Joseph Schaffer, M.D.
Titles and Appointments
Professor
- Endowed Title
- Frank C. Erwin Jr. Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- School
- Medical School
- Department
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Dr. Joseph Schaffer – Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology – is Chief of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and Medical Director of the Division's university practice. He is also Chief of the Division of Gynecology. Dr. Schaffer holds the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Schaffer completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and then trained in the Advanced Pelvic Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Subsequently, he obtained additional training in urogynecology and urodynamics at Kings College Hospital in London. After practicing urogynecology at the University Medical Center at Stony Brook in New York, he joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1997.
Dr. Schaffer is a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a member of the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Continence Society, and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. He is past president of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.
Dr. Schaffer has written and lectured widely on the subjects of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
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