Nationally Known Vascular Surgeon Joins Faculty

David Lawrence Gillespie, M.D., F.AC.S., R.V.T., D.M.C.C., has been appointed professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Gillespie is a nationally known cardiovascular specialist and former chief of Vascular Surgery for the U.S. Army who has been overseeing vascular surgery in Iraq. He has chosen to continue his clinical and research career in Rochester as he retires after 23 years of dedicated military service.

He is one of six new surgical faculty joining the Department of Surgery. The recruits cut across and further strengthen the main priorities of the Medical Center’s Strategic Plan, according to Jeffrey H. Peters, M.D. , Seymour I. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery.

Gillespie most recently served as chief and program director of Vascular Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and as chief of Vascular Surgery at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Md. He also is a vascular surgery consultant with the Office of the Surgeon General. Click here to view complete CV.

In addition to his clinical expertise, Gillespie is a well established and senior clinical and basic science researcher. His interests have been directed toward chronic venous disease, most notably cellular and molecular functioning within chronic ulceration.

Gillespie earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. He completed an internship at Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco; a surgical residency at Boston University Medical Center; and a fellowship at Boston University Medical Center, where he served as the Reginald Smithwick Fellow in Vascular Surgery. His undergraduate work was done at Washington State University.