Background
Shapiro, David Howard was born on April 20, 1939 in Newark. Son of Nathan and Theresa Marie (Brown) Shapiro.
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David Howard Shapiro
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AB, Williams College, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Tufts U., 1965.
Career
Intern in surgery, Boston City Hospital, 1965-1966; resident in surgery, Boston City Hospital, 1966-1967; resident in ob/gyn, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1967-1968; resident, chief resident, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1968-1971; from assistant clinical professor surgery to clinical professor surgery, University South Florida College Medicine, Tampa, since 1973; private practice surgery, Clearwater, Florida, 1973-1997; chief general surgery, Bay Pines Veterans Administration Hospital., St. Petersburg, Florida, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
President board directors Pasco County subdivision West Coast Regional Health Planning Commission, 1973. Vice president board of trustees Florida West Coast Regional Health Planning Commission, 1973. Board directors Family Superior vena cava syndrome Pinellas County, 1984, Suncoast International Adoptions, 1982-1984.
Trustee St. Paul's School, chairman strategic long-range planning committee. Board directors Pinellas Regional Health Planning Commission, 1973-1976. Appointed Florida Cancer Control Research Advisory Board, since 1988.
Foundation trustee Hospice Care, Inc., 1991. Trustee, Executive Committee, quality assurance committee, marketing committee Morton Plant Hospital. Board directors, medical advisory Pasco County division American Cancer Society, 1973, education committee Florida division, 1978, colo-rectal task force, 1978, board directors Pinellas division, 1973-1986, chairman professional education committee, Florida professional education committee, 1979, commission on research, 1978-1980, board directors, 1979-1980.
Major USAMC, 1971-1973. Fellow American College Surgeons (secretary-treasurer Florida chapter 1980-1982, president-elect 1982-1984, president 1984-1986, member various committees), Southeastern Surgical Conference. Member American Medical Association, Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, American Society BariatricSurgery, Society Clinical Vascular Surgery, Florida Vascular Society, Florida Society Clinical Oncology, Florida Surgical Association, Florida Medical Association, Tampa Bay Medical Society (steering committee, secretary 1993), Pinellas County Medical Society (Board of Governors 1983, chairman committees), Pinellas County Medical Association, Tampa Bay Surgical Society (founding secretary), U South Florida Society Clinical professors (founding president), SigmaXi.
Connections
Married Jean R. Vetter, August 16, 1979. Children: Seth, Adam, Corey.
