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 39 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. He has been a member of the MAFP Education Committee for over nine years and has been the chairman since 2006. He is also the MAFP Board Representative for District 7 (Kansas City) since 2004. His other medical business interests include international health tourism, lean management, six sigma, and logistics.
Chief of Women’s Healthcare at TMC Lakewood for 13 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.
This year he was awarded with the AAFP’s “Silver Program Director Award” and was 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 11 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 and swimming).
Presentations Given
9/17-18/09 ALSO National Instructor Course - Instructor, "Labor Dystocia", "Post Partum Hemorrhage/Maternal Resuscitation", "Assisted Vaginal Delivery-Forceps/Vacuum", "Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy", Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO. 47 physicians, nurses, residents and faculty.
9/02/09 "Rocking Chair Project" Noon Conference Lecture, Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Approx. 40 faculty, medical students and residents attending.
7/27/09 "Pap Smears and Colposcopy Intro", Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Orientation for 12 new residents.
7/17/09 "Airway and Breathing Teaching Station", "Cardiac Case Studies" and Testing. Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Pediatric Advanced Life Support course. 20 nurses and residents.
6/11-14/09 CME Course Director and Chairman Education Commission, Missouri Academy of Family Physicians 61st Annual Scientific Assembly. Approx. 115 practicing physicians from MO and surrounding states, Country Club on the Lake; Lake Ozark, MO.
6/09/09 "Identify Your Leadership Style and Apply It" co-presented with Gretchen Dickson, MD, MBA.
(Invited) AAFP's Association of Family Medicine Residency Director's National PDW Meeting, Sheraton Convention Center, Overland Park, KS. Approx. 90 program directors attending.
6/08/09 "Asynchronous Learning", "Competency Grid - Competency Improvement Through Objective Development and Process Improvement" (Invited), AAFP's Association of Family Medicine Residency Director's National PDW Meeting, Sheraton Convention Center, Overland Park, KS. Approx. 90 program directors attending.
9/08-6/09 “Hospital - Professionalism and How We Improve” Chapter 1-12, TMC Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO, Interactive Monthly Professionalism Series Lecture. Approx. 50 attending.
June 09 “eRounding in an Academic Setting” “Asynchronous Learning”, AAFP’s Association of Family Residency Director’s National Program Director’s Meeting, Sheraton Convention Center-Overland Park, KS. Approx. 90 program directors.
4/06/09 "Evaluating Cerner PowerChart for In/Outpatient", Truman Medical Center Lakewood Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Cerner Reference Site Presenatation to Floyd Medical Center (Rome, GA) IT Team.
3/28-30/09 “EHR Documentation and Quality Improvement”, “Identify Your Leadership Style”, AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kansas City, MO. Approx. 90 program directors and faculty.
3/28/09 ALSO National Instructor Course - "Overview of Adult Learning", Course Director Pre-Conference, AAFP’s Residency Program Solutions National Meeting, Don Chisolm Center-Kansas City, MO. Approx. 50 attending.
02/23/09 "Competency Grid" AFMA Association of Family Medicine Administrators Audio/Web. Approx. 20 Family Medicine residency coordinators and assistants from around the United States.
POSTER Presentations
10/6/08 “eRounding in an Academic Setting”
plan for improvement in the quality of Patient Centered Care in an academic Family Medicine residency program for improving efficiency and patient communication while decreasing handoff errors. Cerner International Health Conference, Bartle Hall Convention Center-Kansas City, MO. International Health Conference. Over 7000 attendees from 47 states and 17 countries.
6/8/08 “eRounding in an Academic Setting” plan for improvement in the quality of Patient Centered Care in an academic Family Medicine residency program for improving efficiency and patient communication while decreasing handoff errors. AAFP’s Association of Family Residency Director’s National Program Director’s Meeting, Sheraton Convention Center-Overland Park, KS
6/6/08 “Patient Satisfaction and Perceived Quality of Care in a family Medicine Residency”;
Gretchen Dickson, MD, MBA; Todd Shaffer, MD, MBA. Perception of care in our FM program. Presented at the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians 60th ASA Summer Scientific Conference. TanTara Resort, Osage Beach, MO.
Awards
Academy of Family Medicine Residency Directors “Silver Program Director Recognition Award” (Jun 08)
AFMRD “Bronze Program Director Recognition Award” (Jun 07)
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.
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). Rocking Chair Project's Medical National Advisory Board (appointed 2008-present).
Regional:
MAFP: Missouri Academy of Family Physicians. Vice President (Elected 2009 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.