About


Scott B. Neff, D.O.


Dr. Neff was born in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from Drake University, he attended medical school at the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery and then did a five-year residency in orthopaedic surgery in a combined program at the University of Texas at San Antonio Orthopaedic Surgery and Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center. Doctor Neff left the service of the United States Air Force as Lieutenant Colonel in 1981 and returned home to practice orthopaedic surgery in Des Moines, Iowa.

Doctor Neff has been a board member of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa and has served as a consultant to a Governor's Committee studying pharmacology. Doctor Neff has been Chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines for ten years. Doctor Neff also enjoys teaching and regularly has residents from the Family Practice Residency Program at Iowa Lutheran Hospital rotating with him.

Doctor Neff has a special interest in upper extremity and shoulder surgery, total joint replacement and athletic injuries. Doctor Neff's hobbies include boating, hunting, photography, and computers

Specialty

  • General Orthopaedic Care/Surgery

 

Years in Practice

  • 25 Years

 

Undergraduate

  • Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1963-1965

 

Graduate

  • Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, BA in Biology, 1965-1968

 

Medical

  • University of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, DO, 1969-1973

 

Residency

  • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
  • University of Texas at San Antonio, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1976-1980

 

Fellowships

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1986
  • American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians 1994

 

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1981

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Iowa Orthopaedic Society
  • American Medical Association
  • Southern Orthopaedic Society
  • Arthroscopy Association of North America
  • Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons

 

Awards

  • Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, 1985-1987; 1995-1996
  • Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, 1987-1990
  • Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, 1988-1989
  • Medical Director, Department of Physical Therapy, Iowa Lutheran Hospital 1986-