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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2006

David G. Sheldon, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Hospital Based

General Surgery

Palio Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF)

Santa Cruz Division

Chanticleer General Surgery

Santa Cruz, CA 95065

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Surgical Oncology - Colorectal - Hepatobiliary - Pancreatic - Minimally Invasive/Robotic - Endocrine Surgery - Melanoma/Sarcoma

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Endocrine (Gland)

  • adrenal cancers/tumors
  • adrenal surgery
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • pancreatic endocrine tumors
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parathyroid surgery
  • pheochromocytoma
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • esophagus perforation
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastric cancer
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • malrotation
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Gynecology Disorders/Procedures

  • hysterectomy
  • laparoscopic hysterectomy
  • ovarian cyst/mass

Head and Neck

  • head and neck surgery
  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid surgery

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatic artery infusion pumps
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

  • paraesophageal hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • epidermal cyst
  • nevi
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin gland tumors
  • skin grafting
  • tissue flaps

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal fistula
  • rectal prolapse

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • Crohn's disease
  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • ileostomy
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • stomach cancer
  • ulcerative colitis

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery
  • robotic surgery
  • tumor ablation

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • adrenal tumors
  • anal cancer/tumors
  • bladder cancer/tumors
  • bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
  • chest tumors
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • endocrine cancer
  • endometrial cancer/tumors
  • esophagus cancer/tumors
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • genitourinary cancer/tumors
  • gynecology cancer/tumors
  • kidney cancer
  • melanoma
  • neck cancer/tumors
  • ovarian cancer/tumors
  • ovarian cysts
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • pelvic tumors
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • thyroid cancer/nodules
  • uterine cancer/tumors
  • vulva cancer

Thoracic

  • esophageal surgery
  • lobectomy

Hospital Appointments

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

New York,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/2002—07/2004

Geisinger Health System - Surgical Oncology Danville, PA (2004-2009) Select Specialty Hospital - Danville, PA (2

Danville, PA

Surgeon

09/2004—07/2009

Kalispell Regional Medical Center

Kalispell, MT

Surgeon

07/2009—10/2021

Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

Surgeon

12/2021—Present

Academic Appointments

Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery (2006-2009)

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