Dr. Winfield Hartley, MD, FACS, is a Boulder-based, board-certified plastic surgeon with more than two decades of experience serving patients in Colorado. A physician at Boulder Plastic Surgery & Skin Care, he performs aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, breasts, and body, with particular interests in facial rejuvenation, breast surgery, and body contouring. His professional approach combines formal surgical training, procedure-specific fellowship experience, individualized planning, and continuity of care. Dr. Hartley has practiced in Boulder since 2002 and is known for seeking balanced, natural-looking refinement rather than an exaggerated or standardized appearance.
Dr. Hartley earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Virginia and his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He subsequently completed general-surgery and plastic-surgery training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, whose plastic-surgery alumni directory lists him among its 2002 graduates. To deepen his aesthetic expertise, he pursued fellowship training in facial aesthetic surgery in Melbourne, Australia, under Dr. Bryan Mendelson, followed by additional fellowship training in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery in Nashville under Dr. Patrick Maxwell. This combination of broad reconstructive training and focused aesthetic education supports his work across facial, breast, and body procedures.
Dr. Hartley is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is listed by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as a board-certified member practicing in Boulder. His FACS designation identifies him as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Public health-system profiles also identify him as a plastic-surgery physician serving Boulder-area patients, while his practice presents a longstanding commitment to professional, personal, and caring treatment. These credentials give prospective patients independently checkable information about his specialty training, professional standing, and local clinical presence before they consider a consultation or procedure.
Dr. Hartley began his Boulder practice with a strong emphasis on aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, including augmentation and post-mastectomy reconstruction, and later expanded his work in body contouring and combined procedures such as mommy makeovers. Over time, facial rejuvenation became an increasingly important part of his practice. His published professional biography highlights facelift surgery combined with volume restoration through fat grafting, an approach intended to address both tissue descent and age-related facial volume loss. His reconstructive training also informs care involving symmetry, scar management, restoration after cancer treatment, and the careful preservation of function as well as appearance.
A central feature of his practice philosophy is individualized decision-making. Consultation and preoperative planning are used to assess a patient’s anatomy, medical history, expectations, lifestyle, and tolerance for recovery before a treatment plan is recommended. This is especially important when comparing surgical and nonsurgical choices or planning procedures involving facial proportions, breast shape, implant selection, tissue support, body contouring, or reconstruction. Dr. Hartley’s own experience as a cancer survivor is also described by his practice as contributing to the empathy he brings to patients facing breast-cancer treatment and reconstruction, where emotional recovery and informed communication can be as important as technical planning.
Services associated with Dr. Hartley and Boulder Plastic Surgery & Skin Care include facelift and neck lift, facial fat grafting, brow lift, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, facial implants, laser skin resurfacing, skin rejuvenation, breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction, breast-implant revision or removal, fat-transfer breast augmentation, male breast reduction, breast reconstruction, tummy tuck, mommy makeover, liposuction, body contouring, body lift, arm lift, thigh lift, labiaplasty, scar revision, reconstructive repair after skin-cancer surgery, injectable treatments, nonsurgical fat reduction, laser hair removal, and regenerative aesthetic options. Treatment suitability, risks, recovery, and expected limitations should be reviewed directly with the surgeon during consultation.
📍 Location: Boulder Plastic Surgery & Skin Care, 1215 Spruce Street, Suite 201, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA—serving Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, Erie, Longmont, Broomfield, Niwot, and communities throughout Boulder County and Colorado’s Front Range.
