DavidC.BrooksMD

General Surgery • Boston, MA

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Office
75 Francis St
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-6337

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1977 - 1983
Pondville HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1976 - 1977
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2018 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004-2016
Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2008-2013
Boston Herald Castle Connolly, 2005
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

26 citations
Brain Aromatase and the Regulation of Sexual Activity in Male Mice
David C. Brooks, John S. Coon, Cihangir Mutlu Ercan, Xia Xu, Hongxin Dong
Endocrinology. 2020-10-01
5 citations
Predicting venous thrombosis in patients undergoing elective splenectomy
Peter Szasz, Ali Ardestani, Brent Shoji, David C. Brooks, Ali Tavakkoli
Surgical Endoscopy. 2020-05-01
15 citations
Laparoscopic versus open splenectomy for splenomegaly: the verdict is unclear.
Reuben D Shin, Roger Lis, Nicholas R Levergood, David C. Brooks, Brent Shoji
Surgical Endoscopy. 2019-04-01

Other

Classification, clinical features and diagnosis of inguinal and femoral hernias in adults
Brooks DC, Obeid A, Hawn M
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/classification-clinical-features-and-diagnosis-of-inguinal-and-femo
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-25
Overview of treatment for inguinal and femoral hernias
Brooks DC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-treatment-for-inguinal-and-femoral-hernias
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-06-12
Overview of abdominal hernias
Brooks DC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-abdominal-hernias
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-09
Sports-related groin pain or 'sports hernia'
Brooks DC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/sports-related-groin-pain-or-sports-hernia
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-21
Management of intergluteal pilonidal disease
Brooks DC, Sullivan DJ, Breen E
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-intergluteal-pilonidal-disease
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-29
Gallstone disease in pregnant women
Brooks DC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/gallstone-disease-in-pregnant-women
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-28
Intergluteal pilonidal disease: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
Brooks DC, Sullivan DJ, Breen E
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/intergluteal-pilonidal-disease-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosi
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-26
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Press Mentions

Dr. Robert Osteen, Surgeon and Poet Who Inspired Students, Dies at 81August 7th, 2022

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member
Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Member
Society of American Gastrointestional and Endoscopic Surgeons
Member
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Member