Dr. Oren Schaefer M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
33 Oak Avenue Worcester MA, 01605About
Dr. Oren Schaefer practices Pulmonology in Worcester, MA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Schaefer manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Awards
- Castle Connoly Top Doctors 2012
Fellowships
- UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education (Pulmonary/Critical Care), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr, NH, Fellow:Internal Medicine 1989
- UMass Memorial Medical Center, Fellow:Pulmonary Disease 1990
- UMass Memorial Medical Center, Fellow:Critical Care Medicine 1992
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