Dr. G. Bjorn Stark

Prof. Dr. G. Bjorn Stark is an internationally famous plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in Freiburg, Germany, with over 40 years of experience. His professional expertise includes plastic and reconstructive surgery, aesthetic breast surgery, rhinoplasty, facial procedures, otoplasty, tissue regeneration and engineering, etc.

Graduated from the University of Freiburg in 1982 with an MD degree, Dr. Bjorn Stark became a senior resident at the University Hospital of Bonn from 1982 to 1989. He later completed a research fellowship in plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1986 and a residency program at Tulane University, New Orleans from 1990 to 1993. 

Dr. Bjorn Stark was a senior physician at Cologne Burn Center and medical director and full professor of Freiburg Medical Center. He also was the managing director of the Surgical University Clinic in Freiburg and the medical director of the Erich Lexer Clinic for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery affiliated with the University Medical Center Freiburg.

He is a member of the Society of the German-speaking Lymphologists, the European Club for Pediatric Burns (ECPB), the International Burn Society (IBS), the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), the Tissue Engineering Society (TES), and other professional bodies. He won numerous prizes for his contributions to the field of tissue engineering and replacement including the Körber European Science Prize in 2002, which is awarded annually by the Körber Foundation in Hamburg to outstanding scientists working in Europe for their promising research projects.

• Graduation, 1976, University of Freiburg
• MD, University of Freiburg
• Post Graduation, 1982, University of Bonn
• Fellowship, 1985, University of Pittsburgh, USA

• 1986 - Resident Prize der Ohio Valley Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• 1989/90 - Resident Prize from the Surgical Association of Louisiana and Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• 02/1996 - Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Prize for research awarded from the Surgeons Society of Berlin and from the Surgeons Association of Berlin and Brandenburg, Berlin, (coauthor)

• the European Club for Pediatric Burns (ECPB).
• Gesellschaft Deutschsprachiger Lymphologen.
• International Burn Society (IBS).
• International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS).
• International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).
• Plastic Surgery Research Council in the USA (PSRC).
• Society of Surgical Research, Tissue Engineering Society (TES).

• Braig N, Nero TL, Koch HG, Kaiser B, Wang X, Thiele JR, Morton CJ, Zeller J, Kiefer J, Potempa LA, Mellett NA, Miles LA, Du XJ, Meikle PJ, Huber-Lang M, Stark GB, Parker MW, Peter K, Eisenhardt SU. Transitional changes in the CRP structure lead to the exposure of proinflammatory binding sites. Nat Commun. 2017; 8:14188.
• Strassburg S, Nienhueser H, Stark GB, Finkenzeller G, Torio-Padron N. Co-culture of adipose-derived stem cells and endothelial cells in fibrin induces angiogenesis and vasculogenesis in a chorioallantoic membrane model. J Tissue Eng Regen M. 2016; 10(6):496-506.
• Grabin S, Antes G, Stark GB, Motschall E, Buroh S, Lampert FM: Cell-assisted lipotransfer. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015; 112(15):255-261.
• Finkenzeller G, Stark GB, Strassburg S: Growth differentiation factor 11 supports migration and sprouting of endothelial progenitor cells. J Surg Res. 2015; 198(1):50-56.
• Iblher N, Gladilin E, Stark GB. Soft-tissue mobility of the lower face depending on positional changes and age: a three-dimensional morphometric surface analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013; 13 (2):372-381.