Dr. David Capelli, Pediatrician

About Dr. David Capelli

Dr. David Capelli has been a board-certified pediatrician since 1999. He was born in Schenectady, NY, near Albany and raised in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area, on Grand Island. Go Bills and Sabres! After receiving his Bachelor of Science at Cornell University in 1992, he accepted a scholarship from the US Army to attend Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). After graduating with his MD in 1996, he entered active duty in the Army and completed his pediatrics internship at William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Ft. Bliss (El Paso, TX) and then his pediatrics residency at Madigan Army Medical Center at Ft. Lewis (Tacoma, WA). He then served as a staff pediatrician for the children of soldiers stationed at Ft. Irwin, CA (National Training Center) for 3 years before resigning his commission and accepting full time employment with Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse and Onalaska in 2002 until January of 2022. He did a mix of general pediatrics seeing newborns through age 18, mostly in outpatient clinic. He also covered labor and delivery call, newborn and special care nursery coverage and admitted pediatrics patients through the ER and outlying clinics for most of the time he was there.

He was voted “Best Pediatrician” in the 2022 Best of La Crosse County online poll. He lives in Onalaska with his wife, Amy. They have 7 children. He looks forward to providing personalized care while serving you and your family.