{"id":3568,"date":"2026-04-27T21:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/staff\/david-ford\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:10:44","slug":"david-ford","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/about\/doctor-directory\/david-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Dr. David W. Ford tiene la educaci\u00f3n, la capacitaci\u00f3n avanzada y m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os de experiencia que usted deber\u00eda buscar al considerar el tratamiento de una enfermedad o lesi\u00f3n que potencialmente podr\u00eda cambiarle la vida.<br><br>El Dr. Ford se gradu\u00f3 de Hendrix College en Conway, AR con honores en Biolog\u00eda y luego complet\u00f3 su t\u00edtulo de m\u00e9dico en la Universidad de Tennessee Medical Center en 1992. Complet\u00f3 su Residencia en Cirug\u00eda General en la Medical University of South Carolina. Cuenta con certificaci\u00f3n de la Junta de Cirug\u00eda, es miembro del American College of Surgeons y miembro del Southeastern Surgical Congress.<br><br>Despu\u00e9s de 18 a\u00f1os en pr\u00e1ctica privada en el \u00e1rea de Memphis, se mud\u00f3 a Charleston, donde comenz\u00f3 a utilizar el robot para muchos procedimientos quir\u00fargicos. La belleza de las monta\u00f1as de Vail y estar m\u00e1s cerca de su familia tentaron a \u00e9l y a su esposa, Angie, a mudarse al Oeste. Tiene dos hijos adultos que viven en Denver. Disfruta de la variedad de la Cirug\u00eda General, y especialmente de los enfoques rob\u00f3ticos m\u00ednimamente invasivos para problemas quir\u00fargicos comunes; como hernias, ves\u00edcula biliar y colon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aprende m\u00e1s:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para saber m\u00e1s sobre el Dr. Ford y todo lo que tiene para ofrecer, visite su sitio web:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drdavidford.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.DrDavidFord.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Centro de Hernias Vail Health<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/servicios\/centro-de-hernias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cirug\u00eda Colorrectal de Vail Health<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La pasi\u00f3n del Dr. David Ford por la cirug\u00eda rob\u00f3tica\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qSCWkLq351U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Conozca a David Ford, MD | Nuevo cirujano general y rob\u00f3tico de Vail Health\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hvS7iVdpT9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"featured_media":6596,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"tags":[],"staff-specialties":[142,143,24,25],"class_list":["post-3568","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","staff-specialties-colorectal-surgery","staff-specialties-hernia","staff-specialties-robotic-surgery","staff-specialties-surgery"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Ford - Vail Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Ford - Vail Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. David W. 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