About Us

Our providers - We use both M.D.’s and D.O.’s

Linda A. Davis, D.O.

Linda A. Davis, D.O. is a Board Certified interventional pain management doctor/specialist with over 20 years of medical experience. She graduated from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1985 and completed her residency in Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Arizona - College of Medicine and the prestigious Cleveland Pain Clinic. She is one of the few doctors in Arizona to be triple board-certified in three different fields. Dr. Davis is a member of the International Spinal Interventional Society (ISIS), the North American Spine Society (NASS), the American Board of Pain Medicine and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), of which she is past president of the Arizona Chapter. Dr. Davis is also a US Army veteran which she served as a captain during the first gulf war.

Her clinical focus is interventional pain management, anesthesiology and family practice. Extremely popular with her patients, she has owned and run a very successful ASC surgery center, family practice and interventional pain management center for approximately 15 years in Northern Arizona. In addition to taking care of her patients Dr. Davis enjoys horseback riding, exercising, reading, showing her Dobermans in dog shows  and spending time with her husband and family. She is a resident of Cave Creek and enjoys the beauty of the wilderness of the desert.

What is the difference between a D.O. and a M.D.?

D.O.’s and M.D.’s are alike in that they both utilize all scientifically accepted methods of diagnosis and treatment, including the use of drugs and surgery. Educational requirements are the same, and in most instances, D.O.’s and M.D.’s are examined by the same state licensing board. The M.D. has a “Doctor of Medicine” degree and the D.O. has a “Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine” degree.

So what’s the difference?

The difference is that the osteopathic physician receives additional training in what the osteopathic profession believes to be a most significant factor in comprehensive health care. The D.O. recognizes that the musculoskeletal system (the muscle, bones, and joints) is interdependent, and a disturbance in one causes altered function in other systems of the body. D.O.’s use structural diagnosis and manipulative therapy of the musculoskeletal system, along with all of the other more traditional forms of diagnosis and treatment, i.e., drugs and surgery, to care effectively for patients and to relieve the distress.

The D.O. is not something else, but something more.