David F. Echevarria, MD

Dr. David Echevarria is board certified in general surgery. He earned his undergraduate degree at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Echevarria returned to Tampa where he completed a five-year general surgery residency at Tampa General Hospital, The Veterans Administration, and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center.

Dr. Echevarria has been in surgical practice for over 20 years. His clinical interests include advanced laparoscopic surgery, general surgery, bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and surgical oncology including breast, liver and pancreatic cancers. Dr. Echevarria provides state-of-the-art breast conservation treatment options for early stage breast cancer patients with the Mammosite Radiation Therapy System. He has extensive experience with bariatric surgery for morbid obesity.

He also served as co-chair of the Intuitive Surgical Robotics Program at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Dr. Echevarria is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is a member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgeons, and an Affiliate Member of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.