Dr. Diane Alexander, MD

Dr. Diane Alexander was named one of the “Top Plastic Surgeons in America” and is the Chief of Surgery at Northside Hospital. She studied at Yale University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and trained in general and plastic surgery at Emory University. She dedicates her professional training and expertise to cosmetic facial surgery, body sculpture, breast rejuvenation, and breast cancer reconstruction. Dr. Alexander and her husband Kent, have two teenage daughters.

Diane Z. Alexander, MD, FACS, co-founded Artisan Plastic Surgery in 2000, the first, all women physician plastic surgery practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons, Dr. Alexander devotes her private practice to the pursuit of the highest quality plastic surgery services for her patients. She views her profession as a form of artistic expression and has become one of the most respected plastic surgeons in Atlanta.

Dr. Alexander graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she studied music, history, art and political science as well as premedical courses. She studied medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

Following medical school, Dr. Alexander trained at Emory University in the general and plastic surgery residency programs. During her clinical training, she served as a fellow in the transplant immunology department performing mouse heart transplants using microsurgical techniques. She received grants for this work from the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, co-published dozens of articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and lectured extensively in the United States as well as abroad.

Dr. Alexander is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and is Chief of Surgery at Northside Hospital. She is active in the community as a member of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation and the Atlanta Women’s Medical Alliance. For relaxation, she enjoys spending time with her husband Kent and two teen-age daughters, collecting art, traveling to the Oregon coast and Costa Rica, and designing and creating glass beads and jewelry.