VirginiaOlivaShafferMD

Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Professor of Surgery

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Dr. Virginia Shaffer is a colon and rectal surgeon based in Chicago, IL. She is the Chief of Colorectal Surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center since 2024 while also serving as a surgeon at Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory University Hospital since 2011. Dr. Shaffer completed her residency in colon and rectal surgery at Cleveland Clinic (Florida) and her surgical residency at Emory University School of Medicine. She specializes in colorectal and general/gastrointestinal surgery. Her recent publications include studies on surgical performance indicators and outcomes following procedures like colectomy and liver transplantation. Additionally, Dr. Shaffer is involved in clinical trials focused on FMT in Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Pouchitis.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Florida WestonResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2010 - 2011
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioClass of 2003

FMT in Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Pouchitis Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2

PubMed

Trying to Survive general surgery residency? There's an app for that!
Martin S Uwah, Virginia Oliva Shaffer
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-03-01
Objective performance indicators differ in obese and nonobese patients during robotic proctectomy.
Mishal Gillani, Manali Rupji, Terrah J Paul Olson, Patrick Sullivan, Virginia O Shaffer
Surgery. 2024-12-01
Objective Performance Indicators During Robotic Right Colectomy Differ According to Surgeon Skill.
Mishal Gillani, Manali Rupji, Terrah J Paul Olson, Patrick Sullivan, Virginia O Shaffer
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024-10-01

Communicating Across DifferencesMarch 5th, 2021
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