Prof. Raymund E. Horch is a Professor of Plastic and Hand Surgery with Board certifications in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Hand Surgery, and General Surgery. He is the Director and Chairman of the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Head of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg FAU in Germany, where he has been officially appointed as a tenured Professor since January 2003. He has received numerous prestigious scientific awards and merits, including honorary doctorates and professorships, was appointed an honorary member of the Romanian Academy of Science, and has served as the President of the German Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons and in the presidium of the German Society of Surgery DGCH. Since 2010, he has been a spokesman for all Surgical Departments of the University Hospital Erlangen and a vice speaker at SFBTRR 225 Biofabrication. Clinically, he covers all fields of plastic and hand surgery, including aesthetic surgery and microsurgery. His main research interests are tissue engineering, biofabrication, microsurgery, and wound healing.