{"id":278090,"date":"2026-03-31T12:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/theodore-schafer-md\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:01:27","slug":"theodore-schafer-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/theodore-schafer-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Theodore Schafer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>El Dr. Theodore Schafer es licenciado en Biolog\u00eda y Premedicina por el Augustana College de Rock Island, Illinois. Despu\u00e9s de la universidad, el Dr. Schafer se uni\u00f3 a la Marina de los EE.UU. como oficial de guerra de superficie.  Mientras permanec\u00eda en servicio activo, complet\u00f3 su escuela de medicina en la Universidad de Servicios Uniformados de Ciencias de la Salud en Bethesda, MD, donde fue miembro de la Sociedad de Honor Alpha Omega Alpha.  El Dr. Schafer complet\u00f3 su internado y residencia en Medicina Interna en el Centro M\u00e9dico Naval Nacional en Bethesda, MD. Luego termin\u00f3 su beca en Gastroenterolog\u00eda en el Centro M\u00e9dico Naval de San Diego, California. Durante el resto de su carrera naval desempe\u00f1\u00f3 m\u00faltiples funciones cl\u00ednicas y de liderazgo, incluida la de Jefe de Departamento y Director del Programa de Becas. El Dr. Schafer pas\u00f3 30 a\u00f1os de servicio activo en la Marina de los Estados Unidos y se retir\u00f3 como Capit\u00e1n (O-6), Cuerpo M\u00e9dico, USN en 2015.<\/p>\n<p>La filosof\u00eda personal de atenci\u00f3n del Dr. Schafer se basa en educar a los pacientes sobre su enfermedad y su tratamiento para que puedan recibir la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria m\u00e1s satisfactoria posible. Siempre le han fascinado la ciencia y la biolog\u00eda, lo que, combinado con el deseo de servir a la sociedad, le inspir\u00f3 para convertirse en m\u00e9dico.<\/p>\n<p>Los intereses cl\u00ednicos del Dr. Schafer incluyen la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal, el cribado del c\u00e1ncer de colon y las enfermedades biliares.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando no est\u00e1 trabajando, al Dr. Schafer le gusta leer y asistir a eventos musicales en directo.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":287964,"template":"","specialty":[101],"language":[],"keywords":[],"address":[439,642],"class_list":["post-278090","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-gastroenterology","addresses-65_212","addresses-65_370"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Theodore Schafer MD - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/theodore-schafer-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theodore Schafer MD - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Theodore Schafer is a graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL with a degree in Biology and Pre-Medicine. 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