David Alan Spain MD
Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Professor, Surgery - Trauma Critical Care, Stanford University Medical Center
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300 Pasteur DrPalo Alto, CA 94304
Phone+1 650-723-4000
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Summary
- Dr. David Spain is a general surgeon in Stanford, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford Health Care. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and has been in practice 31 years. He specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in trauma and surgical critical care and general / gastrointestinal surgery.
Education & Training
University of Louisville School of MedicineFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1992 - 1994
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1992
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2018 - 2020
KY State Medical License 1992 - 2004
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsCareer Trajectory After General Surgery Residency: Do Academic Program Graduates Pursue Academic Surgery?Allen Green, Elijah R Sommer, Max R Johnson, Hector Gonzalez Jr, Twan Sia
Annals of Surgery. 2025-05-01 - Diminishing Objectivity in the Residency Application Process.James Agolia, Allen Green, David A Spain, Jeff Choi
JAMA. 2025-03-25 - Time delay and evidence profiles forming clinical recommendations of US surgical society guidelines.Alexander Berg, Nam Yong Cho, Kaustav Chattopadhyay, Sachin Narayan, Jude Alawa
Surgery. 2025-02-01
Press Mentions
Stanford Hospitals Reverified as Level I Trauma CenterJune 12th, 2019
Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Re-Verified as a Level I Trauma CenterJune 5th, 2019- Short-Term Hospital Readmissions for Gun Injuries Cost $86 Million a YearJanuary 23rd, 2019
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