ShandaRae(Lawson)DorffMD(She/Her)

Physician

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Office
4700 Lexington Ave N
Ste C
Shoreview, MN 55126
Phone+1 651-756-9595

Fax+1 651-340-8529

Board certified Family Medicine physician specializing in comprehensive outpatient care for multisystem diseases with further focus on connective tissue disease (Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, Marfan Syndrome, Myotonia, and Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Dysautonomia, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance formerly called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long COVID, neurodivergence, gender care, and more.

I wrote and published medical literature for medical professionals, published books for patients, and led continuing medical education lectures on the conditions to raise awareness and improve access to care.

University of Minnesota/University of Minnesota Medical CenterResidency, Family Medicine, 2008 - 2011
University of Missouri Kansas City School of MedicineClass of 2008

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2012-2013

PubMed

55 citations
Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global "consensus-2".
Lawrence B. Afrin, Mary B. Ackerley, Linda S. Bluestein, Joseph H. Brewer, Jill B Brook
Diagnosis. 2021-05-01
8 citations
Mast cell activation syndrome in pregnancy, delivery, postpartum and lactation: a narrative review.
Shanda R. Dorff, Lawrence B. Afrin
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2020-03-09
11 citations
Successful mast-cell-targeted treatment of chronic dyspareunia, vaginitis, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Lawrence B. Afrin, Tania T. Dempsey, Lila S. Rosenthal, Shanda R. Dorff
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2019-04-09

Books/Book Chapters

Disjointed
Shanda Dorff and 20 other clinician authorsEditors: Diana Joven.Hidden Stripes
DEEP when a buried chest leads to the quest of a lifetime
Shanda R. DorffKitten Lily LLC 2023
My Body, My Day
Shanda R. DorffKitten Lily LLC 2023
Waterfallen
Shanda R. DorffKitten Lily LLC Edition 2nd,2023
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Lectures

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome in Pregnancy, Delivery, Postpartum, and Lactation part 2
International webinar CME - 3/2023
Management of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome in Pregnancy, Delivery, Postpartum, and Lactation part 1
New York - 6/2022
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, updates to diagnosis and management
Colorado - 4/2019
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
California - 2/2018
Connective Tissue Disease and related Comorbidities
Roseville, MN - 2017
Connective Tissue Disease, the gut and pelvis
Minneapolis, MN - 2015
What did my doctor say? (Grand Rounds on health literary)
Robbinsdale, MN - 2011
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Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome, a global "consensus-2"May 2021
Mast cell activation syndrome in pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and lactation: a narrative reviewMarch 2020
Successful mast-cell-targeted treatment of chronic dyspareunia, vaginitis, and dysfunctional uterine bleedingApril 2019
EDS GuideMay 2018
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