{"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\/pt\/doctors\/theodore-schafer-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodore Schafer MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>O Dr. Theodore Schafer formou-se no Augustana College em Rock Island, IL, com uma licenciatura em Biologia e Pr\u00e9-Medicina. Depois da faculdade, o Dr. Schafer entrou para a Marinha dos EUA como oficial de guerra de superf\u00edcie.  Enquanto permaneceu no ativo, completou a sua escola de medicina na Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences em Bethesda, MD, onde foi membro da Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.  O Dr. Schafer completou o seu est\u00e1gio e resid\u00eancia em Medicina Interna no National Naval Medical Center em Bethesda, MD. Depois, terminou a sua bolsa de estudos em Gastroenterologia no Centro M\u00e9dico Naval em San Diego, CA. Desempenhou v\u00e1rias fun\u00e7\u00f5es de lideran\u00e7a e cl\u00ednicas ao longo do resto da sua carreira naval, incluindo a presid\u00eancia de um departamento e a dire\u00e7\u00e3o de um programa de bolsas de estudo. O Dr. Schafer passou 30 anos no servi\u00e7o ativo na Marinha dos Estados Unidos e reformou-se como Capit\u00e3o (O-6), Corpo M\u00e9dico, USN em 2015.<\/p>\n<p>A filosofia pessoal de cuidados do Dr. Schafer baseia-se na educa\u00e7\u00e3o dos pacientes sobre a sua doen\u00e7a e a sua gest\u00e3o, para que possam ter os cuidados de sa\u00fade mais bem sucedidos poss\u00edveis. Sempre foi fascinado pela ci\u00eancia e pela biologia, o que, combinado com o desejo de servir a sociedade, o inspirou a tornar-se m\u00e9dico.<\/p>\n<p>Os interesses cl\u00ednicos do Dr. Schafer incluem a doen\u00e7a inflamat\u00f3ria intestinal, o rastreio do cancro do c\u00f3lon e a doen\u00e7a biliar.<\/p>\n<p>Quando n\u00e3o est\u00e1 a trabalhar, o Dr. Schafer gosta de ler e de assistir a eventos de m\u00fasica ao vivo.<\/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\/pt\/doctors\/theodore-schafer-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\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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