- Dr. Don W Shaffer, MD
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Dr. Don W Shaffer, MD
Hematology
- Georgia, Jasper
Overview
Dr. Don W Shaffer, MD works in Jasper, Georgia is a specialist in Hematology, Internal Medicine, Oncology and graduated Brook Army Med Center in 1992. Dr. Shaffer is affiliated with Centennial Medical Center, Horizon Medical Center, Skyline Madison, Skyline Medical Center, Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Wellstar Douglas Hospital, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital and practicing for 41 years
Specialties
- Hematology
- Internal Medicine
- Oncology
Conditions
• Actinic Cheilitis• Acute Rhinitis
• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
• Aphasia
• Arterial Revascularization
• Bilateral Cataracts
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Carcinoma
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
...
• Chronic Pain Management
• Colon Disorders
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Correction of Protruding Ears
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Diseases Contagious from Safe Sex
• External Ear Disorders
• Facet Joint Nerve Ablation
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Food Allergy - Fruit
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Hand Neuropathy
• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Echinacea
• Hypertensive Encephalopathy
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hyposmolality and Hyponatremia
• Immune Complex Diseases
• Imperforate Anus
• Infantile Psoriasis
• Joint Implant
• Knee Pain
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Memory Disorders
• Mental Retardation, X-Linked Recessive - Macrocephaly - Ciliary Dysfunction
• Metabolic Rate Testing
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurofibromatosis, Type 2
• Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Optic Ataxia
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Pacemaker Therapy for Heart Failure
• Photosensitivity
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Friction Rub
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Prolactinoma
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Scoliosis With Unilateral Unsegmented Bar
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Sexual Disorders
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Lesion
• Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder
• Stitches
• The provision of follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone kidney transplants
• The provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Venous Thromboembolic Disease
• Vulvovaginitis
• Warts
• Wound Infection
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Adrenal Gland Cancer
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
• Bladder Cancer
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
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• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cervical Cancer
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Cryoglobulinemia
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• ENT Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Hemophilia
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercoagulable State
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
• Kaposi's Sarcoma
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms, Not Specified as Malignant
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Large-Cell
• Lymphosarcoma
• Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
• Mantle Cell Lymphoma
• Melanoma
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Neutropenia
• Nodular Lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Osteosarcoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Parathyroid (Gland) Cancer
• Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
• Pleura Cancer
• Pleural Neoplasm, Malignant
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Prostate Cancer
• Renal (Kidney) Cancer
• Secondary Malignancies
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thalassemia
• Thoracentesis
• Throat Cancer (Hypopharyngeal)
• Throat Cancer (Oropharyngeal)
• Thrombocytosis
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tongue Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 41
State License
- Georgia
Spoken Languages
- Spanish
Education & Training
Fellowship Hospital
Brook Army Med Center
San Antonio, TX, USA
Year completed: 1992
San Antonio, TX, USA
Year completed: 1992
Residency Hospital
Madigan Amc
Tacoma, WA, USA
Year completed: 1985
Tacoma, WA, USA
Year completed: 1985
Medical School
University Of Miami School Of Medicine
Miami, FL, United States
Graduated: 1982
Miami, FL, United States
Graduated: 1982
Awards
1 ACP
2 ASCO
3 CALGB
4 CMDS
5 SWOG
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Office Locations
Primary location
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers
620 J L White Drive Suite 100
Georgia (GA)
Jasper
30143
Phone:(706) 692-0603
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Other Office Locations
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers
531 Roselane Street North West Suite 710
Georgia (GA)
Jasper
30060
Phone:(770) 281-5100
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 150 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers
340 Kennestone Hospital Boulevard Suite 200
Georgia (GA)
Jasper
30060
Phone:(770) 281-5100
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 150 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, 620 J L White Drive Suite 100, Jasper, Georgia (GA), 30143
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- American Republic
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice HMO
- Blue Choice Option POS
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
- Blue Open Access POS
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GEHA
- Golden Rule
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- MVP Health Care
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- POMCO Group
- State Farm
- Thrivent Financial
- Tricare
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- WellCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Skyline Madison
500 Hospital Drive
Tennessee TN,
Madison,
37115
Skyline Madison is a non-profit hospital located in Madison, TN. This hospital reports jointly with Skyline Medical Center. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average ...
Wellstar Douglas Hospital
8954 Hospital Drive
Georgia GA,
Douglasville,
30134
Wellstar Douglas Hospital is a hospital located in Douglasville, GA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 5 of 5 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 5 of 5 procedures.
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