Dr. David Hanscom, MD

Dr. Hanscom is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in the surgical correction complex spine problems in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He has expertise in adult and pediatric spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis. A significant part of his practice is devoted to performing surgery on patients who have had multiple prior spine surgeries. He works for Swedish Neuroscience Specialists with eight neurosurgeons and a physiatrist. He is the founder of the DOCC project, which stands for Defined, Organized, Comprehensive, Care. It is a framework that organizes care for chronic spinal pain. The variables addressed are sleep, the central nervous system, medication management, goal setting, education, and aggressive soft tissue rehabilitation. Surgery is considered in the overall context of the rehabilition effort and is only performed on specific structural problems. He is working with Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA to improve access to structured non-operative care. He is the founder of the Puget Sound Spine Interest group, which was formed in 1987. It is a non-profit educational group, which provides a regional forum for physicians from multiple specialties to share ideas regarding optimum spine care. Precision Surgical Performance is a process, which brings athletic performance principles into the operating room. He co-founded the program with his golf-instructor, David Elaimy, in 2006. David Elaimy is also a performance coach who has been giving golf-based performance seminars in the financial sector for over fifteen years. Current Positions: Orthopedic spine surgeon, Swedish Neuroscience Specialists, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA Orthopedic consultant for Premera (Blue Cross/LifeWise of WA, OR, AK) Co-director of the Swedish Neuroscience Specialists spine fellowship, Seattle, WA Member of Best Doctors of America His medical degree is from Loma Linda University in 1979. His residency training began with internal medicine in Spokane, WA from 1979-1981. Orthopedic surgery training was at the University of Hawaii from 1981-1984. He did an orthopedic trauma fellowship at UC Davis in Sacramento, CA. His spinal deformity fellowship was completed in Minneapolis, MN at Twin Cities Scoliosis Center in 1986.

• Medical School, 1979
• Loma Linda University School of Medicine
• Loma Linda, CA