Veronika Petrovici

Veronika Petrovici (1934 to 2023) was a Romanian-German plastic surgeon and associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne. Born in Tătulești, Romania, she finished her studies at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1959, trained in plastic surgery at university clinics in Bucharest, and was recognised as a specialist in plastic surgery in 1965. She moved to Germany in 1969 to work at the Clinic for Plastic Surgery of the University of Cologne under Josef Schrudde, completed her habilitation there in 1982 on the classification and therapy of skin angiomas, and received the title of associate professor in 1988. Her scientific work centred on the classification, clinical picture and treatment of cutaneous haemangiomas and vascular malformations, and she introduced the surgical removal of arteriovenous malformations after superselective embolisation. She held honorary memberships of three medical societies.