P. Daniel Knott, M.D.

Facial plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon

Dr. P. Daniel Knott is director of Facial Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UCSF Medical Center. Knott, who joined UCSF in 2011 after 10 years at the Cleveland Clinic, has training and experience in facial aesthetics and microvascular surgery. His expertise includes treatment of facial paralysis, facial rejuvenation, reconstruction of facial cutaneous malignancies, minimally invasive facial soft tissue augmentation, rhinoplasty and free tissue transfer.

In his research, he is helping develop new methods for palatal and orbito-maxillary reconstruction, microvascular treatment of osteonecrosis and cartilage bioengineering. He has won several national awards for his research, which includes studies of head and neck tissue transplantation. Knott earned a medical degree at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego and completed a five-year surgical residency at the Cleveland Clinic in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. He also completed a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at UCLA Medical Center. He's an associate professor of otolaryngology at UCSF.

• Read a transcript or hear an interview with Knott, who explains the latest treatments for facial paralysis.

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2330 Post St., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-9500
Fax: (415) 885-7800

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Head and Neck Surgery Cancer Clinic
2380 Sutter St., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 885–7528
Fax: (415) 885–7711

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

• Botox
• Facial Injury
• Facial Paralysis

• Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction
• Mohs Micrographic Surgery
• Nasal Reconstruction

• Nasal Trauma
• Osteoradionecrosis