Dr. David Lieberman

Meet Dr. David Lieberman

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lieberman & Parikh Facial Plastic Surgery — Palo Alto, CA Medical Director, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • 805 El Camino Real Suite A Palo Alto CA 94301
  • 2577 Samaritan Drive Suite 860 San Jose CA 95124
(650) 257-2280 | F (650) 327‑1973 | info@fortheface.com San Jose Ear and Sinus Medical Center — San Jose, CA Associate, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • 2577 Samaritan Drive Suite 845 San Jose CA 95124
(408) 358-8507 | F (408) 358-8506

EDUCATION

Quatela Center For Plastic Surgery — Rochester, NY Fellow, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Director: Vito C. Quatela, MD Honors
  • Jack R. Anderson Prize, award for achieving the top score in the country on the Facial Plastic Board Exam
Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, CA Resident, Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University — New York, NY Doctor of Medicine Honors
  • The John Metcalf Polk Prize, awarded to the top three scholastic performers throughout medical school
  • Arthur Palmer Prize, awarded to the graduating student with the best record in Otolaryngology
  • Harold G. Wolff Research Prize, for the most outstanding original research in the neurological sciences
  • Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics, awarded to the student with the best record in Pediatrics
  • Junior Alpha Omega Alpha
Leadership Activities
  • Wrote and directed film introducing Problem-Based Learning curriculum, still used for all incoming students
  • Curriculum Design Committee: designed standardized patient encounter exercise
  • Spent one-month elective in Cuba studying public health issues and the Cuban health system
Stanford University — Stanford, CA B.A. Human Biology. Focus in Neuroscience, Departmental Honors
  • The Bernard Shuer Award for Neuroscience Research
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Grant

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

El Camino Hospital — Mountain View & Los Gatos, CA
Department of Head & Neck SurgeryActive

Good Samaritan Hospital — San Jose, CA
Department of Head & Neck SurgeryActive

University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester, NY
Department of Head & Neck Surgery

Unity Hospital — Rochester, NY
Department of Head & Neck Surgery

Rochester General Hospital — Rochester, NY
Department of Head & Neck Surgery

Stanford University Hospital and Clinics — Stanford, CA

Department of Head & Neck Surgery

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION

Member, The American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Diplomate, The American Board of Head & Neck Surgery

Medical Board of California – Physician & Surgeon

SERVICE & TEACHING

Volunteer Surgeon
Community Solutions / Consortium for Domestic Violence, San Jose, CA
Offer surgical and nonsurgical pro-bono treatment to victims of domestic violence and traumatic events.

Volunteer Surgeon
HUGS Foundation, Inc.
Treat children with congenital ear malformations as a volunteer surgeon in Ecuador, Guatemala and Vietnam.

High School Teacher
The Hewitt School, New York, NY
Taught Physical Science, Anatomy & Physiology, Genetics and Advanced Biology to high school students.

Volunteer Patient Liaison
Bacca Ortiz Children’s Hospital, Quito, Ecuador
Served as patient advocate in general pediatrics and orthopedics at the largest children’s hospital in Ecuador.

RESEARCH

Quatela Center for Plastic Surgery Vito C. Quatela, MD
  • Reviewed outcomes data for a large series of endoscopic midface lifts
Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford Hospital Sam P. Most, MD
  • Studied effects of corticosteroid administration on functional recovery and neuron survival after facial nerve crush injury in the mouse model
Department of Otolaryngology/Neurosurgery, New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Samuel Selesnick MD and Michael Kaplitt, MD
  • Determined protective effect of anti-apoptotic gene delivery on cisplatin-mediated ototoxicity in rat cochlea
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University Russell D. Fernald, PhD
  • Studied the social regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor levels in cichlid fish

PUBLICATIONS & BOOK CHAPTERS

Lieberman DM, Quatela VC. Outcomes in Endoscopic Midface Lifting. (manuscript in preparation)

Quatela VC, Lieberman DM, Antunes MB. Chapter 11: Midface Lifting. Lalwani AK, Pfister MH (Eds). (2013). Recent Advances in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Jaypee.

Lieberman DM, Quatela VC. Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty: A Current Perspective. Clin Plast Surg. 2013 Jan; 40(1):157-65.

Lieberman DM, Jan TA, Ahmad O, Most SP. Effects of corticosteroid treatment on functional recovery and neuron survival after facial nerve injury in mice. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(2):117-24.

Lieberman DM, Lin A. Radiology quiz case 2. Fetal goitrous hypothyroidism. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Oct;136(10):1031, 1034-5.

Lieberman DM, Most SP. Effects of corticosteroid treatment on functional recovery and neuron survival after facial nerve crush injury. Oral presentation at the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual meeting, Boston, MA, September 2010.

Lieberman DM, Most SP. Lateral nasal wall suspension using a bone-anchored suture technique. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2010 Mar-Apr;12(2):113.

Lieberman DM, Hwang PH. Chronic Invasive Fungal Sinusitis In The Immunocompromised Host. Poster presentation at the American Rhinological Society annual meeting, Chicago, IL, September 2008.

Chan DK, Lieberman DM, Musatov S, Goldfein J, Selesnick SH, and Kaplitt MG (2006). Protection against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity by AAV-mediated delivery of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) is not dependent on caspase inhibition. Otol Neurotol 28:417-425.

Lieberman DM (Founding Author). Le T, Klein J, Shivaram A. (Eds.). (2008). First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 1. McGraw-Hill Companies.

Lieberman DM (Founding Author). Le T, Klein J, Shivaram A. (Eds.). (2007). First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 2. McGraw-Hill Companies.

PRESENTATIONS

Lieberman DM, Parikh SS. Face to Face: Pro Bono Plastic Surgery for Domestic Violence Survivors. Grand Rounds, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, July 2013.

Lieberman DM, Parikh SS. High Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. Grand Rounds, El Camino Hospital/ Mountain View, CA, March 2013.

Lieberman DM, Parikh SS. How to Make the Nose Work: Functional Rhinoplasty. Grand Rounds, Good Samaritan Hospital/ San Jose, CA, January 2013.

Lieberman DM. HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Radio Segment. WS Radio- National Segment. Recorded in Rochester, NY. March 2012

Lieberman DM, Most SP. Functional Rhinoplasty: How to make the nose work. Grand Rounds, Stanford University, Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery. Stanford, CA, May 2011.

Lieberman DM, Most SP. Effects of corticosteroid treatment on functional recovery and neuron survival after facial nerve crush injury. Oral presentation at the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual meeting. Boston, MA, September 2010.

Lieberman DM, Fernald RD. Social regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor levels in cichlid fish, Haplochromis burtoni. Honors thesis presentation for the Department of Neuroscience, Stanford University. Stanford, CA, June 2000.