David Shavelle
CARDIOLOGY
Medical Director, Adult Cardiology & Interventional Labs
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center
David Shavelle, MD chose medicine as a career because of early childhood memories of his father, who was one of the first nephrologists in the Long Beach area to establish an outpatient dialysis center. Dr. Shavelle developed a particular interest in cardiology because of the strong basis on physiology and similarities to basic Mechanical Engineering principles, including hemodynamics. Today, he is actively engaged in clinical research and has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Dr. Shavelle has received multiple teaching awards including the Golden Apple Award from Keck School of Medicine in 2010 and 2019.
