David Ditsworth, MD. - Neurological Surgery
CERTIFICATION :

  • Board Certified in Neurosurgery, 1983

  • Diplomate, American Board of Neurosurgery

  • Dr. David Ditsworth developed the Non-Traumatic Discectomy for treating herniated and bulging discs in the spine. This procedure is beyond "minimally invasive".
Undergraduate and Medical School:

  • Accelerated, combined program University of Utah School of Medicine, Honors Surgery Program
  • Internship: University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine, Neurosurgery
  • Residency: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Neurosurgery
  • Medical Director, Back Care Program, Los Angeles Metropolitan Hospital, 1997-1998
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Beverly Hills Medical Center, 1984-1991
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Westside Hospital, 1991-1994
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, and director of the Back Institute, Washington Medical Center, 1994 to 1997.
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Hawthorne Hospital, 1996.
  • Member and Lecturer, Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine (Congress of Neurological Surgery and The American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
  • Member, Faculty, and lecturer, International Intradiscal Therapy Society
  • Member and lecturer, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • Lecturer, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • Lecturer, North American Spine Society
  • Member and lecturer, International College of Surgeons

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS : (All articles have been peer reviewed. Abstracts were reviewed by the indicated organization and accepted for publication.)

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