Joseph Leach, M.D.

Dr. Leach is Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Leach graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity University. He completed his medical studies as Alpha Omega Alpha from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He received his specialty training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and by the American Board of Facial Plastic Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery. Dr. Leach is the author of many articles and chapters in several prestigious journals and textbooks. His research interests include control of wound healing and the development of bone substitutes. Dr. Leach specializes in facial aesthetic surgery, maxillofacial trauma, microvascular head and neck reconstruction and reanimation following facial paralysis. He has taught many post-graduate courses in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Leach wrote the article "Nasal, Cosmetic and Facial Reconstructive Surgery" which is available here on our site.

Medical School

UT Medical School at Houston (1985)

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1986), General Surgery

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1991), Otolaryngology

Featured Publications

The effect of a hydrogen peroxide wound care regimen on tensile strength of suture

Athre RS, Park J, Leach JL Arch Facial Plast Surg July 2007 9 281-284

Dual-porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene implants for lip, nasolabial groove, and melolabial groove augmentation

Verret DJ, Leach JL, Gilmore J Arch Facial Plast Surg November 2006 8 423-25

Four suture tip rhinoplasty: A powerful tool for controlling tip dynamics

Leach JL, Athre RS Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery August 2006 135 227-231

Aesthetics and the Hispanic Rhinoplasty

Leach, J. Laryngoscope 2002 112 1903-1916

Ear Reconstruction

Biavati, M and Leach, J In Emedicine-Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery 2002

The Effects of TGF-Beta 3 Modulation of Scar Tissue Formation in the Pig

Schwade ND, Fowler JJ, Leach, JL Wounds 2000 12(2) 32-39

Rhinoplasty, Short Nose

Leach, JL In Emedicine - Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery 2000

Scalp Reconstruction

Ratcliff DJ, Leach, J In Emedicine - Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery 2000

• Best Doctors in America
  (2002)
• Inducted into the Triologic Society
  (2002)
• Bernstein Award for Facial Plastic Research, American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
  (2000)
• Outstanding Young Men in America
  (1996)
• The Best Doctors in America: Central Region
  Listed under Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic, Sinus & Nasal Surgery (1996)

• American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
• American Association of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
• Dallas Academy of Otolaryngology
• Dallas County Medical Society/Texas Medical Association
• Triologic Society