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Dr. David Champ Weeks moved to the Tacoma area in 2005 after practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Weeks is a member of the medical staff at the Multicare Health System institutions of Tacoma General and Allenmore Medical Centers as well as the Saint Joseph Medical Center. Active participation on the Multicare Surgical Services Committee allows him to understand and direct patient care at these institutions. He also actively contributes in the American Urology Association, the Western Section of the AUA, , the Washington State Medical Association, and the Pierce County Medical Society. He holds active medical and surgical licenses in the states of Washington and California.
By promoting patient and community awareness, Dr. Weeks strives to enthusiastically promote urologic education. He has lectured on prostate cancer, robotic applications, prostate enlargement, hematuria (blood in the urine), male impotence, pediatric disorders, and minimally invasive procedures for the kidney such as laparoscopy and cryotherapy. With the goal of raising the overall standard of patient care, he has also mentored several colleagues in surgical techniques for male and female incontinence as well as laparoscopy in several areas.
- He completed his residency training in 2004 at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC.
- He was recognized by his mentors and peers by receiving the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
- the Laparoscopic Achievement Award
- numerous student teaching awards
- elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society for his teaching and leadership role in the Georgetown University Medical School and Residency Programs.
- His medical doctorate degree was earned in 1999 from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
- He has obtained a Master of Science degree in Biomechanics and Human Physiology, cum laude, from Georgia State University
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia in 1992.
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