Education and Background
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About Dr. Baxter
"I was honored to have been nominated for KING5-TV’s Best of Western Washington poll and to have taken first place for “favorite plastic surgeon.” - Richard A. Baxter, M.D., F.A.C.S.
After graduation from the University of California School of Medicine in San Diego in 1983, Dr. Baxter completed residency training programs in general surgery and Plastic Surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a past President of the Washington Society of Plastic Surgeons. He holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and has worked and taught plastic surgery internationally. Dr. Baxter has pioneered several advanced new techniques in the Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and has been recognized as a plastic surgery expert by regional and national media. Dr. Baxter has a certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery.
University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
General Surgery Residency:
Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, WA 1983-1988
Plastic Surgery Residency:
Oregon Health Sciences University 1988-1990
Dr. Baxter has been in private practice in Edmonds since 1990.
Certification/Professional Memberships:
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- King County Medical Society
- Washington State Medical Association
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Lipoplasty Society
- Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Washington Society of Plastic Surgeons