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    Carlos David, MD, FAANS

    Vice chair for education, program director, Chief Cerebrovascular and skull base surgery
    UNC School of Medicine

    Dr. Carlos David is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Residency Program Director, and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Neurological surgery at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. His range of expertise includes all skull base and complex brain tumors, endoscopic skull base surgery and all aspects of cerebrovascular surgery, including bypass surgery.
    He joined the faculty at UNC from the Lahey Clinic and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. In addition to his positions as Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base surgery at the Lahey Clinic, he also held the rank of Assistant and then Associate Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
    Dr. David attended the University of Miami and earned a BS in Biochemistry. He then went on to attend medical school at the University of Miami School of Medicine, where he graduated with Research distinction and was elected AOA. He completed his neurosurgery residency training at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He went on to pursue fellowship training in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Spetzler at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ.
    Dr. David also served as a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve from 1998 through 2006. He served on active duty during Operation Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom, receiving various decorations including a Naval and Marine Corps Commendation medal for his service.
    Dr. David is active in organized neurosurgery having served as past vice chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery. He is an officer in the North American Skull Base Society. He is passionate and dedicated to teaching. He has led and participated in numerous courses and symposia over the years. In his role as associate residency program director for the Tufts Neurosurgery program, he coordinated the neurosurgical residents rotating at the Lahey Clinic. He is also significantly involved in medical education, having served as faculty for the medical student neuroscience course and neuroscience core clerkship at Tufts University school of medicine. He also served in the medical student coaching program, and the Tufts School of medicine admissions committee. In 2020, he was honored with the Samuel Moschella clinical educator of the year award. In April 2022 he was honored by the AANS/CNS section on cerebrovascular surgery when he was invited to be the Donaghy lecturer.

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