Savannah (Plastic Surgery Studies), Georgia

Principal Investigator
Luke J. Curtsinger III, MD is a highly-experienced surgeon and has performed more than 20,000 operations on children and adults. Board certified in Plastic Surgery, Dr. Curtsinger graduated magna cum laude from Murray State University in Murray, KY with a Bachelor of Art degree and the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, KY with a Doctor of Medicine degree. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX where he received the J.B. Aust Surgical Society Research Award for three years (1988, 1990, 1991). Dr. Curtsinger then completed a wound healing fellowship at the University of Louisville and a plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. He served as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and as the Chief of Plastic Surgery and Director of Plastic Surgery Education at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Dr. Curtsinger also co-founded the University Hospital Skin Bank in Louisville, KY is President-Elect of the Georgia Medical Society, and an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Matthew McLeod’s extensive training includes an emphasis on facial aesthetics, breast surgery, and surgery for chronic headaches (migraine surgery) for which he established the Migraine Surgery Program at Savannah Plastic Surgery. Matthew D. McLeod, MD graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, GA with a Bachelor of Science degree and with honors from Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA with a Doctor of Medicine degree. He trained in general surgery at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA with a Masters in Public Health. After completing a combined training program in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Virginia Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery where he served as the Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery, he received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching, Mulholland Society Resident Teaching Award, Trauma Chief of the Year, and the James Earnest Kindred Award during his tenure. Dr. McLeod also completed an aesthetic and reconstructive surgery fellowship surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA while serving as clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School.

Principal Investigator
Barbara Davies, MD previously served as a managing partner of Savannah Plastic Surgery and is currently the Surgicenter Director. She maintains a broad-spectrum practice but has focused on cosmetic and breast surgery in recent years. Board certified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Davies graduated from Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA with a Bachelor of Art degree and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA with a Doctor of Medicine degree. She completed five years of general surgery training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, PA and a residency in plastic surgery at Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus, OH. Dr. Davies is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery and The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.