Lipoedema doctor in Dortmund and Wertheim
Dr. med. Martin Reifenrath
Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
Specialist in lipoedema surgery and in reconstructive and aesthetic procedures – in Dortmund and at NATIONALKLINIK Wertheim.

At a glance
Dr. Reifenrath at a glance
- Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery since 1997, additional qualification in hand surgery
- Lipoedema surgery in Dortmund and Wertheim; in Wertheim also covered by German statutory health insurance
- At the Lipoedema Centre Wertheim: initial consultation, indication for surgery and the operation
- Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery at St. Johannes Hospital Dortmund
Career
Career of Dr. Reifenrath
- todayPlastic and Aesthetic Surgery at NATIONALKLINIK Wertheim (Main-Tauber-Klinik and Bürgerspital Wertheim), including lipoedema surgery
- since 2020Consultant surgeon at Westfalenklinik, specialist clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Dortmund
- since 2015Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery at St. Johannes Hospital Dortmund
- since 2006Plastic surgeon in cooperation with the breast centre of St. Johannes Hospital Dortmund
- 2000 – 2015Chief physician of the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at Ev. Krankenhaus Lütgendortmund
- 2000Additional qualification in hand surgery
- 1997 – 2000Plastic and aesthetic surgery at Agatha-Krankenhaus, Cologne
- 1997Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
- 1993 – 1997Plastic surgery in Cologne-Merheim, most recently as acting senior physician
- 1991 – 1993Hand surgery and reconstructive trauma surgery in Hamburg-Wandsbek
- 1990 – 1991Urology near Cologne, then orthopaedics at Düsseldorf University Hospital
- 1991Doctorate at the University of Cologne
- 1989State medical examination
- 1983 – 1989Studied medicine in Munich and Cologne; final clinical year at Purpan University in Toulouse
Memberships
- German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC)
Languages
German, English and French
Medically reviewed
Pages reviewed by Dr. Reifenrath
Dr. Reifenrath has medically reviewed the German originals of these Lipo Doctors pages.
Understanding lipoedema
Treatment
- Lipoedema treatment: therapy & liposuction
- Lipoedema diagnosis: who makes it and what it involves
- Treating lipoedema: your path to therapy
- Losing weight with lipoedema: what helps – and which BMI counts
- Lipoedema aftercare & skin tightening – RESHAPE programme
- 3D body scan for lipoedema | Precise surgical planning
- WHtR calculator: work out your waist-to-height ratio for free
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