Douglas Ballesteros

Douglas Ballesteros is Chief Medical Director at South Coast MedSpa, a role he has held since 2015. He first joined the business in 2012 as a regional medical director.

He earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology from the University of California San Diego and a medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in 1999. He completed his emergency medicine residency at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center in 2003, then joined an ER physician group in San Diego. He spent about nine years in emergency departments at underserved community hospitals before joining South Coast MedSpa.

He supervises medical treatments of laser hair removal, laser skin resurfacing, laser tattoo removal, and skin rejuvenation. He is a board certified emergency medicine physician, and his continuing education includes manufacturer trainings and CME courses in cosmetic laser medicine.