David Michael Yates MD

Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery

Physician

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.

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

PubMed

Pediatric Facial Trauma: Growth Disturbance and Occlusion Management.
Caleb Morales, Kaivon Moradi, Diariza Lopez, David Yates
Dental Clinics of North America. 2026-07-01
Is Endoscopic Treatment of Sagittal Craniosynostosis in Children Aged 6 to 9 Months an Effective Approach for Delayed Presentations?
Vincent Aquino, Alondra Arias, Caleb Morales, David Yates, Ziyad Makoshi
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2026-04-10
1 citations
TEK-related venous malformation of the orofacial region: report of a case with multidisciplinary treatment guided by molecular diagnosis.
Yi-Shing Lisa Cheng, Daniel Bustamante, David M Yates, Silvia Menendez, Angela C Chi
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 2025-11-01

Journal Articles

3) An Overview of Time Line of Interventions in the Continuum of Cleft Lip and Palate Care
Allareddy V, Caplin J, Marikiewicz M, Yadav S, and Yates D, Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2020
Surgical Management of Orbital Hypertelorism
Yates, 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

Books/Book Chapters

4) Endoscopic Craniosynostosis Surgery
Chapter: 4) The Development, Correction, and Prevention of Pathologic Development Secondary to Craniosynostosis
YatesEditors: Jimenez, D..
1) Distraction Osteogenesis of the Craniomaxillofacial Skeleton
Markiewicz MR, Miloro M, Yates DMSpringer2020
2) Comprehensive Treatment of Facial Deformities Associated with Hemifacial Microsomia and Treacher Collins Syndrome
Yates D and Markiewics MSpringer2020