About Dr. Christine Schafer, MD
Dr. Christine Schafer joined the practice in 2001 after a military career in the U.S. Air Force. She graduated from the Uniformed Services University Medical School, followed by Residency in Pediatrics at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Her Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology was completed at Wilford Hall in San Antonio, a leading Air Force training hospital. She was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Allergy/Immunology at Keesler Medical Center in Mississippi. Schafer is board certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology as well as the American Board of Pediatrics.
Dr. Schafer is active in our West Michigan Community. She has participated in asthma screenings at Y.M.C.A and Fifth Third Ballpark, Walk for Food Allergy, and provided local allergy lectures in a “Lunch and Learn” format for local businesses. She is involved in physician education as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine as well as a Resident instructor for the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center, providing Grand Rounds and asthma and allergy lectures for local Primary Care Providers as well as updates on allergy for local TV and radio.
She and her husband, Brian Schafer, M.D., a Cardiologist, have four children. They enjoy music and have a family band. Quiet times are spent in a remote cabin in the woods.
Patient Education Resources
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