Dr. Michael F. McGuire, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Specialties

Santa Monica board-​certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael McGuire has been practicing medicine in southern California for over 30 years. As a respected teacher and surgical pioneer, Dr. McGuire can offer innovative techniques to your plastic surgery procedure that can reduce recovery time, keep you safer and help you achieve the most natural results possible. To learn more about the plastic surgery procedures performed at our Santa Monica office, please visit our website or contact us today at (310) 315‑0121!

History

Established in 1981.

Dr. Michael McGuire

A graduate of the Columbia University medical school, Dr. McGuire has been practicing medicine in southern California for more than 30 years. During that time, he has earned the trust and admiration of his patients, who have come to expect safe, top-​notch plastic surgery while in his care.

A board-​certified plastic surgeon, Dr. McGuire has recently served as the President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the largest plastic surgery society in the world! He is also one of only 18 plastic surgeons in the country (the ONLY one in Southern California) to serve as a director of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the organization that evaluates plastic surgeons seeking to achieve board certification. Locally, Dr. McGuire has been the Chief of Plastic Surgery at the prestigious St. John’s Hospital for many years, supervising 68 plastic surgeons on the staff.

As a clinical professor of plastic surgery at both the University of Southern California and th

Meet the Business Owner

Michael McGuire MD M.

Business Owner

After receiving his medical degree at Columbia University in New York, Dr. McGuire did his general surgery residency and chief residency at UCLA. A year of basic science research in skin biomechanics at Stanford followed. He then returned to UCLA for his plastic surgery residency, which he completed in 1980. An honorary traveling fellowship in Great Britain included time spent at world famous Canniesburn Hospital in Scotland. He then returned to eventually become Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA. He obtained board certification in 1981 from the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He served as President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons in the year 2000. Dr. McGuire is Chief of Plastic Surgery at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica and President of Pacific Coast Plastic Surgery Center. He is Past President of the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, the leading surgery center accrediting organization in the United States. In additio