Back Institute Founder

David Ditsworth, M.D.
Dr. David Ditsworth is a board certified neurosurgeon. He developed the Non-Traumatic Discectomy for treating herniated and bulging discs in the spine. This procedure is beyond "minimally invasive". Dr. Ditsworth has been on staff at Cedars Sinai Medical Center since 1983.

Dr. Ditsworth has written more than 40 peer reviewed abstracts, articles, and book chapters. He is a member the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Dr. Ditsworth completed an accelerated program for his bachelor's degree and his medical degree from the University of Utah, School of Medicine Honors Surgery Program. He completed an internship at University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Ditsworth then went on and did a fellowship in neurosurgery at the Yale University School of Medicine. He then did his residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

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