Overview
Dr. David Spector is a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) with specialties in gastrointestinal and general surgery, metabolic health and bariatric surgery, and weight management surgery. He received his medical degree from Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School. Dr. Spector completed a general surgery residency at Ichilov Medical Center. In addition, he completed a general surgery residency and a bariatric surgery fellowship at Tufts Medical Center.Dr. Spector has clinical interests in adrenal surgery, bariatric surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), minimally invasive surgery, and robotic surgery.
Dr. Spector is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS). His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
Locations
1153 Centre Street, Suite 5D, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
45 Francis Street, ASBII-3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Spector has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Patricia Chui is a General Surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Chui is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS). Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Obesity in Children, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- ObesityDr. Spector isDistinguished. Learn about Obesity.
- Sleeve GastrectomyDr. Spector isDistinguished. Learn about Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- Advanced
- Congenital Diaphragmatic HerniaDr. Spector isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- GastrectomyDr. Spector isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrectomy.
- HerniaDr. Spector isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia.
- Hiatal HerniaDr. Spector isAdvanced. Learn about Hiatal Hernia.
- Experienced
- CellulitisDr. Spector isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- CholecystitisDr. Spector isExperienced. Learn about Cholecystitis.
- CholedocholithiasisDr. Spector isExperienced. Learn about Choledocholithiasis.
- EndoscopyDr. Spector isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Gallbladder DiseaseDr. Spector isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Disease.
- GallstonesDr. Spector isExperienced. Learn about Gallstones.