David Young MD
General Surgery
About David Young MD

David Young, M.D., is a board-certified general surgeon at UT Health East Texas Physicians in Tyler. He has been performing various surgeries including gallbladder, hernia, colon resections, thyroidectomies and breast cancer care for more than 20 years.
โI was attracted to general surgery for a variety of reasons. I love the diversity of the disease processes and the different organ systems that are involved. This specialty requires knowledge of a vast number of surgical procedures and techniques. Surgery also offers a unique opportunity to have an immediate, potentially lifesaving impact on a patientโs life. I have found this rewarding beyond measure,โ he said.
When not seeing patients, Dr. Young enjoys being outdoors. His hobbies include fishing, hunting, handloading, competitive shooting, leatherworking and rose gardening.
Dr. Young is employed as a clinical faculty physician at The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center under the UT Tyler School of Medicine.
- Specialty
- General Surgery

My only regret is I needed to ask a few more questions but thats my fault. Sometimes being in a doctors office its easy to forget to bring up certain things due to so much information to take in and then process . Dr. Young definitely covered the important things and for the first time I was advised how to properly care abd placement for the drain and to keep a blood journal. He was the first person to advise me to these important things