Dave E. David, M.D.
Phone:  (781) 764-4747
Toll Free:  (800) 326-4789
e-mail: doctor@drdavedavid.com

 

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL 

University of Florida, 1968 - 1974

        B.S. in Zoology and Chemistry; graduate with honors; President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List
        Member, Pre-Medical Honor Society; President, Kappa Sigma Fraternity
        Awarded scholarship grants from Parkway General Hospital, Miami, Florida


MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of South Florida College of Medicine 

        M.D. degree, 1978
        Received both Mosby Scholarship Achievement Award and C.I.B.A. Leadership Award  for
         service to his medical school
        President of medical school class three successive years


INTERNSHIP

Harvard Medical School Affiliate: Cambridge City Hospital, 1978-1979

        Internal Medicine, Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit
        Obstetrics and Gynecology training


RESIDENCY

•         Harvard/Tufts University Affiliated Hospitals, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1978-1982
•         Chief Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University Affiliated Hospitals,  1981-1982


APPOINTMENT
S

•         Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, 1984-1993
•         Former Teaching Faculty, Harvard University
•         Teaching Faculty, University of Rhode Island, 2000-2007
•         Faculty at The 17th Annual National Expert Witness Conference:  "Expert Witness Presentation Skills:  How to Excel", teaching expert witnesses from all over the U.S., 2008


LICENSES

         Massachusetts #44906
         California #G43617, 1980-1996


MEMBERSHIPS (past and present)

•         American Medical Association (recipient of their Physician's Recognition Award) 
         Nominated by National Physician Ambassador Program as a Physician Ambassador to China
•         and South Africa
•         Recipient of the American Biographical Institute as Man of the Year Award, 2004
•         Recipient of the International Biographical Centre’s International Health Professional
•         of the Year Award, 2004 
•         Recipient of the American Biographical Institute’s American Medal of Honor, 2004
•         New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
•         Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
•         International Association of Medical Specialists
•         Massachusetts Medical Society
•         Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
•         American Society of Bariatric Physicians
•         Norfolk District Medical Society 
•         Massachusetts Speakers Association
•         Medical Speakers Bureau
•         National Association of Physician Broadcasters
•         National Association of Medical Communicators
•         California Medical Association
•         Orange County Medical Association
•         Orange County Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
•         American Academy of Family Physicians
•         Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians
•         Selected Honored member, Who's Who
•         The American College of Physician Executives


CERTIFICATIONS

         Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (recertified, 1996 and in 2007)
         Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners


EXPERIENCE

Private practice, treating patients for 16 years, beginning 1982

February, 2005 – Led an international volunteer medical team into Sri Lanka in the areas of the refugee camps, aiding victims of the tsunami. The group rendered medical and surgical treatment to nearly 11,000 patients.

Medical Director of Natural Health Pharmaceuticals, 2005-2007

Member of the Medical Advisory Board of 1-800-Healthy.com, 2004-2006

Comprehensive Medical Director, Guthy-Renker Corporation, 1998-2004

Physician Advisor and Medical Director, United Healthcare, the nation's largest health care company (as Medical Director, playing a major role in setting the standards for patient care), 1996-1998

Member of the Board that credentials physicians for selected HMO memberships for Cigna Health Care, 1994-1996

Former member of hospital physician credentialing committee

Obstetrical Consultant for The Perrigo Company

Medical Director, Adirondack Country Club, 2001-present 

Gynecologist and Gynecological Consultant for Tufts University and Emerson College, Boston, MA, treating university students

Staffed numerous suburban family planning and neighborhood health clinics in the Boston area


PUBLICATIONS

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Vol. 59, No. 3, March, 1982: Major Complications Associated With Intrauterine Pressure Monitoring.

Journal of The American Medical Association:  Book Reviews:

      Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, September 18, 1982, Vol 248, No. 11

      Clinical and Diagnostic Procedures in Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 8, 1984, Vol. 251, No. 22

      Gynecology: Principles and Practice, March 20, 1987, Vol. 257, No. 11

      Obstetrics and Gynecology: The Clinical Core, November 4, 1988, Vol 260, No. 17

      TeLinde’s Operative Gynecology, June 3, 1992, Vol. 267, No. 21

      Gynecology and Obstetrics Longitudinal Approach, April 6, 1994, Vol. 271, No. 13

Author:  Making Womb For Baby!


MEDIA APPEARANCES AND LECTURING

Created the nationally released, full-length video tape on pregnancy, “Making Womb for Baby”.

Formerly medical commentator on Fox News Channel, CNN and New England Cable News

Appeared on dozens of national television talk shows

Appeared regularly on ABC/Family Channel's "Living the Life"

Appearances with Joan Rivers, Farrah Fawcett, Marilu Henner, Gloria Loring, Kris and Bruce Jenner.

Produced and Hosted the medical television show "There's A Doctor in the House"

Hosted a radio call-in medical show on the East Coast, and is a frequent medical guest on radio programs, both locally and nationally

Numerous appearances on NBC shows when medical issues arise.

Quoted in several national magazines and newspapers including USA Today, The New York Post, Bride’s Magazine, Fitness, Men’s Health, Incite, Woman’s World, Baby Talk, Men’s Fitness

Guest lecturer at numerous nursing schools, colleges and universities, organizations and physicians’ groups.

Formerly, treating physician to U.S. Olympic Team members and Silver Medalist

Registered speaker for:  American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association