David Feinstein, MD

  • Born May 18, 1948, Toronto, Canada
  • Married to Reesa Tessler Feinstein in 1970
  • 5 children
  • 9 grandchildren (So Far)
  • Moved to Dallas in 1978
  • Became a Naturalized American Citizen 7/31/87

Education

High School
Forest Hill Collegiate Toronto, Canada 1967
Awards:

  • School Key (Academic Excellence, Sportsmanship, and Citizenship)
  • President of student council and student body

College
University of Toronto

  • Completed Premedical and Medical school in 6 years
  • MD 1973

Awards:

  • Graduated with honors (top 10% of class)
  • Chosen for membership in Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Postgraduate medical education

Internal Medicine
University Toronto Teaching Hospitals

  • Wellesley Hospital
  • Toronto General Hospital 1975

Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism
University Toronto Teaching Hospitals

  • Mt Sinai Hospital
  • Toronto General Hospital
  • St Michael's Hospital
  • Toronto Western Hospital 1977

Board Certification

  • Internal Medicine 1977
  • Endocrinology and Metabolism 1979

Fellowship Certification

  • FRCP(C) Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada 1977
  • FACP Fellow of the American College of Physicians 1982
  • FACE Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology 1993

Private practice of Endocrinology in Dallas since September 1978

Prior positions:

  • Medical Director of Diabetes Unit at Methodist Hospital Dallas, Texas 1978-1983
  • Medical Director of Diabetes Centers of America Plano, Texas 1983-1984

University Affiliations:

  • Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at Southwestern Medical School since 1990

Medical Associations:

  • American Medical Association
  • Dallas Medical Society
  • Texas Medical Society
  • Royal College of Physicians of Canada
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Diabetes Association
  • The Endocrine Society
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

License to practice medicine:

  • Texas Since 1978
  • Ontario, Canada Since 1974

Citizenship Awards (Humanitarian):

  • Justice Louis Brandeis Award December 1991
  • Israel Peace Medal March 2003

Other Recognitions:

  • Dallas D Magazine
    • Best Doctors in Dallas in every annual survey (1992…2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Texas Monthly Magazine
    • Best Doctors in Texas 2004
    • Texas Super Doctors 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Who's Who in American Medicine
  • The Global Directory of Who's Who
  • Best Doctors in America 2005-2008
  • Guide to America's Top Physicians 2008

National Speaker for Pharmaceutical companies:

  • Lilly
  • Bristol- Meyers Squibb
  • Glaxo Smith Kline
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Novartis
  • Sanofi- Synthelabo
  • Amgen
  • Aventis

Frequent Lecturer:

  • Diabetes Update
  • Diabetes in Pregnancy
  • Managing Diabetes in Hospital
  • Diabetic Emergencies
  • How to Best Utilize Insulin
  • Post Prandial Hyperglycemia
  • Reducing Cardiovascular risk in Diabetes
  • Preventing Type II Diabetes
  • Osteoporosis
  • Treatment of Osteoporosis
  • Male Erectile Dysfunction

Advisory Board

  • American Diabetes Association Dallas Chapter

Dr. Feinstein's Remarks at surprise party given in his honor.

Slide Presentation given at 30th Medical Practice Anniversary

 
 
   
 
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