Dr David D. Zabel MD FACS

MD, Zabel Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. David Zabel is a board-certified plastic surgeon and retired Commander in the United States Navy Reserves. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western University, a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati, and completed residencies in General Surgery at Christiana Care Health Systems in Newark, DE, and in Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Zabel is Chief of Plastic Surgery at Christiana Care Health Systems, Medical Director of the St. Francis Wound Care Center, and an Associate Faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has authored 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and five book chapters on topics such as abdominal wall reconstruction and wound treatment, and is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.