Dr. David H. Harpole

With over 20 years of experience as a busy general thoracic surgeon, I am referred patients with cancers in the chest and other difficult problems involving all the organs of the chest that are not from cancer. One of the things that attracted me to the field is the long-term relationship with my patients. I tell all my patients that I’m their doctor for life. I see patients for many, many years. Back in 2000, when we had a 26-inch snow here -- it was a Tuesday -- on my clinic day, everyone said no one would come to clinic. But I actually had 23 or 24 patients show up in four-wheel drives. It’s not that I’m such a fabulous doctor that they came to see me. It’s that they are cancer patients and this was their annual visit or their follow up. It was important to them. So we were here for them, and they came. I enjoy seeing my patients back 12, 13, 14 years later and learning what they’ve been up to and what their families have been up to. That’s a bond you get in oncology that a lot of other fields don’t have that treat patients then turn them back over to their primary care physicians. We as a team follow people, and I like that.

Dr. Harpole is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Lung Nodules, ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Subcutaneous Emphysema, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

Dr. Harpole is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, General Surgery and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery . He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 112 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. Dr. Harpole is currently accepting new patients.