Dr. James Dunlap

Dr. James Dunlap
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About Me - Dr. James Dunlap
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About Me - Dr. Jim Dunlap

One of 19 physicians at Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists, Spokane's largest Orthopedic group, Dr. Dunlap says it's a priority for him to offer clinical services to rural areas.
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For list of medical publications by Dr. Dunlap, see NWOS website
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Not in the least, says Dunlap, who takes turns with Dr. Jim Perry traveling to Davenport every Thursday to see patients.Think more in the line of master carpentry or wood sculpture.

"It's like being an artist," he says, with bones as his raw material and helping folks to live life to its fullest as his finished product.
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The son of a Billings, Montana dentist, Dr. Dunlap always knew he'd go into some type of health care field.That's why he got a degree in chemical engineering.OK, so the two are barely related, but he did find motivation in the biological engineering portion of his studies at the University of Colorado.

"I didn't want to work in an oil refinery and bio-engineering, which I really enjoyed, related to medicine through drug delivery," he says, admitting it's a less than straight path to orthopedics."Besides, you don't have to take a lot of medical-related courses to get in to medical school."

Dr. Dunlap traveled to New Orleans to attend medical school at Tulane University where he became a general surgeon.Eventually, he discovered the hammers and saws and came to Spokane to practice his craft.

Dr. Dunlap is one of 19 orthopedic surgeons at Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists, and one of only three who bring this much-needed specialty to rural hospitals and clinics.

"It reminds me of when I was doing my residency, I moonlighted a lot in rural emergency rooms around New Orleans and really enjoyed the people and doctors," he says of seeing patients in Davenport, Odessa and Ritzville."It provides a service for the towns, and it's refreshing for me to get out of Spokane.I'd like to be out there more," he admits.
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Tom says the hospital is working on expanding not only the clinical hours of Dr. Dunlap and Dr. Perry, but is considering extra equipment to support a more varied slate of surgical procedures.