Dr. David Santos, MD, FACS

Dr. David Santos is a facial plastic surgeon in Seattle whose practice, Facial Beauty, centers on facelift surgery and facial rejuvenation. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in physiology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he captained the swim team, and his medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco, a residency in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, and a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Beeson Facial Surgery in Indianapolis.

He was chief of the otolaryngology department at Valley Hospital in Renton from 2001 to 2009 and later served as West Regional Medical Director and Medical Director for Lifestyle Lift. He reports performing more than 4,000 facelifts and has published a multicenter survey of venous thromboembolism after facelift under local anesthesia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and speaks Spanish.