Costanza Chiapponi is an assistant professor of the Department of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplant Surgery at the University Hospital in Cologne (Director Prof. C. J. Bruns).

After receiving her medical degree from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, she completed her surgical education at the university hospitals of Munich, Magdeburg and Cologne and specialized in endocrine surgery. She has also engaged and has published in the field of medical education. She is a member of the German Association for Medical Education and has held teach-the-teacher and faculty development courses in Germany, South America and Africa.

She ist currently head of endocrine surgery at the University Hospital of Cologne and at the Evangelisches Klinikum Köln Weyertal in Cologne, Germany.