Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Mühlbauer trained at the University Clinics in Denver, Colorado, USA and at Klinikum Rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich to become a specialist in general surgery. He specialized in Plastic Surgery under Prof. Dr. U.Schmidt-Tintemann and was appointed Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Medical Faculty of the Technical University Munich. From 1984 through 2003 he served as head of the department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Burn Center of Klinikum Bogenhausen in Munich. Since 2003 he works in private practice. He is considered one of the most prominent plastic surgeons of Germany and Europe with outstanding international reputation. In 2005 he was awarded with the "Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande" by Horst Köhler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, for his extraordinary achievements.
VDÄPC – Association of German Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (2000-2001)
ESPRAS – European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (1995)
ESCFS – European Society of Craniofacial Surgery (1990-1992)