Daniel J. BrownDaniel J. Brown, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery San Diego, CA

Daniel J. Brown, MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Daniel Brown, MD (La Jolla), San Diego, CA 920377788.26 miles

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About Daniel J. Brown, MD

Dr. Brown is a consummate professional who truly cares about each of his patients. He has a passion for plastic surgery and skin care, since it allows him to help people improve their self-image. Seeing his patient’s positive physical and psychological improvements is extremely rewarding. He focuses on maximizing both procedure results and patient comfort. He is an effective listener, a trusted advisor and provides direct recommendations with a clear and caring communication style. Applying his surgical skill and intimate knowledge of human anatomy he artistically creates natural and remarkable results. Dr. Brown’s undergraduate and medical degrees were completed with high honors, and he completed a research fellowship at NYU. His residency training was completed in New York City with further advanced plastic surgery training at USCD. He enjoys surgical mission trips to Mexico where he volunteers his skills to repair cleft lips and palates for children. While in college Dr. Brown worked as an EMT on an ambulance treating patient emergently after 911 calls, and while working for St. Vincent’s Medical Center, the closest hospital to the NYC World Trade Centers, Dr. Brown treated numerous victims of the 2001 attacks. Dr. Brown loves helping people. He has presented his plastic surgery research internationally, teaches UCSD plastic surgeons-in-training, and educates the public on “Plastic Surgery Hot Topics” on Channel 6. After an advanced skin treatment or cosmetic surgery procedure, Dr. Brown’s clients often describe themselves more confident, successful and happy. Dr. Brown will first listen respectfully and compassionately to your expectations and desires. With an appreciation for symmetry and beauty and his extensive anatomy and surgical training and experience, he will then give you his professional and candid opinion regarding the ideas he may have to balance your appearance and the options you have to achieve your desired results. You will find that Dr. Brown uses the most innovative techniques to keep you comfortable and relaxed while delivering the excellent results you desire. A procedure should help you feel and look your best, and enable you to embrace the kind of lifestyle that makes you healthy and happy. It is Dr. Brown’s life’s passion to help people through plastic surgery by reshaping the body and as a result lifting spirits. He performs cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in the San Diego area and also enjoys his medical mission work abroad. He feels fortunate in that he is living his dream of doing what he loves for a profession. Dr. Brown thrives on helping people realize their dreams through plastic surgery by enhancing their beauty and confidence.

Professional Title

MD, FACS

Top Procedures

  • Botox
  • Brazilian Butt Lift
  • Breast Augmentation (Augmentation Mammaplasty)
  • Breast Implant Removal
  • Breast Implant Removal (Explantation)
  • Breast Lift
  • Breast Reduction (Reduction Mammaplasty)
  • Brow Lift
  • Cervicoplasty
  • Chemical Peels
  • Dermal Fillers & Injectables
  • Facelift
  • Labiaplasty
  • Laser Skin Resurfacing
  • Liposuction
  • Male Breast Reduction (Gynecomastia Surgery)
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Neck Lift
  • PDO Thread Lift
  • TCA Peel

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Board Certifications

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery

Years of Experience

2026 years of experience

Education

  • Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
  • Graduate School: Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of California, San Diego

Languages

  • English

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Offerings & Procedures Performed by Daniel J. Brown, MD

  • Face

  • Skin

  • Body

  • Forehead

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