Dr. Christopher Bates is excited to become a part of the community here and finally call Northeast Florida home. Dr. Christopher Bates grew up in Dalton, Georgia. Ever since being an exchange student in Germany in high school, he has loved to travel the world, and he has been blessed to continue this passion with his wife, Miranda. They have lived in several states and have recently relocated from California. Their families have both spent ample time in the St. Simons area and are very familiar with north Florida. Dr. Bates enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding, golf, and loves to spend his time off with his son, Brody, and his daughter, London. He is also a major college football fan. Go Dawgs! Dr. Bates has had the honor of practicing plastic surgery on all three coasts. He utilizes the different ideas and techniques that he’s learned along the way to bring the most up-to-date, state-of-the-art, and — most importantly — safe plastic surgery to his patients. One of Dr. Bates’s greatest attributes that patients comment on is his bedside manner. He holds this near and dear to his heart, and wants to ensure that he makes all of his patients feel safe and comfortable during the entirety of their journey at Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery. His specialties include mommy makeovers, body contouring, breast procedures, and both surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Dr. Bates attended and graduated with honors at the University of Georgia for his undergrad. He then went on scholarship to Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia, where he graduated first in class. At the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, he attended the six-year integrated plastic surgery residency and served as Chief Resident of Plastic Surgery and President of the Resident Body. In Laguna Beach, California, he attended the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship with Dan Mills, M.D., who is one of the past presidents of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
