Dr. Andrea Schaffner MD
Internist
147 Westbrook Rd Essex CT, 06426Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Schaffner is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in the ABIM subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine. A graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, she ...
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1978
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Urinary Incontinence
- High Cholesterol
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Dementia
- Ear Wax
- Abnormal Gait
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Yale-New Haven Hospital
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