Dr. Esther Tamandl-Wassermann

Dr. Esther Tamandl-Wassermann is responsible for facial aesthetics and facial surgery at the Kuzbari Centre for Aesthetic Medicine. Her range extends from minimally invasive treatments with fillers and muscle-relaxing injections through to surgical procedures such as eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty).

As a senior consultant in the department of plastic surgery at Klinik Ottakring, she brings many years of surgical experience with her. Her aim: natural results that suit the face and the personality, and honest advice that creates realistic expectations.

Areas of focus

• Wrinkle treatments (expression lines, hyaluronic acid fillers, skin boosters)
• Eyelid surgery (upper and lower blepharoplasty)

Professional career

• Studied human medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, doctorate 2003
• Research work at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna (2000–2006)
• Training as a doctor of general medicine at the Wilhelminenspital Vienna (today Klinik Ottakring)
• Specialist training in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery at the Wilhelminenspital Vienna under Prim. Dr. Rupert Koller
• Observerships in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York (2010–2011)
• Since 07/2016 specialist in plastic surgery at Klinik Ottakring
• Private practice outside the public health insurance system in 1210 Vienna (2016–2018)
• Since 02/2024 senior consultant at Klinik Ottakring, deputy to the head of department
• Head of the specialist outpatient clinic for haemangiomas and vascular malformations together with Dr. Julia Roka-Palkovits
• Practice at Dermacare (2025–2026)

Training and continuing education

• Basic and advanced course in microsurgery, MAZ Linz
• Diploma in acupuncture from the Austrian Society for Acupuncture
• Laser workshop, Asclepion, Munich
• Merz – Radiesse (2025)
• Croma – Skinbooster (2025)
• miraDry (2026)
• Merz – Filler Belotero (2026)

Memberships

Research & awards

Dr. Tamandl-Wassermann is the author or co-author of numerous scientific publications, among them on wound healing, skin grafting and tissue replacement. For her research she received the Young Investigator Award of the Wound Healing Society (Atlanta, 2004) and a Lecture Award of the Austrian Society for Surgical Research (2002).

Personal

Dr. Esther Tamandl-Wassermann is married and the mother of three sons.