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 Dr. David S. Edelman, a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, established the Laparoscopic Surgery Center in 1991. He has performed thousands of operations using micro-endoscopic techniques. He has lectured extensively around the world, published numerous articles in well recognized peer-reviewed journals and authored many chapters in Laparoscopic Surgical texts. Dr. Edelman has been recognized as one of America's Top Surgeons.

 

PRACTICE

Active Staff: Active Staff at Larkin Community Hospital 7031 SW 62nd Ave, South Miami, Florida 33143
General Surgeon for Miami Heat, NBA Professional Basketball Team

 
SURGICAL TRAINING

Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL
4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Surgical Residency: July 1982 to June 1987
Chief Surgical Resident, July 1986 to June 1987
Awards: Outstanding Junior Surgical Resident, 1982 to 1983
 
 
EDUCATION

Board Certified, American Board of Surgery, December 1988
Recertified December 1996 through July 2019
 
Medical License: Florida #43059, October 10, 1983
National Boards: passed parts I, II & III
 
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
August 1978 to May 1982, MD award May 1982
Medical Education Committee, 1979 to 1982
Editor, Medical School Yearbook, 1982
 
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
September 1974 to March 1978
B.S. Microbiology, Awarded Cum Laude, March 1978
Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honor society, May 1975
President, Tau Epsilon Phi, social fraternity, 1976
 
 
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow initiated October 1991
  • Founding member, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, President 1991, 1992
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES)
  • Board of Governors 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
  • American Hernia Society
  • Dade County Medical Association (DCMA)