DavidMichaelYatesMD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery • El Paso, TXPediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
Physician
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Office
601 Sunland Park Drive
High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery
El Paso, TX 79912Phone+1 915-833-2969- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. David Yates MD, DMD, FACS is passionate about serving children with Cranial and Facial deformities and Cleft Lip and Palate. He is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and was recently awarded the inaugural “Physician of the Year” award by El Paso Children’s Hospital.
He is the Division Chief of Cranial and Facial Surgery at El Paso Children’s Hospital and has been critical in bringing complex craniofacial surgery to the region. In addition to being a partner with High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery, he directs the craniofacial clinic at El Paso Children’s Hospital and the craniofacial clinic at Providence Memorial Hospital. He has also been integral in starting a clinic for children with Cleft Lip and Palate in Juarez, Mexico at the Hospital De La Familia (FEMAP). He serves on the national committee for Cleft, Craniofacial, and Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a reviewer for the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal. He regularly participates in international humanitarian trips for cleft lip and palate and craniofacial surgery, and has been featured in multiple news stories about the children he has impacted. He gives numerous presentations at different conferences around the country and has operated on kids from all over the world. He is now happily settled with his wife and four kids serving the greater El Paso/Las Cruces/Juarez area.
Education & Training
Louisiana State University School of MedicineFellowship, Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery, 2014 - 2016
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 2008 - 2014
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2011
Wheaton College - IllinoisBS, Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 2000 - 2004
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2008 - 2025
NM State Medical License 2018 - 2024
LA State Medical License 2014 - 2017
FL State Medical License 2008 - 2012- American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Fellow American Academy of CranioMaxilloFacial Surgeons
- Physician of the Year El Paso Children's Hospital, 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Management of Unicoronal and Metopic Synostoses: Minimally Invasive Approaches.Gabriel M Hayek, David F Jimenez, David M Yates> ;Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2022 Aug 1
- Common Procedures in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery.David M Yates, Mark A Miller> ;Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2022 Mar 1
- 2 citationsThree Techniques for Reconstruction of Congenital Microtia: Porous Implant Ear Reconstruction, Auricular Reconstruction Using Autologous Rib, and Osseointegrated Crani...Sheryl Lewin, Rachel Bishop, Jennifer E Woerner, David Yates> ;Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2022 Mar 1
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Journal Articles
- 3) An Overview of Time Line of Interventions in the Continuum of Cleft Lip and Palate CareAllareddy V, Caplin J, Marikiewicz M, Yadav S, and Yates D, Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2020
- Surgical Management of Orbital HypertelorismYates, Woerner, Ghali, Operative Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2017
- 7) Cranium Bifidum Occultum Associated with Hypertelorism Treated with Posterior Vault Published 2017 Reconstruction and Orbital Box Osteotomies: Case Repo...Dossani, RH, Yates DM, Kalakoti P, Nanda A, Notarianni C, Woerner J, Ghali GE, World Neurosurgery, 2017
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Books/Book Chapters
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso, Texas- El Paso Children's HospitalEl Paso, Texas
- Las Palmas Medical CenterEl Paso, Texas
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