Dr. Randolph Lee Schaffer III, MD

Started Practice:2003

Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group:

2003


Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:
-Member, Scripps Cancer Center
-Member, Scripps Clinic Human Subjects Committee
-Member, Scripps Green Hospital Ethics Committee

Professional Societies:
-Fellow, American College of Surgeons
-Member, San Diego Chapter, American College of Surgeons
-Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
-Member, International Liver Transplantation Society
-Medical Advisory Committee, Lifesharing OPO
-Charter Member San Diego Coalition on Donation
-Editorial Board, World Journal of Gastroenterology

Honors & Awards:
-Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Surgery Surgical Intern of the Year, 1996
-United States Surgical Corporation, Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Fellowship Grant July 1997
-Outstanding Clinical Presentation, Association of VA Surgeons Meeting Seattle, WA, April, 2000
-Outstanding Resident Educator, Selected …by the Baylor College of Medicine Medical Students, 2001
-Robert Baker, MD "Golden Apple Award" for Outstanding Teaching, University of Chicago, 2002

Clinical Interests Within Specialty:
-Living donor transplantation
-Living liver donor surgery
-Laparoscopic kidney donor surgery

Clinical Interests Outside Specialty:
-Management of complex surgical diseases of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile ducts
-Offering expertise in advanced laparoscopic and open surgical procedures
-Minimally-invasive and non-surgical approaches in selected patients