Overview
Steven Bruce is an Orthopedics provider in Bellingham, Washington. Dr. Bruce is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Trigger Thumb. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Bursitis, and Tenosynovitis. Dr. Bruce is currently accepting new patients.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
Locations
Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit
Jimmy Dang is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in Mount Vernon, Washington. Dr. Dang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Trigger Thumb. His top areas of expertise are Trigger Thumb, Osteoarthritis, Rhizarthrosis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Hip Replacement. Dr. Dang is currently accepting new patients.
Proliance Pacific Rim Orthopedic Surgeons
Jason Dahl, MD, is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in conditions of the hand, wrist, and elbow.Dr. Dahl was raised in Duluth, Minnesota, the son of an operating room circulating nurse and a nurse anesthetist. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota with a degree in Information Systems. After finishing his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Dahl spent several years splitting his time between leading canoe trips in the summer and skiing in places like Big Sky, Montana, and Jackson, Wyoming in the winter. In 2005, Dr. Dahl entered medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and in 2009 began his surgical training at University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York.Following residency, Dr. Dahl pursued subspecialty fellowship training in hand surgery at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.Dr. Dahl began his career as a private practice physician with Twin Cities Orthopedics in Maple Grove, Minnesota. During his tenure, he was twice selected by his physician peers as a “Rising Star” in Mpls/St. Paul Magazine (2018, 2019).Dr. Dahl is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and holds additional subspecialty certification in surgery of the hand and upper extremity by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His practice is focused on the surgical treatment of disorders and injuries affecting the hand, wrist, and elbow, with a special interest in complex upper extremity trauma.In his free time, Dr. Dahl enjoys road and mountain biking, backcountry and nordic skiing, playing music (violin, guitar, piano), and spending time with his wife and daughter. Dr. Dahl is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Trigger Thumb. His top areas of expertise are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rhizarthrosis, Dupuytren Contracture, Trigger Thumb, and Hip Replacement.
Proliance Surgeons
Jonathan B. Shafer, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in surgery to the upper extremity. His clinical interests include reconstructive surgery to the shoulder, forearm and hand, as well as arthroscopic surgery to the upper extremity, and total shoulder and elbow replacement, and upper extremity trauma. The greatest pleasure of his job is making his patients feel special and cared for. He believes that since so many people are scared and afraid to see a doctor, it is imperative to make every patient feel comfortable.He comes from a highly-educated and scientific family spanning two continents. His American father was a petroleum engineer for ExxonMobil, while his Ghana-born mother was an educator and counseling professional. In the Shafer household, education and achievement were highly-prized values. Science was always very prominent in his house, so he always knew that he was going to do something in science. After graduating with a degree in biochemistry from Rice University, he took a job developing a new drug to treat psoriasis for Allergan Pharmaceuticals. But he soon decided he wanted to go to medical school and become an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Shafer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Trigger Thumb. His top areas of expertise are Dupuytren Contracture, Ganglion Cyst, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Rhizarthrosis.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- OsteoarthritisDr. Bruce isAdvanced. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- Experienced
- Achilles Tendon RuptureDr. Bruce isExperienced. Learn about Achilles Tendon Rupture.
- BursitisDr. Bruce isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Carpal Tunnel SyndromeDr. Bruce isExperienced. Learn about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- Ganglion CystDr. Bruce isExperienced. Learn about Ganglion Cyst.
- TendinitisDr. Bruce isExperienced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Tennis ElbowDr. Bruce isExperienced. Learn about Tennis Elbow.

