David R. Whittaker, MD

David R. Whittaker, MD

Dr. Whittaker brings a unique vascular experience to the Greenbrier’s medical staff. Upon graduating from the US Naval Academy, Dr. Whittaker
attended medical school at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He subsequently trained in General Surgery at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital and deployed as the Battlegroup Surgeon for the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT carrier group at the start of Operation Enduring Freedom. He returned to the states and completed his vascular surgery fellowship at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, NH.
Over the next two decades, Dr. Whittaker held several progressively senior leadership positions within the military health system including Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and Chief Medical Officer of the Defense Health Agency’s elite Innovation Group. Upon his retirement from the Navy, he worked as an Attending Surgeon at Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD. He continues to drive medical innovation forward as an industry and economic consultant.
As a practicing vascular surgeon throughout his military career, and designated physician for the White House Medical Evaluation and Treatment unit, Dr. Whittaker has had the privilege of caring for the nation’s leaders and heroes. His clinical expertise spans the full breadth of minimally invasive endovascular procedures and open vascular reconstructions, but his passion has always been focused on a holistic approach to Vascular Medicine and Venous Disease management. He is an active contributor to medical research and clinical practice guidelines with numerous publications, patents, textbook chapters, and presentations to his name.
Throughout his Navy career, Dr. Whittaker and his wife, Allison, along with their two sons and dog, Daisy, have come to love the mountains and forests of West Virginia where they enjoy camping, hiking and most outdoor activities that don’t require a source of power.

Undergraduate:
US Naval Academy, Mechanical Engineering

Medical School:
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Medical Training:
Internship and Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard University)
Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Dartmouth College)

Board Certifications:
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Fellow of the Society of Vascular Surgery