Todd D. Shaffer, MD, MBA

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to preview our program. I hope you find this website to be an informative and helpful guide to your decision to apply to our program. During the past 28 years we have firmly established our program's mission to provide an unequaled opportunity to be a successful family medicine physician in a variety of practice environments.

Our program is based in a supportive environment of a 380 bed community hospital located in the eastern suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri. We are the only residency program at this hospital and enjoy access to all of the advanced services available at Truman Medical Centers. The surrounding community is in the top 15 safest places to live in the U.S. Our program serves as a resource to promote a healthy life style for underserved, suburban and rural communities.

The role of the family physician has seen tremendous change in the last decade. Our mission is to provide an unequaled opportunity to be a successful family medicine physician in a variety of practice environments. We inspire excellence and quality to succeed in chosen practice upon completion of our program. We provide training Servant Leadership style in a fully integrated, dual accredited MBA program.

We are one of the largest Family Medicine residencies in the U.S. with 38 residents and three fellowships. One of only a few university-administered Family Medicine programs in the U.S. dedicated entirely to training family physicians in a community hospital. Since 1980, we have had more graduates than any program in the Midwest. We have active alumni and a great tradition of graduates around the world.

We provide residents a learning experience which allows them to reach their fullest potential. Residents are taught primarily by family physicians with the appropriate support of consultants. Autonomy and independent decision-making are fostered. The residents care for patients as their own. Attending physicians are the faculty on in-patient Family Medicine and OB. This provides an opportunity for residents to understand the role of the family physician as the leader of the healthcare team.

We are a Resident Directed Program, and residents have a significant leadership voice in our residency. We invite you to come and take a closer look. You will be glad you did!

As you can see, we have a great deal of exciting programs at the UMKC Family Medicine Residency Program. Our residency program and the UMKC GME hospitals are innovators in the region and in the country. See where we have led the way for others to follow. I hope you take the opportunity to investigate our website and apply to our program.

Thank you for your time and interest, and I look forward to meeting with you personally.