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David L. Wolf, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Exceptional Plastic Surgeons Combine Artistry and Skill

The art and skill of excellence in plastic surgery requires experience, meticulous and artistic surgical skills, and an appreciation of what natural beauty should look like. The results should be dramatic. However, achieving true excellence requires the results to also reveal a soft and natural appearance.

David L. Wolf, M.D., F.A.C.S. is among San Diego's best and most prominent plastic surgeons. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is Senior Staff Surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Dr. Wolf specializes in aesthetic surgery with natural and dramatic results that are his trademark.

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When you research the possibilities of plastic surgery you want to choose not only a surgeon who is board certified, but a facility that is accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc.(AAAASF).

Our elegantly private 4,000 square foot surgical centre facility includes two state-of-the-art fully accredited outpatient operating rooms. Our warm and experienced staff works with great skill so our patients' recovery is easy and uneventful. Dr. Wolf and his staff provide a caring and professional environment in which patients feel well taken care of. After surgery, the patients either go home with family, friend or a nurse.

Surgical Nursing Staff
Dr. Wolf works with superb nurses who have been with him for a number of years. The nursing staff provides for of all the patient's needs prior to, during, and after surgery. They are organized, caring and experienced. All of the nurses have backgrounds in surgical, recovery room or intensive care nursing. They each have been selected for both their skill and compassionate nature.

Anesthesia Staff
Dr. Wolf has performed approximately 10,000 surgeries over his 25 year plus years in practice. Most of the more extensive procedures have been performed under general anesthesia. Contrary to popular belief, properly performed general anesthesia is extremely safe and the patient can have a very comfortable and positive experience. The same highly skilled anesthesia staff has been utilized for almost 25 years and their record of safety is unblemished.

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Testi "The best kept secret in San Diego, for many years, was the mantra regarding Dr. David Wolf. I think single-handedly I did everything possible to change that and I shouted from the mountaintops the genius of this talented surgeon. Never once did any of his work ever look over-done. I should know. Dr. Wolf, my plastic surgeon performed different procedures on me up to and including a face and neck lift, tummy tuck, forehead lift, and breast augmentation. His quality workmanship has withstood the test of time, his bedside manner makes you feel as though you have been divinely guided to the hands of this perfectionist. This is your face and your body. So for the presentation in your life doesn’t it make sense to be in the hands of a skilled professional with many raving fans throughout San Diego? I am eternally grateful for the natural workmanship and the skill of Dr. David Wolf. I am privileged to be his advocate."
C.B.


Testi "I am so happy to have this opportunity to express my gratitude for the amazingly subtle and natural results of my elective surgery procedures done by Dr. David Wolf. I have continued to depend on Dr. Wolf through the years, for his aesthetic perspective and suggestions concerning my personal ongoing "maintenance," and for the preservation of a healthy youthful appearance. Dr. Wolf has an eye for proportion, balance, and beauty. He has taught me what to expect, what's possible and what's not, what's realistic for me, and how to achieve the best and most subtle results for each of the procedures I have had. In my case, Dr. Wolf has made corrections and improvements to some significant mistakes from inferior surgery choices I have made. When Dr. Wolf recently returned to his practice, I couldn't believe it!! It was perfect timing. When you find a doctor who understands, listens, cares and considers you as a work in progress, it is probably the MOST valuable phone number in your cell phone. Dr. Wolf is dedicated to each of his patients and the limitless possibilities by blending the most recent technologies in plastic surgeries, with the natural contours of each person's body for the most fantastic results. I personally recommend Dr. David Wolf for anyone!!"
S.M.


Testi "Dr. David Wolf is an exceptional surgeon dedicated to details and natural results. His work reflects more than great surgery, it is his art. I have seen results of his work on many friends and family. In my experience, whether he has performed liposuctions, abdominal surgeries, breast augmentations, facelifts, or rhinoplasties; the results are always remarkable. Without reservation I recommend Dr. Wolf as a surgeon who practices his art with outstanding results."
J.V.


Testi "I have known Dr. Wolf for over 25 years and have used his services as a wonderful plastic surgeon on several occasions. In all the time that I have known him, he has always been attentive, detail oriented and very meticulous in the way he evaluates my concerns and then recommends the right surgery to meet my goals. I appreciate how much time he always spent with me and how I never felt rushed. I have always found that he was easy to reach and more than willing to discuss any pre-operative or post-operative concerns that I had. The surgeries were exactly as he had described, but the results were always better than even I had expected. I think he's great!"
C.C.


Testi "I meet and work with very affluent people on a daily basis in the course of my business. Obviously plastic surgery is always discussed. I narrowed down the surgeon for my own facelift to either Dr. Wolf or another well known plastic surgeon in La Jolla. After seeing each doctor's patients and their results, I chose Dr. Wolf to perform my surgery. The anesthesia and recovery was stress free and his staff was attentive and caring. Dr. Wolf spent a great deal of time making sure that I fully understood everything I needed to know about the surgery. The results were amazing. I think I look at least 12 years younger. But no one could ever tell that I had a facelift. I would never go anywhere else."
K.R.


Testi "Over the course of many years, I've come to know Dr. Wolf as the finest plastic surgeon in San Diego County. Not only is he exceptionally trained, but he is honest and completely forthcoming with patients so that they know what to expect with their surgery and their results. I am in the fitness business and in front of the public all the time, so it is very important to me that my results are natural. His eye for the aesthetic and his skills in achieving a most natural look are the greatest reasons that he will be the only plastic surgeon that I would ever trust."
R.D.



Qualifications

Dr. David L. Wolf, has long been recognized as one of the premier aesthetic surgeons in La Jolla. Although very well trained in reconstructive surgery, his practice is now limited to cosmetic surgery. His superb results are both dramatic and natural in appearance.

Dr. Wolf has long championed the goal of surgery that is extremely natural in appearance. Plastic surgery that looks “done”, “out of proportion”, “tight or pulled”, or unattractive, does not represent good plastic surgery. Excellent plastic surgery should have a dramatic, yet soft appearance so that the patient never has to acknowledge that they have had surgery, unless they choose to do so. This should be true on any type of plastic surgery that the surgeon performs.

Dr. Wolf received his board certification in plastic surgery in 1983. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Member of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. He has been a Senior Staff Surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Dr. Wolf operates out of his fully accredited and certified facility, located in the Ximed Building, on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.

Mentor to Many Young Plastic Surgeons
During his years in practice, Dr. Wolf has had the opportunity to work with and mentor many young plastic surgeons in the San Diego area. These individuals, utilizing some of the skills that they learned, have gone on to be many of La Jolla’s more prominent plastic surgeons.

Education

1967-1971 Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana (M.D. Degree)
1963-1967 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (B.S. Degree)


Medical Training

1981- Present- Multiple courses and seminars specializing in Facelifts, Breast Augmentation, Rhinoplasties, Structural Fat Grafting, Corrective /Revisional Surgery for unsuccessful previous Plastic Surgery procedures
1981 Hand Fellow – Dr. E. Kilgore and Dr. W. Newmeyer
1980-1981 Chief Resident, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California
1980 Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery Section, San Francisco General Hospital
1978-1981 Plastic Surgery Residency, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California
1978 Chief Resident, Bothin Burn Unit, San Francisco, California
1976-1978 Surgery Residency, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana
1975-1976 General Surgery Residency, Tulane-Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
1972-1974 General Medical Officer, United States Navy
1971-1972 Rotating Internship, University of Oregon, Portland, Oregon


Medical Experience

1981- Present: Private practice, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, La Jolla, California: Staff Surgeon, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California
1981- Present: Member of multiple organizations performing Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in foreign countries
1980: Instructor, Reconstructive and Cleft Lip Surgery, Taiwan
1979: Microvascular Surgery, San Francisco, California
1975: Emergency Room Physician, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California
1972-1974: General Medical Officer, U.S. Navy


Board Certification

1984: Board Certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (Second among 284 applicants)
Diplomate, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons


Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgeons
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
California Plastic Surgery Society
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
California Medical Association

Procedures

Breast Procedures

  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Implant Revision
  • Breast Lift (Mastopexy)
  • Breast Reduction
  • Breast Reconstruction

Body Procedures

  • Body Contouring/Lift
  • Buttock and Thigh Lift
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Liposuction
  • Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)

Face Procedures

  • Brow Lift
  • Forehead Lift
  • Chin Augmentation
  • Short Scar Facelift
  • Neck Lift
  • Ear Surgery
  • Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
  • Facelift (Rhytidectomy)
  • Lip Augmentation
  • Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty)

Non-Surgical Procedures

  • Botox
  • Injectable Fillers/Collagen
  • Scar Revision