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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2014

Elizabeth Ashleigh David, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Southern Thor Surg Assn
  • Soc of Thor Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Elizabeth A David MD MAS

Mail Stop C310

12631 E. 17th Ave, RM 6602

Aurora, CO 80045

United States

Contact Information

Administrative Assistant
Name:Shantel Hardy

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • appendectomy

Mediastinum Disorders/Procedures

  • mediastinal tumors
  • mediastinoscopy
  • Mysashtenia Gravis
  • Thymoma

Esophagus Disorders/Procedures

  • Endoscopic mucosal resection
  • esophageal surgery
  • esophagectomy

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • bone marrow aspiration/biopsy
  • cryotherapy
  • doppler ultrasound
  • embolization procedures
  • endoscopic surgery
  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • laser surgery
  • microsurgery
  • radiosurgery
  • robotic surgery
  • tumor ablation
  • video assisted thoracic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • chest tumors
  • esophagus cancer/tumors
  • melanoma

Thoracic

  • achalasia
  • Barrett's esophagus
  • empyema
  • esophageal surgery
  • hemothorax
  • hiatal hernia
  • lobectomy
  • myotomy
  • pleural effusion
  • pneumothorax
  • pulmonary disorders
  • pulmonary embolism
  • pulmonary fibrosis
  • respiratory failure
  • thoracic outlet syndrome

Airway Disorders/Procedures

  • Bronchoscopy
  • Tracheal resection and reconstruction

Lung Pleura Esophagus & Chest Wall Cancer/Tumor

  • chest tumors
  • chest wall tumors
  • chest/mediastinal cysts
  • esophageal cancer
  • lung cancer
  • mediastinal tumors
  • mediastinal tumors
  • pleural chemoperfusion
  • pleural tumors
  • thoracic oncology

Lung Pleura Disorders/Procedures

  • Empyema
  • extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) for mesothelioma
  • hemothorax
  • lobectomy
  • mesothelioma
  • pleural effusion
  • pulmonary disorders

Vascular Disorders/Procedures

  • vena cava filter placement

Hospital Appointments

David Grant USAF Medical Center

Fairfiled, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/2012—05/2018

UC Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2012—04/2018

Keck Hospital of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Attending

06/2018—03/2022

University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, CO

Attending

04/2022—Present

Academic Appointments

University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Sacramento, CA

Volunteer Faculty

08/2012—04/2018

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Associate Professor

06/2018—03/2022

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Associate Professor

04/2022—Present