“In medicine every decision carries weight. It is the balance of precise knowledge and compassionate understanding that allows me to make a difference in the quality of my patient’s lives.”

Board Certifications

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • Pulmonary Disease

Areas of Expertise

  • Interventional bronchoscopy
  • Lung Cancer
  • Pleural Diseases
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Emphysema

Education

Fellowship

University of California
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
San Diego, CA
2002

Internship and Residency

Georgetown University Hospital
Internal Medicine
Chief Resident
Washington, DC
1996 and 1998

Medical School

Georgetown University School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Washington, DC
1995

Undergraduate School

Georgetown University
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Washington, DC
1991

Hospitals Affiliated With

VHC Health

Professional Associations

American College of Chest Physicians
Fellow

Association of Bronchology
Member

Publications

“Hypofractioned Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Elderly Patients with State IIB-IV Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Who Are Ineligible for Or Refuse Other Treatment Modalities” Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy 5 (2014): 59-66.

“Does Escalation with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Boost for Locally Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer” Radiation Oncology 8 (2013): 179

“Robotic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Elderly Medically Inoperable Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer” Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy 4 (2013): 35-42.

“Survival Outcomes of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced NSCLC” 2012 Chicago Multidiscipinary Symposium in Thoratic Oncology 7.9.4 (2012).

“Survival Outcomes of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced NSCLC.0” 2012 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology (2012): Lecture.

“Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Stage I Non Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi Institutional Experience” Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology (2012): Lecture.

“Surgical Management or Endobronchial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors” Ann Thorac Surgery (2011) .

“Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Approach to Severe Asthma” Journal of Visualized Experience (2010).

“Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Treatment of Severe 
Asthma” Epub (2009).

“Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 1-5.

“Bronchial Carcinoids” Clinical Atlas of Airway Disease: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 22-26.

“Benign Fibrous Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 30-33.

“Sarcomas” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 74-78.

“Endobronchial Lymphoma” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 79-82.

“Papillomatosis” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 87-90.

“Granular Cell Tumor” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 100-101.

“Tracheal Stenosis” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 110-113.

“Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 113-117.

“Granulation Tissue” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 118-121.

“Radiation Stenosis” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 128-131.

“Bronchopleural Fistulas” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 146-148.

“Foreign Body Aspiration” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 152-156.

“Radiation Necrosis of the Airway” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 184-187.

“Bronchial Webs and Adhesions” Clinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology and Pathology (2005): 202-204.

“Successful Treatment of An Endobronchial Plasma Cell Granuloma with Nd. YAG Laser Therapy” Chest (2002).

“Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy with a Rigid Bronchoscope, a Safe Technique” Chest (2002).

“Non-Neoplastic Diseases of the Airway with Radiographic and Bronchoscopic Correlation” Radiographics (2002)

“Laser Bronchoscopy” Surgical Clinics of North America (2001).

Academic Positions

VHC Health
Director, Lung Cancer Center

VHC Health
Director, Pulmonary Special Procedures Unit

Biography

A native of Massachusetts, Dr. David Duhamel joined PMA Health in 2002. His clinical expertise includes Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Diseases, and Lung Cancer.

Dr. Duhamel completed his medical education at Georgetown University, where he graduated in 1995. He then pursued an internship and residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Afterward, he completed a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California in San Diego.