Miren Schinco Schaffer, MD, a Surgical Critical Care Specialist with Virginia Hospital Center

Get to know Surgical Critical Care Specialist Dr. Miren Schinco Schaffer, who serves patients in Arlington, Virginia.

 

A trusted surgical critical care specialist, Dr. Schaffer is affiliated with Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington.

 

Virginia Hospital Center has provided exceptional medical services to the Washington, DC metropolitan area for more than 75 years. A proud member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a national network of independent healthcare organizations, the hospital prides itself on offering the latest technological advancements and medical practices.

 

Back in 1988, Dr. Schaffer earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She then went on to complete her internship and residency in general surgery at the Drexel University College of Medicine in 1996, before completing a fellowship in surgical critical care at the University of Connecticut in 1997.

 

An authority in her field, the doctor is board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

 

Surgical critical care is a specialty of surgery and a primary component of general surgery related to the care of patients with acute, life-threatening or potentially life-threatening surgical conditions. A critical care surgeon is a surgeon with expertise in the management of the critically ill and postoperative patient, particularly the trauma victim, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats, and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction.

 

Learn More about Dr. Miren Schinco Schaffer:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1553225-Miren-Schinco-surgeon-Jacksonville-FL-32209 or through Virginia Hospital Center, https://www.virginiahospitalcenter.com/find-a-doctor/profile/?id=1331

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