His specialist training took place first in the Department of Surgery at Whipps Cross University Hopsital in London, UK, then in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Cologne-Merheim Clinic, Chair of the University of Witten-Herdecke, where Dr. Volker Rippmann most recently worked as a functional senior physician.

Sections of his training, especially in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery, Dr. Rippmann received from Professor Pitanguy in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Most recently, Dr. Volker Rippmann was a senior physician and permanent deputy to the chief physician at the Clinic for Plastic Surgery of the Protestant Hospital in Dortmund before opening his own practice in Cologne in November 2008.

He received his doctorate in 2001 and has been a specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery since 2005.

Since 2006 he is a Fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (EBOPRAS).

Since 2007, he has held the additional designation of hand surgery.

Dr. Volker Rippmann actively participates in the most renowned professional congresses worldwide and organizes and conducts his own teaching events and lectures as a matter of course, especially to ensure the highest international standard of surgical and treatment techniques. Dr. med. Volker Rippmann is a member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (DGPRÄC).

Medical studies at the Berlin Charité and the Northwestern University Medical School Chicago/USA.

He completed his residency at the Johanniter Hospital in Bonn and at the Clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at the Luisen Hospital in Aachen.

Since 2007 specialist for plastic and aesthetic surgery and appointment as senior physician as well as deputy of the head physician Dr. Grandel until autumn 2010.

In 2009 he obtained the additional title of hand surgery.

In the course of his residency and beyond, ongoing internships at various renowned plastic surgery clinics, particularly in Chicago (Dr. P. McKinney, Dr. Mustoe) and Houston/USA.

Active participation in professional congresses with lectures and publications, as well as involvement in the further training of residents in the field of plastic surgery, have the highest priority, not least in order to maintain and convey quality and treatment standards.

Mr. Christian Roessing is a member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (DGPRÄC), the "International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery" (IPRAS) and the "European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery" (ESPRAS) as well as an associate member of the "German Society of Surgery" (DGCH).