Elevating Beauty. Empowering Confidence.
At Atwood Plastic Surgery, we believe that confidence begins with feeling truly comfortable in your own skin. Founded by Dr. Danielle Atwood—a fellowship-trained, Board-eligible plastic surgeon—our practice provides a luxurious, compassionate, and approachable space where your goals take center stage.
Dr. Atwood blends scientific expertise with artistic intuition, offering a thoughtful and individualized approach to every procedure. With dual MD and PhD degrees, as well as advanced training in aesthetic plastic surgery, she brings both cutting-edge techniques and refined precision to her work. Whether you’re exploring subtle aesthetic enhancements or reconstructive surgery, you can trust that your care is in the hands of a detail-driven expert who truly listens.
Core Values
Education
Bryant High School, Bryant, AR
Honors
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Bachelor of Science in History
Minor Sociology
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Doctorate of Medicine
Honors
Doctorate of Philosophy
Microbiology/Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Postgraduate Education
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Awards, Fellowships, and Honors
Presidential Scholarship, University of Central Arkansas
Dean’s List, University of Central Arkansas
Presidential Scholar’s List, University of Central Arkansas
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
T.J. Burgess Fellowship (Exceptional Undergraduate Medical Science Research), College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas
University Ambassador, University of Central Arkansas
Dorothy M. Long Scholarship for Excellence in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas
Outstanding Student from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
MD/PhD Scholarship, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Travel Award, Graduate School, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Travel Award, International Conference on Gram Positive Pathogens, Omaha, NE
Scholarship to attend 2013 Translational Science Meeting, Washington, DC, Translational Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
1st Place in Oral Presentations, Fifth Annual MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Guest Speaker, University of Arkansas Board of Trustees Meeting, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Medicine Dean’s Office Scholarship for Outstanding Dedication to Community Service, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Class of 1977 Alumni Scholarship for Academic Achievement, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Tylenol Future Care Scholarship Semi-Finalist
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Member # 15896)
Physician Provider of the Month, Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, University of Missouri
Outstanding Alumnus, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Central Arkansas
2nd Place Microsurgical Nerve Repair, Axogen Best Practices in Upper Extremity Nerve Repair Course: Fellows Edition – Cambridge, MA
Women to Watch, Soiree Magazine, Little Rock, AR
Oral Presentations
The Aesthetic Society, The Aesthetic Meeting 2024, Vancouver, BC Canada, May 2024, Speaker, “Management of Tuberous Breast Deformity: A Paradigm Shift”
American Association for Hand Surgery, 2019 Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, January/February 2019, Speaker, “Characterization of the dorsal ulnar corner in distal radius fractures: Implications for surgical decision making”
Arkansas Undergraduate Sociology and Anthropology Symposium, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, April 2009, Symposium Speaker, “The Quest for Beauty and Perfection: A Look at Messages Sent to Women Through Advertisements”
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Mid-Summer Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, July 2008, Symposium Speaker, “Role of Structure in Detoxification of Nitroanisoles by CYP2E1”
15th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Summer Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, August 2008, Symposium Speaker, “4-Nitroanisole Oxidation by CYP2E1 Involves Two Binding Sites”
Chalk Talk Undergraduate Research Seminar, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, April 2009, Speaker, “Characterization of Persisting Subplate Cells in Normal Development and Parkinson’s Disease”
Fourth Annual MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2013, Symposium Speaker, “SarA Regulation as a Therapeutic Target in Chronic S. aureus Infections”
Microbiology and Immunology Departmental Seminar, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, May 2013, Seminar Speaker, “SarA Regulation as a Therapeutic Target in Chronic S. aureus Infections”
Fifth Annual MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2014, Symposium Speaker, “Regulatory Loci Impacting Biofilm Formation in Diverse Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus”
Microbiology and Immunology Departmental Seminar, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2014, Seminar Speaker, “Regulatory Loci Impacting Biofilm Formation in Diverse Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus”
Sixth Annual MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2015, Symposium Speaker, “Regulatory loci impacting the development and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus orthopaedic infections”
Doctoral Dissertation Defense, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2017, “Regulatory loci impacting the development and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus orthopaedic infections”
Poster Presentations
International Conference on Gram Positive Pathogens, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, October 2012, “SarA Regulation as a Therapeutic Target in Chronic S. aureusInfections”
Translational Science Meeting, Washington D.C., April, 2013, “Modified Nucleic Acids: A Therapeutic Alternative in Chronic S. aureus Infections”
International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Chicago, IL, August 2014, “Comparative Impact of Staphylococcus aureus Regulatory Loci on Biofilm Formation in Diverse Clinical Loci”
115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May – June 2015, “The Impact of Diverse Regulatory Loci on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation”
“The Impact of Diverse Regulatory Loci on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation”
American Society for Surgery of the Hand 73rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September 2018, “Characterization of the dorsal ulnar corner in distal radius fractures: Implications for surgical decision making”
Arkansas Undergraduate Sociology and Anthropology Symposium, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, April 2007, “Ethnopharmacology: Worldwide Knowledge and Practices”
14th Annual Student Research Symposium, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, April 2008, “Characterization of the Persisting Subplate Cell Population from Early Life through Advanced Ages”
15th Annual Student Research Symposium, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, April 2009, “Characterization of Persisting Subplate Cells in Normal Development and Parkinson’s Disease”
Student Research Day, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April, 2013, “Antisense Approaches to the Treatment of Biofilm-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Infections”
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Series Showcase of Medical Discoveries: A Focus on Bone Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, June 2013, “Overcoming the Growing Problem of Biofilm-Associated Infection”
Student Research Day, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2014, “Regulatory Loci Impacting Biofilm Formation in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus”
Fifth Annual MD/PhD Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2014, Symposium Speaker, “Regulatory Loci Impacting Biofilm Formation in Diverse Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus”
Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology Annual Symposium, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, May 2014, “Regulatory Loci Impacting Biofilm Formation in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus”
Student Research Day, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2015, “Impact of Staphylococcus aureus regulatory loci on antibiotic susceptibility of biofilm-associated Infections and pathogenesis in bacteremia”
Student Research Day, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, April 2015, “Comparative impact of diverse regulatory loci on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation”
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Series Showcase of Medical Discoveries: Infectious Disease and the Microbiome, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, September 2015, “Solving the Problem of Staphylococcus aureus as an Orthopaedic Pathogen”
Published Abstracts/Posters
Atwood DN, Griffin LM, Mrak LN, Zielinska AK, Matthews KA, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. SarA Regulation as a Therapeutic Target in Chronic S. aureus Infections. Poster at the International Conference on Gram Positive Pathogens, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, October, 2012.
Atwood DN, Beenken KE, Griffin LM, Mrak LN, Zielinska AK, Matthews KA, Smeltzer MS. Modified Nucleic Acids: A Therapeutic Alternative in Chronic S. aureus Infections. Poster at the Translational Science Meeting, Washington D.C., April, 2013.
Atwood DN, Courtney AP, Anthony AC, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. Comparative Impact of Staphylococcus aureus Regulatory Loci on Biofilm Formation in Diverse Clinical Loci. Poster at the International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Chicago, IL, August 2014.
Atwood DN, Courtney AP, Anthony AC, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. The Impact of Diverse Regulatory Loci on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation. Poster at the 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May – June 2015.
Peer Reviewed Publications
saeRS and sarA act synergistically to repress protease production and promote biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus. Mrak LN, Zielinska AK, Beenken KE, Mrak IN, Atwood DN, Griffin LM, Lee CY, Smeltzer MS. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38453. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038453. PMID: 22685571
Impact of the functional status of saeRS on in vivo phenotypes of Staphylococcus aureus sarA mutants. Beenken KE, Mrak LN, Zielinska AK, Atwood DN, Loughran AJ, Griffin LM, Matthews KA, Anthony AM, Spencer HJ, Skinner RA, Post GR, Lee CY, Smeltzer MS. Mol Microbiol. 2014 Jun;92(6):1299-312. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12629. PMID: 24779437Impact of the functional status of saeRS on in vivo phenotypes of Staphylococcus aureus sarA mutants. Beenken KE, Mrak LN, Zielinska AK, Atwood DN, Loughran AJ, Griffin LM, Matthews KA, Anthony AM, Spencer HJ, Skinner RA, Post GR, Lee CY, Smeltzer MS. Mol Microbiol. 2014 Jun;92(6):1299-312. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12629. PMID: 24779437
Impact of individual extracellular proteases on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation in diverse clinical isolates and their isogenic sarA mutants. Loughran AJ, Atwood DN, Anthony AC, Harik NS, Spencer HJ, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. Microbiologyopen. 2014 Dec;3(6):897-909. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.214. PMID: 25257373Impact of individual extracellular proteases on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation in diverse clinical isolates and their isogenic sarA mutants. Loughran AJ, Atwood DN, Anthony AC, Harik NS, Spencer HJ, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. Microbiologyopen. 2014 Dec;3(6):897-909. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.214. PMID: 25257373
Comparative impact of diverse regulatory loci on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Atwood DN, Loughran AJ, Courtney AP, Anthony AC, Meeker DG, Spencer HJ, Gupta RK, Lee CY, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. Microbiologyopen. 2015 Jun;4(3):436-51. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.250. PMID: 25810138Comparative impact of diverse regulatory loci on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Atwood DN, Loughran AJ, Courtney AP, Anthony AC, Meeker DG, Spencer HJ, Gupta RK, Lee CY, Beenken KE, Smeltzer MS. Microbiologyopen. 2015 Jun;4(3):436-51. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.250. PMID: 25810138
Regulatory mutations impacting antibiotic susceptibility in an established Staphylococcus aureus biofilm. Atwood DN, Beenken KE, Lantz TL, Meeker DG, Mills WB, Lynn WB, Spencer HJ, and Smeltzer MS. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 March; 60(3): 1826-1829. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02750-15. PMID: 26824954
XerC contributes to Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-associated versus acute infections via agr-independent and agr-dependent pathways respectively. Atwood DN, Beenken KE, Loughran AJ, Meeker DG, Lantz TL, Graham J Spencer HJ, Smeltzer MS. Infect Immun. 2016 April. 84(4): 1214-1225. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01462-15. PMID: 26857575XerC contributes to Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-associated versus acute infections via agr-independent and agr-dependent pathways respectively. Atwood DN, Beenken KE, Loughran AJ, Meeker DG, Lantz TL, Graham J Spencer HJ, Smeltzer MS. Infect Immun. 2016 April. 84(4): 1214-1225. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01462-15. PMID: 26857575
Impact of Staphylococcus aureus regulatory mutations that modulate biofilm formation in the USA300 strain LAC on virulence in a murine bacteremia model. Rom JS*, Atwood DN*, Beenken KE, Meeker DG, Loughran AJ, Spencer HJ, Lantz TL, Smeltzer MS. Virulence. 2017 Nov 17; 8(8):1776-1790. *indicates co-first authorship. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1373926 PMID: 28910576
Management of a case of Mucor colonization in breast tissue expander seroma pocket. Atwood DN, Yuen JC, Yuen B, Kumbla PA. World J Plast Surg. 2018 Jan;7(1):109-112. PMID: 29651400
Surgical management of craniosynostosis in the setting of a ventricular shunt: a case series and treatment algorithm. Golinko MS, Atwood DN, Ocal E. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Mar; 34(3):517-525. PMID: 29110198.Surgical management of craniosynostosis in the setting of a ventricular shunt: a case series and treatment algorithm. Golinko MS, Atwood DN, Ocal E. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Mar; 34(3):517-525. PMID: 29110198.
Characterization of the Dorsal Ulnar Corner in Distal Radius Fractures in Postmenopausal Females: Implications for Surgical Decision Making. Zimmer J*, Atwood DN*, Lovy A, Bridgeman JT, Shin A, Brogan D. *indicates co-first authorship. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Jun;45(6):495-502. PMID: 32268979
When You’re Ready, We’re Here
Plastic surgery isn’t just about changing how you look—it’s about revealing the confidence that’s already within you. Atwood Plastic Surgery is here to support you at every step with expertise, warmth, and transparency.
