David Janssen, MD, FACS, has excelled both professionally and academically throughout his career. A graduate of Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dr. Janssen trained at Saginaw Cooperative Hospital for General Surgery and The George Washington University School of Medicine for Plastic Surgery. He completed his residency in Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Childrens Hospital National Medical Center.

Dr. Janssen is an active member of several professional medical associations including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery. He is also distinguished as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Janssen has also researched and published pioneering work on the subjects of general and plastic surgery. His chapter on the development and structure of the abdomen and breast is part of a core curriculum textbook in plastic surgery (C.V. Mosby, 1994).