Dr. David Robert Whittaker MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY CTR BETHESDA MD, 20889About
Dr. David Whittaker is a vascular surgeon practicing in Annapolis, MD. Dr. Whittaker specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Whittaker diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
State University of New York / Health Science Center At Stony Brook 1997
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prediction of altered endograft path during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with the Gore Excluder.
- The engineering of endovascular stent technology: a review.
- The effect of vein repair on the risk of venous thromboembolic events: a review of more than 100 traumatic military venous injuries.
- A noninterventional management approach to endovascular coil migration into the sigmoid colon.
- Intraoperative duplex ultrasound criteria for performing interposition bypass in the treatment of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.
- Symptomatic lumbar osteochondroma treated via a multidisciplinary military surgical team: case report and review of the literature.
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