Elizabeth Longino, M.D.

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical Assistant Professor

School: Medical School
Department: Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

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Biography

Elizabeth Longino, M.D., is a facial plastic surgeon in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in rhinoplasty (including preservation and revision rhinoplasty), deep plane facelifts and neck lifts, brow and eyelid lifts, skin cancer reconstruction, and facial reanimation.

Dr. Longino earned her medical degree at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She completed Vanderbilt University Medical Center's residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and gained advanced training through Stanford University Medical Center's Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship. During her fellowship she was trained by Dr. Sam Most, a world-renowned leader in modern facial plastic surgery and innovator in preservation rhinoplasty techniques. Dr. Longino joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025, recruited to lead the development of the department's aesthetic facial plastic surgery practice.

She is a member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, the Dallas County Medical Society, and the Texas Medical Association.

Dr. Longino has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters in her areas of expertise. She has also published in high-impact journals, including Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and The Laryngoscope. She regularly speaks at national meetings and has received numerous awards.

Personal Note

When she’s not operating, Dr. Longino enjoys spending time with her husband, a Dallas native, and their daughter. She loves playing tennis and running, and has recorded a sub-3-hour personal record in the Boston Marathon. Dr. Longino is also a recreational chef and classical violist.

Education

Medical School: (2019), Medicine

Research Interest

Facial rejuvenation for perimenopausal women
Mental health effects of facial nerve disorders
Patient-reported outcomes in rhinoplasty
Preservation rhinoplasty

Publications

Featured Publications

Subdorsal Flaps in Dorsal Preservation.: Longino ES, Patel PN, Most SP, Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2025 May 33 2 177-185
Strategic Decision-Making in Preservation Rhinoplasty: Key Considerations for Optimal Outcomes.: Longino ES, Most SP, Facial Plast Surg 2025 Apr
Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Rhinoplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.: Longino ES, Desisto NG, Adegboye F, Rebula E, Chowdhury NI, Patel PN, Stephan SJ, Yang SF, Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2025 Mar
The Dorsal Flattening Suture (DFS) in Dorsal Preservation Rhinoplasty.: Longino ES, Rossi-Meyer MK, Most SP, Aesthetic Plast Surg 2025 Feb
Comparing Perfusion of Single-Stage and Multi-Staged Paramedian Forehead Flaps Using Indocyanine Green Angiography.: Longino ES, Kandathil CK, Most SP, Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2025 27 4 357-360
The Association of Mental Health Disorders with the Effectiveness of Treating Facial Synkinesis with Chemodenervation Using Botulinum Toxin A.: Longino ES, Desisto NG, Ortiz AS, Chowdhury NI, Patel PN, Stephan SJ, Yang SF, Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2025 27 3 217-222
You Can't Be What You Can't See: The Progression of Women in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.: DeSisto NG, Sharma RK, Longino ES, Ortiz AS, Kim LR, Rohde SL, Yang SF, Ear Nose Throat J 2024 Sep 1455613241282610
Effect of Underlying Mental Health Disorders on the Correlation Between Patient- and Surgeon-Graded Synkinesis Scores.: Longino ES, Desisto NG, Ortiz AS, Chowdhury NI, Patel PN, Stephan SJ, Yang SF, Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2024 26 5 544-550
The excessively short nose: our systematic approach: Patel PN, Longino E, Most SP. Plast Aesthet Res. 2024 20 11
Chemodenervation of the Posterior Belly of the Digastric Muscle in Facial Synkinesis.: Longino ES, Davis SJ, Landeen KC, Kimura KS, Sharma RK, Ortiz AS, Yang SF, Patel PN, Stephan SJ, Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2023 25 5 378-383