TCFR Board Member Bio
MD: Retired Plastic Surgeon
David Metzner
M.D.
Education:
University of Michigan AB 1960
Case Western Reserve Medical School MD 1964
Internship, General Surgery Residency Mt.Sinai Hospital, Cleveland 1964-66
Residency Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School 1966-69
Residency Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery LSU Medical School 1975-76
Medical Practice
Cambridge MA, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 1971-75
New Orleans LA, Plastic Surgery 1976-2007
Bennington VT, Plastic Surgery 2005-2012 (Retired)
Background:
Dr Metzner is board certified in two specialties recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties: Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat surgery). He is a past member of the teaching faculty of Harvard Medical School and wasClinical Professor at Louisiana State University School of Medicinefrom 1977 to2007.He served as a visiting professor at the Nassau County, New York Medical Center, and at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and as visiting lecturer at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Metznerpracticed cosmetic plastic surgery in the Greater New Orleans area from1977 to 2007and from 2005 to 2012 in Bennington VT. His patients have come from all over the world.
Recognized by his peers, Dr. Metzner was chosen as president of the Louisiana Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and twice as president of the Double Boarded Society, a national organization limited to surgeons certified in both Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology. Heis a three time recipient of the American Medical Association's Physician's Recognition Award and a four time recipient of the Appreciation Award from the North American Medical/Dental Association. He also received the prestigious Walter Scott Brown Award granted by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He earned specialist recognition from Marquis' Who's Who, and was named one of the New Orleans' area Top Plastic Surgeons in the New Orleans Magazine survey.
Dr. Metzner was a member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Louisiana Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the Orleans Parish Medical Society, the Harvard Club of Louisiana, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Metzner was a member of the first cultural and scientific mission to the People's Republic of China. He is an author and international lecturer whose speaking engagements have taken him to Europe, South America and Asia.