Dr. Elizabeth David received her medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She completed her general surgery residency at the Georgetown University Hospital and went on to complete her cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. After her training, Dr. David served in the United States Air Force as a cardiothoracic surgeon. Shortly after this Dr David completed her Masters of Advanced Studies in the Mentored Clinical Research Training Program at UC Davis.

Dr. David currently holds leadership positions within the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Thoracic Surgery Directors Association. She is an Associate Program Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency as well as Co-Director of Faculty Health and Wellbeing here with the University of Colorado.

Dr. David is passionate about the care of lung cancer patients and the ways that patient outcomes are influenced by stigma, health system and other human factors. Her clinical interests include surgery for lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies including mesothelioma, thymoma, thymic cancer and esophageal cancer.