Programme overview
What the official source supports
A structured 12-month full-time EAFPS programme in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery combining direct mentorship and hands-on operative experience, with European and International pathways. It runs from orientation through core and advanced training to a final evaluation, with formal evaluations at 6 and 12 months.
Programme faculty
Meet the published team
Dr. Frank Riedel
Fellowship Director at HNO-Zentrum Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim — one of the EAFPS network training centres
HNO Zentrum Rhein-Neckar / Mannheim–Heidelberg training sites
Riedel’s practice biography describes otolaryngology and facial plastic surgical work, research publications and clinical teaching. It records further rhinoplasty experience with Dean Toriumi in Chicago and professional education work within European facial plastic surgery organisations.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
EAFPS official training-centre directory, 17 September 2026 ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Dr. Cem Bulut
Fellowship Director at HNO-Zentrum Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim — one of the EAFPS network training centres
HNO Zentrum Rhein-Neckar / Mannheim–Heidelberg training sites
Cem Bulut is an ENT and facial plastic surgeon at HNO Zentrum Rhein-Neckar in Mannheim. He studied medicine at Heidelberg University, qualified as an ENT specialist in 2014 and completed rhinoplasty fellowship training with Abdülkadir Göksel in Istanbul in 2022. His practice biography records an extraordinary professorship at Heidelberg in 2020 and European board certification in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in 2025.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
EAFPS official training-centre directory, 17 September 2026 ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Prof. Dr. med. Holger Gassner
Fellowship Director at Finesse Center, Regensburg — one of the EAFPS network training centres
Finesse Center, Regensburg
Holger Gassner trained in otorhinolaryngology at the Mayo Clinic and completed an AAFPRS facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle. After leading facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Regensburg for ten years, he opened the Finesse Center in 2017. His clinical work includes endonasal rhinoplasty, revision nasal surgery and deep-plane facelift surgery.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 19 Oct 2026
EAFPS official training-centre directory, 17 September 2026 ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Dr. med. Simon Bode
Fellowship Director at Kreiskrankenhaus Gummersbach — one of the EAFPS network training centres
Klinikum Oberberg, Gummersbach
Dr. med. Simon Bode is Chefarzt and clinic director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Plastic Facial Surgery at Kreiskrankenhaus Gummersbach, part of Klinikum Oberberg. The hospital lists his specialist qualifications as otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery, plastic and aesthetic surgery, and emergency medicine, and names him in the clinic's head and neck tumour centre. His clinic offers tumour, plastic and aesthetic facial procedures including nasal correction and eyelid surgery.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 28 Oct 2026
EAFPS official training-centre directory, 17 September 2026 ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Profile page →Training structure
Published areas of exposure
- Facial plastic surgery
- Facial reconstruction
- Aesthetic procedures
- Direct EAFPS faculty mentorship
Eligibility
Who should verify their fit
Completed specialist training in ENT or plastic surgery at an accredited European centre is listed.
Application
Published application route
Email the complete PDF package to fellowship@eafps.org. Confirmation within about 48 hours on the reviewed page; living costs estimated EUR 15,000–25,000/year with some centres offering EUR 500–1,500/month stipends.
Published application documents
- Medical degree
- Specialist certificates (ENT or plastic surgery)
- Curriculum vitae
- Two EAFPS member sponsor letters
- Completed EAFPS fellowship application form (PDF package emailed)
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Programme leadership: Centre-specific directors: Frank Riedel and Cem Bulut (Mannheim), Holger Gassner (Regensburg), and Simon Bode (Gummersbach). Other centres and their directors are listed in the official EAFPS directory; the supervising centre depends on placement. · Leadership profile →
Contact note: fellowship@eafps.org; EAFPS office: info@eafps.org; Nibelungenstrasse 87, D-23562 Lübeck, Germany
Sources and verification
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EAFPS — official fellowship page ↗Last reviewed by PlasticFellow: 7 Nov 2026. Information not shown by an official source is labelled as unavailable or requiring confirmation.
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