Alexios Avraam Farsakis

Specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

VITA

LIPOCLINIC DR. HECK – SINCE JANUARY 2026
Specialist clinic for liposuction, consultation and surgical treatment of lipoedema

Free University of Brussels
(VUB) & University Hospital of Brussels (UZ Brussels) – 2024 – 2025
Master in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery and Specialist Doctor

Petrus Krankenhaus Wuppertal – 2024
Senior Consultant in the Clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Hand Surgery

St. Josef Hospital
Essen-Kupferdreh – 2020 – 2023
Resident in the Clinic for Plastic Surgery

Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin – 2023
Intern in the Center for Severe Burn Injuries with Plastic Surgery

Düsseldorf University Hospital – 2020
Assistant doctor in the Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, working in the surgical intensive care unit

Maria Hilf Hospital, Alexianer GmbH Krefeld – 2018 – 2020
Assistant doctor in the Clinic for General, Visceral and Endocrine Surgery

Hôpital
Neuchâtelois, Site de La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland – 2016 – 2017
Assistant doctor in the Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

License to practice medicine

Specialist for plastic & aesthetic surgery

Technical training in radiation protection

MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Association of German Surgeons

German Society for Surgery

Associate membership DGPRÄC

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

PUBLICATIONS

Water-Jet Assisted Liposuction for the Treatment of Lipedema: Standardized Treatment Protocol and results of 63 Patients.

Witte T, Dadras M et al: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2021

Standards in lipedema surgery.

Heck FC, Witte T, Surgical General/Plastic Surgery 2018

Circulatory reaction after water-jet assisted liposuction of lipedema

Witte T, Evaluation of 1000 operations. Vasomed 2018

Lipedema - Get rid of the fat.

Witte T, The family doctor 2019

Clinical Picture and Treatment.

Witte T, Look & Medicine 2020

Cardiovascular Reaction after Water-Jet Assisted Liposuction WAL in Lipedema - Evaluation of 1,000 Surgeries.

Witte T, LipoClinic Science Report 2022

Lipedema: Clinical Pathology & Treatment.

Witte T, LipoClinic Science Report 2024

Lipedema - clinical picture and treatment

Witte T, The General Practitioner 2024

Lipedema - clinical picture and treatment

Witte T, Derma 2024

Medical needling: Experience and results in the treatment of large burn scars.

Witte T, Mannil L, Zeitter S, Homann H, Plastic Surgery 1/ 2015 36-40

Autologous fat injections for fascia-adherent burn scars.

Witte T, Mannil L, Onallah R, Homann H, Plastic Surgery 2/ 2015 89-93

Intraosseous Tophaceous Gout of the Hand: Case Report and Literature Review.

Mannil L, Witte T, Gerharz CD, Jostkleigrewe F, Homann HH, Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 2015 Jul 7 [Epub ahead of print]

Arthroscopic treatment for ulnar-sided TFCC-tears.

Mannil L, Martin W, Dahmen J, Witte T, Juten PG, Deneken F, Räder M, Homann HH, European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. First online: 13 November 2015