Prof. Dr. Jens Rothenberger completed his training as a plastic surgeon at the professional association accident clinic in Tübingen and at the Inselspital in Bern, Switzerland. He worked as a senior physician in plastic surgery in Tübingen, where he also habilitated before being appointed senior physician at the Markus Hospital. From Frankfurt, he also obtained an extraordinary professorship for plastic and aesthetic surgery at the Eberhardt Karls University in Tübingen. Prof. Dr. Rothenberger also has the additional qualification for hand surgery.