Dr. Dana Khuthaila is a Board certified plastic surgeon by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is an Associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an active member of the ASPS.

Dr. Khuthaila is dedicated to providing her clients with detailed, individualized information to help them accomplish their surgical goals. She has extensive experience in breast surgery, body contouring, aesthetic facial surgery, cancer reconstruction and microsurgery.

Dr. Khuthaila’s caring and compassionate approach to her clients allows them to ask all the questions they may have so they can reach an informed decision tailored to their needs. She listens carefully to her clients’ requests and uses her extensive knowledge and expertise to discuss the various methods to help them achieve their personal goals and desires. She discusses the advantages and disadvantages and possible outcomes of the different techniques to her clients and gives her honest opinion and realistic expectations about what can be achieved.

As one of a limited number of woman plastic surgeons in the Toronto area Dr. Khuthaila has a special interest in Breast and Body Contouring as they relate to a woman’s body especially after massive weight loss (bariatric surgery) or after delivery.

She is fluent in English and Arabic.

Education:

After completing medical school, Dr. Khuthaila started a five year integrated plastic surgery residency program at McMaster University, an institution known for creativity, innovation, and excellence. She later went on to further specialized training in reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery in Toronto, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Belgium and Milan with world-renowned surgeons in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery.

She learned the latest techniques in reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery, body contouring surgery, including liposuction and body lifts, and facial rejuvenation surgery, including laser resurfacing, facial peels, endoscopic surgery, and facelifts

Fellowships:

Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Toronto
Cosmetic fellowship under the direction of Lloyd Carlsen

Clinica Ivo Pitanguy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Visiting fellowship in cosmetic surgery under the direction of Ivo Pitanguy

Center for Breast and Body Contouring Grand Rapids, MI
Breast cosmetic fellowship under the direction of Dennis C. Hammond

Ghent University Hospital – Ghent, Belgium
Breast Microsurgery reconstruction with the DIEP flap under the direction of Phillip Blondeel and Moustapha Hamdi

European Institute of Oncology, Milan
Breast conserving surgery under the direction of Jean-Yves Petit

National Institute for the Study of Reconstructive Surgery, Milan
Visiting fellowship in breast cosmetic surgery under the direction of Maurizio Nava

Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
Visiting fellowship for vascular anomalies and cleft lip and palate in children, under the direction of John B. Mulliken

Publications:

She has authored and co-authored many publications in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery in reputable surgical journals and books.

She has given numerous national and international presentations in the field of breast surgery, and has also chaired and moderated at workshops and seminars in different plastic surgery specialties such as wound care, breast reconstruction, cleft lip and palate.

Hospital Affiliation:

The Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, Woodbridge, ON
Scarborough General Hospital, Scarborough, ON
King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Board Certification:

American Board of Plastic Surgery
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Professional Societies:

Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in Plastic Surgery
Active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)
Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in Plastic Surgery (ACS)
Candidate member of the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)
Member of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
Member of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Member of the American Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgeons (ASBPS)
Member of the Saudi Council for Health Specialties (SCHS)
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