Joining the practice in 2001, he is one of the founding partners of Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology. Dr. Mantooth is originally from Tennessee, completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he graduated with honors and obtained a minor in Studio Art. He earned both his medical degree and completed a full general surgery residency at the University of Tennessee at Memphis. He then finished a plastic surgery residency at Indiana University before going on to an Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship at the prestigious Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, which is affiliated with New York University.