Patients with Cancer and Chronic Illness are caught between a rock and a hard place. From the moment they receive their diagnosis, they are instilled with fear and sometimes hopelessness. Many people are told there are no further options apart from chemo, surgery, and radiation to overcome the illness and are not presented with alternative options.
My background as a general trauma and vascular surgeon combined with 35 years of experience in treating difficult cases and many patients who have tried everything else has shown me that there is always another path to explore in the healing journey.
At VVS MD, we create a personalized treatment plan for each patient that involves a synergistic combination of therapies drawn from both traditional and integrative or alternative pathways. By understanding and examining both the macroscopic and microscopic features of your illness, we are able to utilize traditional treatments in a non-traditional, highly effective manner. I invite you to look at my website, vvsmd.com, for further information on our testing, treatments, and approach to care, and look forward to helping you on your healing journey.
At VVS MD, each patient and his/her unique cellular make-up is evaluated by Dr. Von Schaefer, thus assessed as an individual, in order to deliver the ultimate in personalized medical care. Our goal is to find the best possible solution for resolving your medical problems, optimizing health and wellness, preventing cancer and chronic illness, and strategizing for long term health.
We provide the most comprehensive and effective treatment plans to solve your cancer and chronic illness problems using the principles of Integrative Medicine and Oncology and the precise problem-solving tools of molecular oncology.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VVS MD, Laguna Beach, CA, 2019-Present, Integrative Medicine & Oncology
Private Practice, Laguna Beach, CA, 2001 – 2018, Biomedical Consultation, Bio Identical Hormone Therapy, Biochemical Approach to Metabolic Imbalance
Locum Tenens, Camino Health Center, 2000 – 2001, General Medical Practice
Locum Tenens, Clinica Humanitaria, 1999 – 2000, General Medical Practice
Spinal Cord Injury, Disability, Surgery, 8/30/1994 – 5/30/1999
Saddleback Memorial Hospital, Laguna Hills, CA, 1/1994 – 8/1994, General & Vascular Surgeon, Private Practice Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, CA, 1992 – 1994, General & Vascular Surgeon, Private Practice
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Board Eligible
LICENSURE
Diplomate NBME, June 1984
California, June 30, 1991, license #: G-71137
DEA: FV6225165
NPI: 1790952190
EDUCATION
Los Angeles County Harbor UCLA Medical Center, St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA, 1991-1992, Fellowship Program #: 450021067
Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn & Queens, 1990-1991, Chief Resident/Trauma Chief, PGY-4 General Surgery Resident PGY 3
St. Vincent’s Hospital, 1988-1989, Research Fellowship Surgical Oncology
St. Vincent’s Hospital, 1986-1988, General Surgery Residency, PGY 2
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 1984-1986, General Surgery Residency PGY 1-2
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 1983-1984, Internal Medicine Internship
Columbia University, M.D. College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1979-1983
Columbia University, B.S. Biochemistry, 1976 -1979 Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s Scholar
DePauw University, 1965 – 1968
Maine Township West High School, Des Plains, IL, 1965, National Honors Society
AWARDS
NIH Grant Recipient, 1990, Vascular Surgery Research
H K Lattimer Annual Urology Prize, 1983, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons Phi Beta Kappa, 1979, Columbia University
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https://vvsmd.com
949.652.2320
31852 Coast Highway, Suite 200
Laguna Beach, California 92651
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