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Dr. David Hanscom, MD, author of “Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain” is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in the surgical correction complex spine problems. He works for Swedish Neuroscience Specialists at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA. He developed the “DOC” (direct your own care) project, a framework that organizes care for chronic spinal pain based on his own struggle with chronic pain and the recent neuroscience research. He is working with Swedish Hospital to improve access to structured non-operative care. He is the founder of the Puget Sound Spine Society, a non-profit educational group, which provides a regional forum for physicians from multiple specialties to share ideas regarding optimum spine care. He co-founded “Precision Surgical Performance” a process, which brings athletic performance principles into the operating room.