(June 6, 1925 – March 22, 2013), FACS, was an American surgeon and researcher who pioneered new understanding and treatment of pilonidal disease.

[1] Bascom graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, and served in the Pacific from 1943 until the masters, mates and pilots strike of October 1, 1946.

[2] He earned a bachelor's in physics and master's degree in biological science from Kansas State University, graduated from Northwestern University School of Medicine on June 15, 1953, and interned at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, before starting a surgical fellowship at Minneapolis General Hospital.

[3] He moved to Oregon in 1960 and worked in Eugene, where he did much of his important research into pilonidal disease, a condition more popularly known as "Jeep seat."

[4] He also helped adapt and refine less-invasive surgeries for treating persistent pilonidal disease.