Dr. David LeVens MD

General Surgeon - Coral Springs, FL

Dr. David LeVens specializes in general surgery, plastic surgery and hand surgery in Coral Springs, Florida. Details of Dr. LeVens' 30 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Columbia University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. LeVens

Dr. David LeVens
1725 N University Dr
Suite 440
Coral Springs, FL 33071

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. David LeVens identified specializing in General SurgeryGeneral Surgery
A surgeon manages a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon established the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill surgical patient. The surgeon uses a variety of diagnostic techniques, including endoscopy, for observing internal structures, and may use specialized instruments during operative procedures. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the salient features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist., Plastic SurgeryPlastic Surgery
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function, involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. He/she uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well. A plastic surgeon possesses special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and replantation. Competence in the management of complex wounds, the use of implantable materials, and in tumor surgery is required. and Hand SurgeryHand Surgery
A specialist trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical, and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Plastic Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. LeVens is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Coral Springs Medical Center
3000 Coral Hills Dr
Coral Springs, FL

License

Dr. David LeVens has been confirmed to have a license in Florida.

Education

Dr. LeVens attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and graduated in 1982 having 30 years experience. Additional residency training in Plastic Surgery was conducted at .. Advanced training program of a fellowship in Hand Surgery was conducted at Orthopedic Hospital, University of Southern California.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.