David W. Spight, D.O.
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Dr. Spight's Team
Care Team:
Elyse Lanzen, FNB-PC
Sarah Teagardin - Medical Secretary
"My greatest satisfaction in medicine is having the opportunity to educate patients about the relationship between structure and function, which allows them to gain the necessary knowledge to become active participants in their care."

Background
Dr. Spight received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 1999 from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He served a four-year physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Wayne State University-Detroit Medical Center. After completing his residency, he pursued an interventional pain management fellowship with Spine Technology and Rehabilitation in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He subsequently joined Centis Health Spine Center in Lansing, Michigan in 2006.

Specialties
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Interventional Pain Management
 Certifications
  • Board Certified: American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Subspecialty – Pain Medicine
Special Medical Interests
  • Lumbar spine
  • Adult reconstructive spine surgery
  • Lumbar spine disorders
  • Spinal disc arthroplasty
 Professional Memberships
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Association of Academic Physiatrists
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine; Junior member
  • American Academy of Pain Medicine
  • American Medical Association
  • American Pain Society
  • American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Publications
  • Spinal Pain Generators
    Indiana University School of Medicine, Family Practice Program
    Fort Wayne, Indiana 2005
  • Cervical Spine Part I & Cervical Spine Part II
    Wayne State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Detroit, Michigan 2003
  • Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury After Cardiac Catheterization
    Wayne State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Detroit, Michigan 2002
  • Brown Sequard Syndrome and Innovations in the Rehabilitation of Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
    Wayne State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Detroit, Michigan 2002
  • Rehabilitation of Transtibial Amputations
    Wayne State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Detroit, Michigan 2002
  • Rehabilitation of Total Knee Arthroplasty
    Wayne State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Detroit, Michigan 2002
  • Low Back Pain
    Wayne State University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Detroit, Michigan 2001
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Elyse Lanzen, FNP-BC

spine “I am patient-centered, treating patients with compassion and respect. My goal is to partner with patients to help them find the motivation, information, and confidence necessary to make decisions and achieve their maximal wellness.”
Background
Elyse, an Iowa native, completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Trinity Christian College in Illinois; she then went on to complete her Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing-Nashville. 		Certifications
  • ANCC Certificate
  • Basic Life Support
 


Sarah Teagardin - Medical Secretary
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