Portrait Aijia Cai

Aijia Cai
PD Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Specialties

  • Aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery
  • Body contouring/post-bariatric surgery
  • Reconstructive microsurgery

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 21 25
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Other competencies

Hand surgery

Career

2024-today Attending Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
2023-2024 Attending Physician, Plastic and Hand Surgery Clinic, University Hospital Erlangen
2023 Habilitation at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2023 Additional qualification in hand surgery, European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma
2021-2023 Physician, Plastic and Hand Surgery Clinic, University Hospital Erlangen
2021 Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2015-2021 Resident, Plastic and Hand Surgery Clinic, University Hospital Erlangen
2015 Doctorate at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt a. M.
2008-2014 Studied human medicine, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt a. M.

Most important memberships

  • German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (DGPRÄC)
  • German-speaking Association for Microsurgery of the Peripheral Nerves and Vessels (DAM)

Research focus

  • Tissue engineering of skeletal muscle tissue
  • Translational regenerative medicine
  • Imaging for flap surgery
  • Post-bariatric surgery