Meet Nashville Plastic Surgeon Dr. Griffin
A native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Dr. Donald Griffin is a summa cum laude graduate of Louisiana State University. After graduating from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, he completed a seven-year General Surgery residency at Vanderbilt, including two years of research. He completed his Plastic Surgery training under the tutelage of Dr. Luis Vasconez, a world-renowned cosmetic surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and then entered private practice in 1997. Dr. Griffin is board certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery. He has published several articles on various aspects of plastic surgery.
He maintains a special interest in cosmetic surgery of the breast, body and face. He is noted for his minimal incision breast augmentation and uses both silicone and saline implants to achieve the most natural appearance possible. In addition, he specializes in improving the breast and abdomen of women after childbirth using a combination of breast augmentation, breast lifting, abdominoplasty and liposuction.
Another specialty of Dr. Griffin's is cosmetic improvement of patients after massive weight loss either through dieting or gastric bypass surgery. These patients often have multiple problem areas that require specialized cosmetic techniques such as the Mid-body Lift, Stocking-seam Thigh Lift, Upper Back Lift, and combination procedures to remove the excess sagging skin and improve both their appearance, and their self-esteem.
Other interests include liposuction, breast reconstruction for cancer, and management of other difficult breast deformities.
He is a member of numerous organizations including the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Tennessee Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Griffin has been the Plastic Surgeon for the Nashville Predators hockey team since its first season. He is married with three children, and enjoys water skiing, snow skiing, hunting, and fixing anything that's broken around the house.