Daniel C. Daube, MD, born in Compton, California, became an Eagle Scout and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of New Mexico. He was in the top 10% of his medical class and became Board Certified in Otolaryngology in 1994 and Fellowship Trained in Facial Plastic Surgery at LSU. Before opening Gulf Coast Facial Plastics, he was part of Tulane University Medical Center's Clinical Faculty.