Vogt
PMID 19067342
DOI 10.1002/jemt.20661
Microscopy research and technique
Co-author
PubMed
2010
Monitoring of microcirculation in free transferred musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flaps by confocal laser scanning microscopy--a promising non-invasive methodical approach.
Citation & authors
Monitoring of microcirculation in free transferred musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flaps by confocal laser scanning microscopy--a promising non-invasive methodical approach.
M A Altintas; A A Altintas; M Guggenheim; K Knobloch; A D Niederbichler; P M Vogt
PMID 19027386
DOI 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.034
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery
Co-author
PubMed
2009
Differentiation of superficial-partial vs. deep-partial thickness burn injuries in vivo by confocal-laser-scanning microscopy.
Citation & authors
Differentiation of superficial-partial vs. deep-partial thickness burn injuries in vivo by confocal-laser-scanning microscopy.
M A Altintas; A A Altintas; K Knobloch; M Guggenheim; C J Zweifel; P M Vogt
PMID 18691820
DOI 10.1016/j.burns.2008.05.003
Burns
Co-author
PubMed
2011
Der Arzt, die ethisch-moralische Verpflichtung und die ästhetisch-plastische Chirurgie
Citation & authors
Ahmet A. Altintas and Mehmet A. Altintas wrote the chapter on medical responsibility. The table of contents published by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology identifies both authors.
ISBN 9783643112934
Im Dienste der Schönheit?
Co-author
KIT

Artwork identifies each journal; the illustrated issue may differ from the cited publication year.

Academic background

Education, qualifications and academic appointments.

Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. oec. Altintas, M.Sc

Medical studies
Ruhr University Bochum
Medical studies as described in the biography published by IMCAS.
Biography / publication source
Doctorate · M.Sc.
Heidelberg University
Doctoral research on tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy and a Master of Science in Public Health, according to the IMCAS biography.
Biography / publication source
2007–2009
Hannover Medical School
Bedside teaching, clinical rotations and problem-based learning tutorials.
2009–2010
Witten/Herdecke University · Cologne-Merheim
Problem-based learning tutorials and an examination question review committee. Clinical affiliation: Cologne-Merheim / Witten-Herdecke.
Biography / publication source
2011 · 2015
University of Duisburg-Essen
Research affiliation in the first-author publication of 2011; plastic surgery lectures from 2015.
Biography / publication source

Teaching in detail

Hannover Medical School: bedside teaching and a 25-hour clinical rotation in 2007; problem-based learning tutorials in winter 2008/09 and summer 2009. Witten/Herdecke University: tutorials in summer 2009 and winter 2009/10, plus an examination question review committee. University of Duisburg-Essen: teaching skills training in summer 2010; plastic surgery lectures from 2015.

Research collaboration

International research collaboration appears in the network with the relevant publications and institutions.

Authors and institutions · 2010 Joint publication · 2016

The connection to Mc Aesthetics

2013
Mc Aesthetics
Mc Aesthetics has existed since 2013. Prof. Dr. Altintas served as an honorary Consulting Director.
2021
Emeritus membership
Emeritus member of the Mc Aesthetics Group since November 2021.
Today
Supervisory board
A non-profit mandate without an operational role in the company.

The development of Mc Aesthetics

Lectures & media

Professional exchange through lectures and conference contributions.

Prof. Dr. Altintas giving a conference presentation

Prof. Dr. Altintas giving a specialist lecture

Professional profile at IMCAS Visit the press section

Scientific context & medical review

Authorship, journal editorship and medical review are distinct roles. Reviews are documented on the respective content with the reviewer’s name, date and reviewed version.

Person & qualifications
Specific article
Reviewed version
Date & sources

A review credit requires a confirmed review of that specific article.

Scientific inquiry

Questions about the profile, a publication or its scientific context.

Scientific inquiry

Prof. Dr. Altintas

English

Der Arzt, die ethisch-moralische Verpflichtung und die ästhetisch-plastische Chirurgie

All locations & sources

University of Colorado

University of Southern California

Universitätsspital Zürich

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Universität Witten/Herdecke

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

Johanniter-Kliniken Bonn

Bergmannsheil Buer

Universität Heidelberg

Taipeh

Paris

Hongkong

London

Rom

Peking

Helsinki

Neu-Delhi

Basel

Dresden

Sage · Advances in Wound Care

Open Access Text

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Yale University

İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa

Dubai · Prof. Dr. Robert Hierner

Taught by a twice-nominated Nobel Prize candidate.

Responsibility as a presidential physician.Personal recognition.

Peter Eichhorn

Christian Krettek

Alfred Karl Maria Berger

Oktay Sinanoğlu

İbrahim Yıldırım

Gerald Spilker

Günter Germann

Hans-Ulrich Steinau

Robert Hierner

Scientific and medical advice in the business world.

Editor-in-chief & co-editor roles

Frontiers in Drug, Chemistry and Clinical Research

World Journal of Surgery and Surgical Research

International editorial boards

International Wound Journal

Advances in Wound Care

Annals of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Clinics in Surgery

Mathews Journal of Dermatology

Annals of Surgical Education

The Plastic Surgeon

Trauma and Emergency Care

Journal of Clinical Radiology and Case Reports

Series of Medical Science

Clinical and Medical Research

Journal of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery

Recent Advances in Clinical Dermatology

Journal of General Surgery

Annals of Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Journal of Case Reports and Images in Surgery

American Journal of Clinical Surgery

International Journal of Anaesthesiology and Pain Research

Selected publications

Overweight and skin microcirculation

Microcirculation under the microscope

Local burn versus local cold induced acute effects on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.

Selected publications

Vertical breast reduction in gigantomastia

Selected publications

Long-term results and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score analysis after modified Brooks and D'Aubigne tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy.

In vivo comparison of microcirculation and histomorphology of two different flap donor sites.

Monitoring of microcirculation in free transferred musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flaps by confocal laser scanning microscopy--a promising non-invasive methodical approach.

Selected publications

Der Arzt, die ethisch-moralische Verpflichtung und die ästhetisch-plastische Chirurgie

Overweight and skin microcirculation

Acute effects of splint immobilization of the forearm on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.

Acute effects of local cold therapy in superficial burns on pain, in vivo microcirculation, edema formation and histomorphology.

Local burn versus local cold induced acute effects on in vivo microcirculation and histomorphology of the human skin.

Responsibility as a presidential physician.
Personal recognition.