Overview
David K. Palmer, MD, FACS, is an ear, nose, and throat physician whose specialty covers care from the shoulders and up. At ENT Specialists in Salt Lake City, Murray, Draper, Tooele, and West Jordan, Utah, he specializes in allergies, voice disorders, facial trauma, ENT infections, hearing aid testing, and snoring and sleep disorders. He is trained to care for patients of all ages.Dr. Palmer attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, before receiving his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine (formerly the Medical College of Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia in 1986. He completed his ENT residency at Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, in 1992, and achieved board certification shortly thereafter.At ENT Specialists, Dr. Palmer provides specialty allergy care, including testing and immunotherapy. He also performs a full range of surgical procedures such as placement of pressure equalization tubes in ears, tonsil and adenoid removal, nasal surgery, advanced endoscopic sinus surgery, and laser surgery.A Utah native, Dr. Palmer graduated from Skyline High School in Salt Lake City. He is married and has five children. He enjoys the arts, and in his spare time, he can be found playing the piano, watching the Utah Jazz, enjoying his wife's violin playing, playing sports with his family, or singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Dr. Palmer is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Acquired Tracheomalacia, Tracheobronchomalacia, Perichondritis, and Spasmodic Dysphonia.
Insurance
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Locations
96 E Kimballs Ln Ste 309, Draper, UT 84020
8846 S Redwood Rd Ste E121, West Jordan, UT 84088
4000 S 700 E Ste 10, Salt Lake City, UT 84107
491 N Main St, Tooele, UT 84074
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Acquired TracheomalaciaDr. Palmer isDistinguished. Learn about Acquired Tracheomalacia.
- TracheobronchomalaciaDr. Palmer isDistinguished. Learn about Tracheobronchomalacia.
- Advanced
- Laryngeal Nerve DamageDr. Palmer isAdvanced. Learn about Laryngeal Nerve Damage.
- PerichondritisDr. Palmer isAdvanced. Learn about Perichondritis.
- Spasmodic DysphoniaDr. Palmer isAdvanced. Learn about Spasmodic Dysphonia.
- Vocal Cord DysfunctionDr. Palmer isAdvanced. Learn about Vocal Cord Dysfunction.
- Experienced
- Allergic RhinitisDr. Palmer isExperienced. Learn about Allergic Rhinitis.
- Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum DisorderDr. Palmer isExperienced. Learn about Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP)
- DFNB1Dr. Palmer isExperienced. Learn about DFNB1.
- EmpyemaDr. Palmer isExperienced. Learn about Empyema.
- EthmoiditisDr. Palmer isExperienced. Learn about Ethmoiditis.

