Dr. Kahn is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, USA. Dr. Kahn has been recognized for excellence in teaching both throughout his training and as a member of the Plastic Surgery faculty at Stanford. Dr. Kahn went on to earn his medical degree at the Albany Medical College. In Albany, he received an award for outstanding academic achievement in surgery. Dr. Kahn then completed a five-year General Surgery residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. Dr. Kahn pursued Plastic Surgery fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Kahn followed this with sub-specialty fellowship training at the Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery located at New York University Medical Center and then completed his training at Stanford University with a fellowship in Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. David Kahn research interests include cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery, cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery, rhinoplasty, face lift, cleft lip and palate and cosmetic surgery.