Accepting New Patients
David L. Skaggs, MD
Accepting New Patients
This provider practices at Guerin Children’s . Learn more.
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Languages
- English,
Gender
Male
Experience
34 Years
Locations
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
310-423-9991 (Fax)
- The Cedars-Sinai Spine Center is located within the Mark Goodson Building at 444 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. Self-parking is available via the parking garage entrance on Colgate Street. Validation is not available. For all parking rate information and discounted tickets, please visit cedars-sinai.org/patients-visitors/map.html.
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
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- Orthopaedics
Programs
Cedars-Sinai clinical programs this provider is part of:
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Clinical Expertise
Area in which a healthcare provider has additional training or expertise.
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- Back Pain in Athletes
- Growth Friendly Spine Instrumentation
- Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Spondylolysis/Spondylolisthesis
Research Areas
Titles
- Executive Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedics
- Director, Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Co-Director, Spine Center
Education & Training
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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Fellowship - Completed 1995
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New York Presbyterian-Columbia Medical Center
Residency - Completed 1994
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Columbia University College of Physicians And Surgeons
Medical School - Completed 1989
Achievements
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Board Certifications
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Awards and Honors
Board Certifications
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Orthopaedics
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Awards and Honors
- Verapoh Yerapeh (“…and he shall heal.”) award, Bikur Cholim, Los Angeles, CA.
- Best Spine Poster, Galveston Fixation in Neuromuscular Scoliosis
- American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellow American Orthopedic Association
- Best Pediatric Paper, Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting “Delayed Unions and Functional Outcomes of Pediatric Lateral Condyle Humerus Fractures: A Prospective Study”.
- Los Angeles Magazine, Southern California Super Doctors
- Best Poster, “Anterior Humeral Line in Normal Elbows”, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV
- Marc A. Asher Clinical Scientific Paper Award
- Sandoz Award
- Becker's Spine Review list of "50 Spine Surgeons Focusing on Scoliosis Development."
- Best Poster, "Some Connectors Fail More Than Others"
- Robert N. Hensinger Clinical Scientific Paper Award
- Best Doctors, Pasadena Magazine
- Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America Young Investigator Award.
- Top 17 U.S Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons, Orthopedics This Week,
- First Place, Best Abstract and Poster Award,Ten Percent of Patients with AIS Have an Abnormal Number of Thoracic or Lumbar Vertebrae: a Red Flag for Wrong Site Surgery.
- Best Paper, “Law of Diminishing Returns”
- Rosamond Kane Award
- Eagle Scout
- Best Paper, International Congress of Early Onset Scoliosis.
- Best Doctors in America
- Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America Traveling Fellowship
- NCAA All-American, 400M hurdles
- Top Doctors in America
- Orthopedics This Week "Top U.S. Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons"
Insurances
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