Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery - 1983

Professional Background

Dr. David L. Buchanan graduated from Princeton University and the University of Colorado School Of Medicine. He completed an externship in Cardiology at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburg, Scotland. He completed General Surgery training at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara and the Maricopa County General Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was Chief Resident his senior year. He completed an additional residency in Plastic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he again served as Chief Resident. He was selected to represent the Division of Plastic Surgery on a multi-program cleft lip/cleft palate surgical mission to the Philippines. He has published scientific articles in the medical journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Publications and Presentations

Dr. Buchanan has published scientific articles in the medical journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.