GMC Reference Number: 6063382
Primary Medical Qualification: State Exam Med 1993 Dusseldorf (Conferred)
Full Registration Date: 03 Mar 2003
Dr. Huppa studied medicine at the medical schools of the Universities of Luxembourg and Dusseldorf (Germany) and qualified in medicine in 1993 (German State Exam in Medicine). He took a full course of dentistry at the dental schools of the Universities of Dusseldorf and Cologne and qualified as a Dental Surgeon in 1996 (German State Exam in Dentistry).
He then joined the Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery of the University Hospital Leipzig (Germany) where he qualified as a Facial Surgeon in 2000. Until 2003 he trained in Facial Plastic Surgery in the same department and specialised in the treatment of skull deformities and cleft lip and palate.
During his training he spent a few months as a Specialist Registrar in the craniofacial centre at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. His special interests are cranio-facial deformities including cleft lip and palate as well as facial trauma.
Dr. Huppa was appointed as a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon at King’s College Hospital, London (NHS Foundation Trust) in 2003. In 2005 he was appointed as a Consultant Clef Surgeon at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, London (NHS Foundation Trust) and is currently still holding both positions.
During his training in Germany Dr Huppa conducted several scientific studies in the medical field and was awarded the academic title of a “Dr. med.” (similar to PhD) in 2002 for his fundamental studies of hearing systems by the medical faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf.
He has been lecturing on international conferences in the UK, India, Switzerland and Germany
Dr. Huppa can be contacted directly at chuppa@ahead4babies.com