Dr. Schiffer Biography

BORN:
March 5, 1938 - Easton, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Easton High School, Easton, Pennsylvania
1953-1956

Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
1956-1960

Jefferson Medical School
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1960-1964

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:
Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, University Of California, San Francisco

INTERNSHIP:
Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rotating Internship
June 1964 - June 1965

RESIDENCY:
Hahnemann Medical College Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania General Surgery
July 1965 - June 1966

Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
Frank E. Bunts Education Institute
Fellowship in Neurological Surgery
July 1966 - July 1970

BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery
January 1976

RESEARCH/SPECIAL STUDIES:
International Intradiscal Therapy Society Twelfth Annual Meeting Cambridge, England
August 2-6, 1999

North American Spine Society 13th Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
October 28-31, 1998

Workshop on Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery
sponsored by Wolf Medical Instruments
October 28,1998

Course on Lumbar Interbody Fusion with BAK cages
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
June 1998

International Intradiscal Therapy Society Eleventh Annual Meeting
San Antonio, Texas
May 13-17, 1998

International Intradiscal Therapy Society Meeting
Spinal Endoscopy Hands-on Course
San Antonio, Texas
May 1998

Thoracoscopic Approaches for the Treatment of Thoracic Spinal Pathology Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center February 5-7, 1998

North American Spine Society Meeting 12th Annual Meeting
New York City, NY
October 22-25, 1997

Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Ray Cage)
With Charles Ray, M.D. Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 1996

Posterior Pedicular External Fixation and Percutaneous Discectomy and Fusion
with H. Leu, M.D.
October 1993

Cervical Percutaneous Discectomy
with Professor Jacques Theron Caen, France
October 1993

Laparoscopic Percutaneous Discectomy
with John Misko, M.D. Portland, Oregon
September 1993

Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy Training Workshop
Seton Medical Center San Francisco, California
October 1992

KTP/532 Laser Disc Decompression Workshop
Long Beach Memorial Hospital Long Beach, California
June 1991

Course on Thermography (Infra Red)
under Charles Wexler, M.D. Los Angeles, California
May 1988

Course on Percutaneous Discectomy
University of California Medical School
San Francisco, California
January 1986

Special Study in Neuropathology with B. Malamud, M.D.
University of California Medical School
San Francisco, California
April 1969 - July 1969

Asparagine Requirements of Primary Brain Tumors Research
Cleveland Clinic Research Foundation Grant
Cleveland, Ohio 1969

Lederle Grant for Original Cancer Research
under the guidance of P.A. Herbut, M.D.
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 1962 - August 1962

PUBLICATIONS:
Hamby, Wallace B. and Schiffer, Stanton:
Spasmodic Torticollis: Results after Cervical Rhizotomy in 50 Cases
Journal of Neurosurgery 1969, 31:323-326.

Schiffer, Stanton: "Intraoperative Thermography"
Journal of the Academy of Neuromuscular Thermography
January 1988

MEDIA APPEARANCES:
1995 Action News, KSBW NBC - Channel 8
"Avoid, Prevent and Treat Back Problems"

1995 KGO AM Radio
"Cervical Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 KDTV TV 6:00 P.M. News - Channel 14
"Cervical Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 News at New, KOVR TV - Channel 13
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 Contra Costa Times
"Back Surgery"

1995 KOVR - Sacramento
"Back Problems"

1995 KPIX AM & FM Radio
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 Tri Valley Herald Newspaper
"Back Pain"

1995 KSTS TV - Channel 48
"Back Pain"

1995 KCRT TV
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 K101 FM
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 KOME FM
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 KRQR FM
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1995 In Your Ear, KFRC AM & FM
"How to Beat Back Pain"

1995 Weekend News, KRON TV
"How to Beat Back Pain"

1995 Datebook KNTV
"Avoid, Prevent & Treat Back Problems"

1992 REVIEW Magazine, Fall issue
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1992 ABC World News Tonight
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1991 KRIA Sacramento, radio "Back Pain"

1991 Telemundo 6:00 P.M. News - Channel 48
"Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy"

1991 Free Speech - Channel 2
"Back Pain"

1991 Datebook KNTV-ABC - Channel 11
"Lumbar Percutaneous Discectomy"

1991 Speak Freely - Channel 7
"Back Pain"

1991 United Artists - Cable TV

1991 Contra Costa Tonight - Channel 19
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1991 Teleradio - Channel 14
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1991 News at Midday "Live" Noon - Channel 13
"Back Pain"

1991 Channel 4 News with Doctor Tom Linden
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1991 Mornings on 2 - Channel 2
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1991 Grapevine - Channel 6
"Percutaneous Discectomy"

1988 KRON TV News at Noon
Interview on topic of Percutaneous Discectomy

1988 CNN Sonya Live from L.A.
Discussed Spine Disease after Percutaneous Discectomy

1988 KCBS Radio "Back Doctor"
Interview with Robert McCormick

1988 KGO TV "Good Morning Bay Area"
Interview on Percutaneous Discectomy

1986 KPIX TV Evening News
Interview with Ben Williams regarding new state law mandating neurophysical and psychological examination of all professional boxers and kick boxers

1985 KGO Radio
Interview and discussion with Dave Scott on Sports Medicine

1985 KPIX TV Noon News
Interview with David Jackson on Sports Medicine

1984 Nautilus Magazine
"Neurology Gets Physical"

Interviews with various newspapers on the topics of sports medicine, head and spinal Injuries

EXHIBITS:
North American Spine Society
San Francisco Oct.'98
"Automated Percutaneus Cervical Diskectomy (APCD)"
Stanton Schiffer et al

HONORS:
W.B. Hamby and Stanton Schiffer, HONORABLE MENTION
American Medical Association
Exhibit on the Treatment of Sporadic Torticollis
San Francisco, California
June 1968

MILITARY SERVICE:
Retired Captain, U.S. Army Reserve

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
Pleasanton Surgery Center
Pleasanton, California
1999 – Present

Washington Surgery Center
Fremont, California
March 2005 – Present

Washington Hospital
Fremont, California
1970 – Present

San Ramon Regional Center
San Ramon, California
1990 – Present

LICENSURE:
California License: G16024
New Jersey License: 25MAO7853500
Hawaii License: MD4678

Appointed by Department of Industrial Relations
Industrial Medical Council
Qualified Medical Evaluator in Neurological Surgery
1993 - 1997

BUSINESSES:
Founder, Human Scan Medical Group 1976
Operated CT scanner in Valley Memorial Hospital
Livermore, California

Established Veterinary Scan Medical Group 1982
Developed the first dedicated whole-body CT scanner for animals in the U.S.
Scanner located at University of California, Davis
Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital

Selected by California State Athletic Commission as the only physician/sports medicine clinic in Northern California to provide comprehensive neurophysical and psychological examination of professional boxers and kick boxers 1986

HOBBIES:
Sports: Tennis, Computers, Art Collecting