Dr. Dara Parvin is a Pacific Northwest native having spent most of his life in Washington and Oregon.  He grew up on Mercer Island across the lake from Seattle and attended the University of  Washington for both his undergraduate and medical education.  In 1993 he graduated with a medical doctorate degree in the top 5% of his class and went on to an orthopaedic surgery residency at University of California Davis in Sacramento, California. 

Dr. Parvin then completed a comprehensive one year Spine Surgery Fellowship program at the Special Institute for Spine Surgery/ Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Fellowship in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr. Parvin is an Assistant Clinical Professor for University of California,  Davis, Department of Orthopaedics. He devotes the majority of his time to his Spine Practice in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Dr. Parvin and his family moved to Coos Bay, Oregon where he established his spine surgery practice in 1999.  He founded the Oregon Coast Spine Institute, LLC in December, 2001. Dr. Parvin served as Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department at Bay area Hospital during the two years spanning 2002-2003.

Certification/Fellowship Training:

• Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons

• Fellowship trained in spine surgery at Special Institute for Spine Surgery, Leatherman Spine Institute, Louisville, Kentucky

Hospital Affiliations:

• Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay, OR, 2002-2003
• Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Davis, Department of Orthopaedics
• South Coast Surgery Center, Coos Bay, OR
• Peace Harbor Hospital, Florence, OR
• Southern Coos Hospital, Bandon, OR
• Lower Umpqua Hospital, Reedsport, OR

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Medical Association
• North American Spine Society
• California Orthopaedic Association
• Oregon Medical Association
• Fellow of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons