Karl Breuing, MD
Biography
MD: Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz Germany
Residency: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston
Clinical Interests:
- Breast reconstruction
- Breast surgery
- Facial trauma
- Body contouring
- Wound healing
Dr. Karl Breuing is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon best known for his pioneering work with Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) in breast reconstruction and aesthetic breast surgery. He received his General Surgery training in Germany at the University Medical Center Hannover before coming to the United States. After 25 years of working in the USA at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Associate Professor of Surgery, he returned to Germany in 2011 to serve as director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Interdisciplinary Breast Center Kliniken-Essen-Mitte. In early 2015 he returned to the USA and joined the department of Plastic Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, RI.
Dr. Breuing currently serves as the Program Director of the Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program at Brown University. Dr. Breuing is board certified in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery in the USA and Germany. He is an active member of ASPS, AAPS, ASAPS, ISAPS and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).