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David A. D'Alessandro, M.D., F.A.C.S.
About the Doctor
Dr. D’Alessandro is a graduate of Cornell University and Boston University with B.A. and M.D. degrees respectively. He received specialty training in general and peripheral vascular surgery at St. Vincent ’s Hospital and Medical Center and New York University, where he was a research fellow of the American Cancer society and a Clinical Instructor in surgery at NYU.He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.). As a surgical resident and cancer research fellow he was privileged to work with the team that pioneered the first successful attempts to stop and prevent bleeding by reducing the pressure in esophageal and gastric varicose veins. Research contributions have been on this subject of portal hypertension, the cause of the most severe instances of GI bleeding due to liver disease and a complication with high mortality.
Dr. D’Alessandro served as a major in the US Army Medical Corp prior to civilian practice. He has been a practicing surgeon in the Fort Lauderdale area since moving to Deerfield Beach in 1973 and then Lighthouse Point, the home also of the parent clinic. He is on the honorary staffs of North Broward, Holy Cross, North Ridge and Imperial Point hospitals in Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. He is on the honorary staffs of North Broward, Holy Cross, and Imperial Point hospitals in Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. Medical society affiliations include the Broward County, Florida and American medical societies, and the American College of Surgeons.
Over the past twenty-one years Dr. D’Alessandro has gained recognition for excellence in cosmetic relief of spider blemishes and minimally invasive treatment of varicose veins, most recently by the laser and VNUS ® techniques.