Douglas Mackenzie, MD

Experienced Aesthetic, Breast, and Hand Surgeon

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I have a broad clinical experience in plastic surgery including both aesthetic surgery and reconstructive surgery. My career began in academics as Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University following a fellowship in hand and microsurgery. I started a private practice in Santa Barbara where for over 20 years I did almost exclusively aesthetic surgery and adjunctive, nonsurgical aesthetic procedures such as injectables and laser/IPL. I continue to do aesthetic surgery, but now work at a regional medical center in Tennessee (Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tennessee) where my practice is predominately hand surgery, breast reconstruction, complex wound care, and skin cancer. I often work with orthopedic surgeons, general surgeons, oncologic breast surgeons, dermatologists, and wound care specialists to provide appropriate plastic surgery support. Expert Witness Experience: I have done and am comfortable with expert work for both plaintiff and defendant attorneys, including case analysis, pre-litigation consulting, depositions, and trial testimony. Though I am comfortable providing expert testimony for the categories of procedures and treatments I have mentioned here, I would not provide expert opinions on topics of which I have little or no recent experience. These include craniofacial pediatric plastic surgery, congenital hand surgery, brachial plexus injuries, burns. Training: MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine General Surgery residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Board Certified in General Surgery (inactive) Plastic Surgery residency at New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center Fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Other Training and Experience: Flight Surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel, Air National Guard (inactive) Active Boards and Memberships: American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Medical License: Tennessee (active). Inactive licenses in California, Oregon, New York.