Todd D Shaffer, MD, MBA, FAAFP
UMKC Family Medicine Residency Program Director
Professor of Medicine
Undergrad: University of Missouri - Kansas City, 1988
Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia, 1992
Residency: UMKC Family Medicine Residency, Truman Lakewood, 1995
Dr. Shaffer became faculty for the Truman Lakewood Dept. of Community and Family Medicine in 1995. He became the UMKC Family Medicine Program Director in 2002, and presently leads one of the largest residency programs in the country with 38 residents, three fellowships and an integrated MBA program. In 2007 he completed his own MBA in Physician Healthcare Leadership in the combined UMKC/ Rockhurst University.
Dr Shaffer's interests include healthcare strategic planning, quality improvement, e-learning, adult education improvement, and its outcome measurement for residents, students and practicing physicians. Since June, he was elected as the President of the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians. He is also a Executive Board Member and Treasurer of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (the national program director membership organization). He has been a member of the MAFP Education Committee for over ten years and was its chairman since 2006-09. He was recently the MAFP Board Representative for District 7 (Kansas City) from 2004-09. His other medical business interests include international health tourism, lean management, six sigma, and logistics and process efficiencies.
Chief of Women’s Healthcare at TMC Lakewood for 15 years, he is in charge of one of the busiest referral colposcopy clinics in the state. He is a fellow in the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology and has received their highest award for special knowledge in colposcopy. He presents regularly on pap smear management, HPV vaccination, and colposcopy at residency, state and national venues.
Last year Dr Shaffer was inducted into AOA (Alpha Omega Alpha) at the MU Medical School Chapter. Last year he was awarded with the AFMRD’s “Gold Program Director Award” (Their Highest Achievement Award) and was recently honored by the MU SOM alumni association as “Young Physician of the Year” (photo above). He was also honored by Rockhurst University with the “Outstanding Service Award” in his MBA program from the Helzberg School of Management.
Dr Shaffer has been married to Tracey for 14 years and have three children, Olivia, Alec, and Ian. In their spare time, they do a lot of family activities, boating, skiing, and kids sports (gymnastics, swimming, and hockey).
Recent Presentations Given
7/31/11 “Perineal Repair Lecture and Workshop Training Program" (Invited)
National Lecture presented at the AAFP National Conference for Medical Students and Residents
Bartle Hall, Kansas City, MO
Residents and Medical Students from all around the Country
6/17/11 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” Chapter 10 “In Service of the Soul”
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 30 residents, students, fellows
6/12/11 “Innovative Ideas- ‘How Doctors Think’: Teaching ACGME Required Medical Error Knowledge through literature and interactive Asynchronous Learning” (Invited)
AAFP’s Association of Family Medicine Residency Director’s National PDW Meeting
The Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO
450 program directors and associate program directors
6/12/11 “eRounding in an Academic Medical Center" (Invited)
AAFP’s Association of Family Medicine Residency Director’s National PDW Meeting
The Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO
40 program directors
6/11/11 “Asynchronous Learning and Adult Learning Theory” (Invited)
AAFP’s Association of Family Medicine Residency Director’s National PDW Meeting
The Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO
50 program directors
4/29/11 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” Chapter 9 “Marketing, Money and Medical decisions”
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 30 residents, students, fellows
4/4/11 “Writing Competency Based Goals and Objectives” (Invited) Repeated x 2 Hands on interactive Workshop
AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting
The Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO
residency program physician faculty
4/2/11 “Overview of Adult Learning” lecture at ALSO National Instructor Course
AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting
Don Chisholm Center-Kansas City, MO
30 residency program physician faculty
4/2/11 ALSO National Instructor Course- Course Director, Pre-Conference for
AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting
Don Chisholm Center-Kansas City, MO
30 residency program physician faculty
3/31/11 “How Doctors Think-Professionalism and How We Improve” “The Eye of the Beholder”
Chapter 8
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 50 residents, students, fellows
2/25/11 "Airway and Breathing Teaching Station", “Cardiac Case Studies” and Testing
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
2/18/11 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” “Surgery and Satisfaction”
Chapter 7
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 50 residents, students, fellows
1/14/11 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” “The Uncertainty of the Expert”
Chapter 6
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 35 residents, students, fellows
12/09/10 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” “A New Mother’s Challenge”
Chapter 5
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 45 residents, students, fellows
11/18/10 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” “Gatekeepers” Chapter 4
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 50 residents, students, fellows
10/28/10 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” “Spinning Plates” Chapter 3
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 50 residents, students, fellows
10/11/10 “eRounding in an Academic Medical Center" (Invited)
International Lecture presented at the Cerner World Conference
Bartle Hall Convention Center-Kansas City, MO
Annual International Health Conf. Over 7000 attendees from 47 states & 17 countries.
68 Physicians and IT Administrators in attendance at lecture
9/30/10 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” “Lessons from the Heart” Chapter 2
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 50 residents, students, fellows
9/21/10 "Perineal Repair Lecture and Workshop Training Program"
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Block End Workshop. 25 resident physicians.
8/25/10 "Sports Nutrition"
Lecture presented to Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Residents and Faculty for our Noon Conference Series.
Approximately 40 residents, medical students and faculty.
8/24/10 “Rocking Chair Project”
Lecture presented to Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Residents and Block End Series.
Approximately 14 residents, medical students.
8/20/10 “How Doctors Think- Professionalism and How We Improve” Chapter 1 and Introduction
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture/Asynchronous Learning.
Approximately 50 residents, students, fellows, and faculty
7/31/10 “Perineal Repair Lecture and Workshop Training Program" (Invited)
National Lecture presented at the AAFP National Conference for Medical Students and Residents, Kansas City, MO
30 Residents and Medical Students from all around the Country
6/13/10 “Controlling Hypertension in the African American Patient” (Invited)
Missouri Academy of Family Physicians 62nd Annual Scientific Assembly
Approximately 105 practicing physicians from MO and surrounding states
Camden on the Lake; Lake Ozark, MO
6/7/10 “Writing Competency Based Goals and Objectives” (Invited) Hands on interactive Workshop
AAFP’s Association of Family Medicine Residency Director’s National PDW Meeting
The Westin Hotel Kansas City, MO
Approximately 80 program directors
6/6/10 “Competency Grid-Competency Improvement through objective development and process Improvement” (Invited)
AAFP’s Association of Family Medicine Residency Director’s National PDW Meeting
The Westin Hotel Kansas City, MO approximately 90 program directors.
3/29/10 “Asynchronous Learning” (Invited)
AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting
The Westin Hotel-Kansas City, MO
Approximately 45 program directors and faculty
3/27/10 “Overview of Adult Learning” lecture at ALSO National Instructor Course
AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting
Don Chisholm Center-Kansas City, MO
30 residency program physician faculty
3/27/10 ALSO National Instructor Course- Course Director, Pre-Conference for
AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting
Don Chisholm Center-Kansas City, MO
30 residency program physician faculty
Recent Publications, Grants, and Researc
May/June 2011 “ Innovation in Family Medicine Residencies: Struggling to Create Classics for the Future”, Joseph W. Gravel, Jr, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Karen L. Hall, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Michael F. Mazzone, MD, Benjamin N. Schneider, MD, and Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 9: 275-276 (2011)
March/Apr 2011 “Sharpen the Saw!,” Grant Hoekzema, MD, Martin Wieschhaus, MD, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Joseph W. Gravel, Jr, MD, Karen L. Hall, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Michael F. Mazzone, MD, Benjamin N. Schneider, MD, and Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA Annals of Family Medicine 9:177-178 (2011)
Jan/Feb 2011 “You Get What you Pay For, and it’s Time to Stop Paying for What We’ve Been Getting,” Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Ed Evans, MD, Joseph W. Gravel, Jr, MD, Karen L. Hall, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Michael F. Mazzone, MD, Benjamin N. Schneider, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA and Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 9:91 (2011)
Nov/Dec 2010 “AFMRD Strategic Plan: Progress in Governance,” Karen L. Hall, MD, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph W. Gravel, Jr, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Michael F. Mazzone, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA and Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 8:569-570 (2010)
Sept/Oct 2010 “Residency "Dashboard": Family Medicine GME’s Step Towards Transparency and Accountability?,” Grant Hoekzema, MD, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph W. Gravel, Jr, MD, Karen L. Hall, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Michael F. Mazzone, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA and Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 8:470 (2010)
July 2010 HRSA Bureau of Professions Grant Application HRSS-1—277, CFDA No.93.510 Project Period 7/2011 to 7/2016. Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA Lead Investigator and Project Manager. UMKC Primary Care Residency Expansion for Family Medicine. Affordable Care Act. Awarded September 2010 for $1.92 Million for 5 year expansion grant.
July/Aug 2010 “Bull Market or Dead Cat Bounce?,” Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph Gravel, Jr., MD, Karen Hall, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Djinge Lindsay, MD, MPH, Elissa Palmer, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA, Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 8-271 (2010)
May/Jun 2010 “Quality in Residency Education,”Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Martin Wieschhaus, MD, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph Gravel, Jr., MD, Karen Hall, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD, Djinge Lindsay, MD, MPH, Elissa Palmer, MD, and Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA Annals of Family Medicine 8-271 (2010)
March 2010 Harper DM, Lankachandra K, Harris G, Shaffer T, Bonham B, Wall J, Jalali R, Kershnar E. 3q26 Amplifications is rarely present in women whose LSIL cytology does not represent CIN2+ disease. Presented at Missouri Regional Life Science Summit in March 2010
Mar/Apr 2010 “How Special is Family Medicine?,” Grant Hoekzema, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph Gravel, Jr., MD, Karen Hall, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Djinge Lindsay, MD, MPH, Elissa Palmer, MD and Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 8-178 (2010)
Jan/Feb 2010 “Improving Continuity of Communication,” Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph Gravel, Jr, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Djinge Lindsay, MD, MPH, Elissa Palmer, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA and Martin Wieschhaus, MDAnnals of Family Medicine 8:90-91(2010)
Nov/Dec 2009 “Family Medicine: What are We Graduating?,” Karen Hall, MD, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Sandra Carr, MD, Joseph Gravel, Jr, MD, Karen Hall, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Djinge Lindsay, MD, MPH, Elissa Palmer, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA and Martin Wieschhaus, MDAnnals of Family Medicine 7:567-568 (2009)
Sept/Oct 2009 “Is the Family Physician in or out of Hospital Medicine? A Discussion of Pertinent Perspectives to Consider as we Address Inpatient Curricular Review,” Sandra Carr, MD, Stoney Abercrombie, MD, Gretchen Dickson, MD, MBA, Joseph Gravel, Jr, MD, Karen Hall, MD, Grant Hoekzema, MD, Stanley Kozakowski, MD, Elissa Palmer, MD, Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA and Martin Wieschhaus, MD Annals of Family Medicine 7:471-472 (2009)
Recent Media Interviews
Spring 2011 “UMKC Rural Residency Expansion” Missouri Family Physician p 19, Spring 2011
Winter 2011 “Federal Grants Will Boost SOM Research and Clinical Programs”; Panorama, UMKC SOM Quarterly Publication. Spring 2011 Volume 15, No 1.pp 18-20.
12/1/10 “Health Care Reform Law Calls for Reassigning Residency Slots to Benefit Primary Care”; AAFP News Now
12/6/09 “Healthcast Project” American Academy of Family Physicians Online Video Cast production for Familydoctor.org site; Ongoing video interviewing project for AAFP on selected health and news topics for patients.
11/5/2009 “The Coming Shortage of Doctors” Wall Street Journal Letter to editor electronic edition
9/18/2009 “Physician Catausan’s ‘concierge’ office fills new space” Kansas City Business Journal Print and Online edition September 19, 2009.
8/3/2009 “Womb with a View” The Walt Bodine Show, KCUR 89.3 FM Public Radio Segment- One Hour Live Radio segment with call ins discussing the Topic on OB Ultrasounds overuse and Peek-a-boo 4D imaging
Summer 2009 “The Family Physician: Healthcare for the Ages”; Panorama, UMKC SOM Quarterly Publication. Spring/Summer 2009 Volume 14, No 1.pp 20-26.
5/11/2009 “Clinics Slow to Adopt Paperless Medical Records” KC FOX4 Evening News at 6 and 10 PM Health Segments- Interview for Television Broadcast
5/17/2007 “Retail Health Clinic Ethics” Wall Street Journal Letter to editor electronic edition
1/26/ 2007 “Presentation for Media & MO House Representatives” on e rounding
Spring 2007 “Rocking Chair”; Panorama, UMKC SOM Quarterly Publication
12/28/2007 “Rocking Chair”; Raytown Tribune Newspaper
11/20/2006 “Pharma-Free; Truman Lakewood Bans Drug Reps in Clinic” KC FOX4 Evening News at 6 and 10 PM Health Segments- Interview for Television Broadcast
9/25/06 “Ask Questions About Prescriptions at Doctor’s office” KC FOX4 Evening News at 6 and 10 PM Health Segments- Interview for Television Broadcast
Awards
Academy of Family Medicine Residency Directors “Gold Program Director Recognition Award” (June 2011)
AFMRD Silver Program Director Recognition Award” (Jun 08)
AFMRD “Bronze Program Director Recognition Award” (Jun 07)
AOA (Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society)- Elected May 2010- University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine “Young Physician of the Year” (Apr 07)
Rockhurst University “Outstanding Service” Award Physicians MBA class of 2007
American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award "With Commendation for Self-Directed Learning"-1995-98, 1998-2001, 2001-04, 2004-08, 2008-11, 2011-14.
Distinctions, National:
AAFP: Commission on Finance and Insurance (Appointed 2004-2008). Communication and eMedia Subcommittee (Appointed 2005-06). Financial Reserve Workgroup (Appointed 2007-2008)
AFMRD: American Academy of Family Medicine Residency Directors. National Board Member at Large (Elected June 2009); Membership Committee (appointed 2006-2009). Elected Treasurer and Executive Board Member(2011-13)
Rocking Chair Project's Medical National Advisory Board (appointed 2008-present).
Regional:
MAFP: Missouri Academy of Family Physicians. President- (Elected 2011 to present); Education Commission Chair (appointed 2005-2009); Continuing Medical Education Director (2005-2009).
Missouri: State of Missouri Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project Advisory Physician Board Member-“Show ME Healthy Women” (2002-present).
Elected TMCs Medical Executive Committee Secretary (2008-present).
Professor of Medicine-July 2008-UMKC SOM.
Recertified American Board of Family Medicine August 2008
Graduate Masters Degree:
Rockhurst University-Helzberg School of Management-Kansas City, MO. Masters of Business Administration in Physician Health Care Leadership through the first and only of its kind program designed for family medicine residents and faculty (June 2004-May 07). I was part of the Rockhurst implementation and planning team to plan and integrate this program into our 3 year residency program. This program is supported and cosponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians. I was able to get the first and only dual certification of a residency program in the nation certified by the RRC and the ABFM. Four of our residents have also graduated from the dual program. http://umkcfm.org/physician-mba.html.