Schaeffer, David

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Dr.

Schaeffer, David

MD, FRCPC

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Academic Rank:

Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine

Affiliation(s):

VCH Research Institute

Location:

VGH/VCHRI

Short Bio

Dr. Schaeffer is an associate professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at University of British Columbia and the Head of the Division of Anatomic Pathology at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) where he practices as a gastrointestinal pathologist. Dr. Schaeffer obtained his medical degree from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. After a residency program in Anatomical Pathology in Vancouver he completed his gastrointestinal pathology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Schaeffer is a co-director of Pancreas Centre BC and also heads the Gastrointestinal Biobank (GIBB) at VGH. He has an active research program focusing predominately on translational research in colonic and pancreatic cancer.

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Academic Backgrounds

  • University of Toronto, Clinical Fellow. 2011-2012
  • The University of British Columbia, Anatomical Pathology – Resident. 2006-2011
  • The University of British Columbia, Postdoctoral Fellow. 2004-2006

Awards & Recognition


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Current Openings & Opportunities


Current Projects In My Lab include


Research

  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Cancers
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
Teaching
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Teaching