Dr.
David H. Nielson, MD,
Lung Cancer Treatment Specialist
   
BOARD
CERTIFIED CARDIAC & THORACIC SURGERY ENDOSCOPIC
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
BOARD CERTIFIED GENERAL SURGERY
RFA (Radio
Frequency Ablation of malignant lung tumors)
ETS (Micro
Single Incision Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
for HH, FB, Raynauds)
VATS (Video Assisted Thorascopic Surgery)
AMBTS (Ambulatory Thoracic Surgery)
Radio Frequency Ablation Office
1202 E Sonterra Blvd Suite 101
San Antonio, Texas 78258
(210) 490-7464 (Phone)
(210) 490-2506 (FAX)
info@rfalung.com
Education
B.A., University
of Utah, 9/76-6/77, 9/79-6/82
Major: Chemistry
Magna Cum
Laude Graduate
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Graduate
Work
University
of Utah, 9/82-6/83
Major: Biochemistry
M.D., Temple
University School of Medicine, 7/85 - 5/89
Philadelphia,
PA
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Internship
General Surgery,
6/89-6/90
Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA.
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Residency
General Surgery,
7/90-6/94
Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA.
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Fellowship
Cardiothoracic
Surgery, 7/94-6/96
University
of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Certification
American Board
of Thoracic Surgery, Board Certified
American Board
of Surgery, Diplomat
American Board
of Medical Examiners, Diplomat
Licensure
Physician and Surgeon, Pennsylvania, 7/91-12/96
Physician
and Surgeon, Texas, 8/96-present
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Professional
memberships
American Association
of Clinical Anatomists
American College
of Surgeons, diplomat
American Medical
Association
Bexar County
Medical Society
Pennsylvania
Medical Society
Pennsylvania
Association for Thoracic Surgery 7/90 to 6/95
Society of
Thoracic Surgeons
Southeastern
Surgical Society, fellow
Texas Medical
Association
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Languages
English, Spanish
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Awards
Best Resident
Presentation Award, Pennsylvania Association for
Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Hershey,
PA, 9/25/93.
Anna Elizabeth
Fleer Surgical Fellowship for most outstanding
research leading to publications, Dept of Surgery,
Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 6/17/93.
Outstanding
Student Teaching Award, Dept of Surgery, Lankenau
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 6/17/93.
Peterson-Figueroa
award for best ventilator wean of the year, Lankenau
Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 6/18/90.
Research in
Surgical Oncology - development and testing of
combination therapy regimens for selected cancers,
The National Institutes of Health, 7/88-9/88, Bethesda,
MD.
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Research
Technician
"Structural
Characterization of the Isoforms of Neonatal and
Adult Rat Liver Metallothionein", D. Winge,
K. Nielson, University
of Utah Medical Center, 10/82-4/83.
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Publications
Demmy TL,
Nielson DH, Curtis JJ, Improved method for deep
thoracoscopic lung nodule excision, Missouri Medicine,
vol. 93, no. 2, pp 86-87, Feb 1996.
Sutter FP,
Knauss L, Nielson DH, Goldman SM, Effects of preoperative
serum creatinine level on cardiac surgery morbidity
and mortality, Journal of the Pennsylvania Association
for Thoracic Surgery, vol 3, pp 16-24, 1995.
Nielson DH,
Tomasello D, Brennan EJ, Chen C, Concomitant coronary
artery bypass grafting and adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma,
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, vol. 10, no. 2, pp
179-183, Mar 1995.
Nielson DH,
Sutter FP, Mitchell JM, et at., A comparison of
the physiological effects of pulsatile versus nonpulsatile
blood flow during cardiopulmonary bypass, Journal
of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery,
vol 2, pp 67-70, 1994.
Nielson DH,
VonRueden DG, Fitzpatrick MA, Ectopic hematoma
formation complicating transverse rectus abdominus
musculocutaneous flap breast reconstruction, Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery, 93 (4): pp 865 - 67,
Apr 1994.
Sutter FP,
Nielson DH, Goldman SM, et al., Right ventricular
protection with coronary sinus retrograde cardioplegia,
Clinical Anatomy, vol 7, pp 257-262, 1994.
Nielson DH,
Sutter FP, Goldman SM, Use of venous fistula technique
for intraoperative cardiac hemorrhage, Journal
of Cardiac Surgery, 8 (5): pp 558-561, Sept 1993.
Nielson DH,
Barnett TP, Yum KY, Historical review of cecostomy
at a community hospital, Contemporary Surgery,
43 (3): pp 159-161, Sept 1993.
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Presentations
Micro Incision
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy, Single-Tiny
Incision Endoscopic Vein Harvest, American Association
of Critical Care Nurses - San Antonio Chapter Annual
Symposium, San Antonio, TX, Sept, 1998.
Endoscopic
Transthoracic Sympathectomy, Endoscopic Vein Harvest,
MIDCAB, 37th Annual Symposium, "Association
of Operating Room Nurses - San Antonio Chapter",
San Antonio, TX, Sept 27, 1997
Single-tiny
Incision Endoscopic Vein Harvest, KENS channel
5 television, Aug 12, 1997.
Autotransfusion
induced elevation of serum creatine kinase levels
in patients following cardiac surgery, VI Annual
Scientific Meeting: "Cardiac Surgery: Current
issues", St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Nov 17-20, 1993.
Physiological
effects of pulsatile versus continuous blood flow
during cardiopulmonary bypass, VI Annual Scientific
Meeting: "Cardiac Surgery: Current Issues",
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov 17-20, 1993.
Preoperative
renal insufficiency in the cardiac surgery patient,
31st Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania Association
for Thoracic Surgery, Hershey, PA, 9/24/93- 9/26/93.
A comparison
of the physiological effects of pulsatile versus
nonpulsatile blood flow during cardiac surgery,
31 Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania Association for
Thoracic Surgery, Hershey, PA, 9/24/93-9/26/93.
Complex venous
colateralization of the right ventricle seen with
retrograde cardioplegia, Tenth annual meeting of
the American Association of Clinical Anatomists,
Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, 6/16/93-6/19/93.
Uncommon primary
metastasis to the pleura of a superficial vulvar
carcinoma, Southeastern Surgical Society annual
meeting, Tarpon Springs, FL, 2/6/93-2/11/93.
Video thoracoscopy:
an effective alternative in the diagnosis and treatment
of pleural and lung pathologies, Endo Expo 1992,
Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Society annual meeting,
Orlando, FL, 12/2/92-12/6/92.
Right ventricle
myocardial protection using retrograde cardioplegia,
29th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Association
of Thoracic Surgeons, Markel Island, FL, 5/91.
Intraoperative
radiation therapy in rectal cancer - 1988 update,
Grand Rounds Surgery Branch of the National Cancer
Institute, Bethesda, MD, 9/88.
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Other
 Dr.
Nielson carries 2002 Winter Olympic Torch
Developed
1/12th inch "Micro Incision Endoscopic Thoracic
Sympathectomy" for hyperhidrosis, 6/97
Developed "Single-Tiny
Incision Endoscopic Vein Harvest", 10/96
Service mission
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Uruguay,
South America, 9/77-9/79
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Professional
Experience
August 1996
to present
· Cirujanos
de Corazon Associates - San Antonio, Texas Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Endoscopic Cardiothoracic Surgery
· Micro
Incision Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy two
millimeter (1/12th inch) axillary incision
· Endoscopic
Vein Harvest for CABG a one inch leg incision.
· MICAB
- "keyhole cabg"
· Cardiac
and thoracic surgery
· Direct
Intercostal Nerve Pain Relief minimizes thoractomy
pain.
October
1983 to January 1985
· President of a corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah(computer sales and service)
October
1979 to May 1982
· Lab
technician in Bryner Clinic (multi-specialty
medical clinic), Salt Lake City, Utah
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