Biography
Dr Richard Shaffer is a Radiation Oncologist and an expert in the use of radiotherapy for treating benign disease, including Dupuytren’s, Ledderhose, Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendinopathy, Keloid scars, Osteoarthritis, Tendinopathy and Bursitis. Since starting his practice in 2011, Dr Shaffer has treated approximately 3000 benign patients. Visit here to understand more about radiotherapy for Osteoarthritis, Achilles Tendinopathy and Plantar Fasciitis.
He provides training and mentoring to fellow consultants starting benign radiotherapy practices and is founder and CEO of the Radiotherapy Academy for Benign Conditions.
He is the founder and President of the International Society for Radiotherapy for Benign Conditions and is also Medical Director of XStrahl Limited.
He co-wrote the 2015 Royal College of Radiologists guidelines for benign conditions and has written and reviewed multiple scientific papers and textbook chapters and contributed to NICE consultations.
In his early career, Dr Shaffer trained as a specialist registrar at various London teaching hospitals and completed a Clinical Fellowship in Radiation Oncology at the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada.
GMC: 4552635
Publications
Radiotherapy for benign disease; assessing the risk of radiation-induced cancer following exposure to intermediate dose radiation. Stephanie McKeown, Paul Hatfield, Robin Prestwich, Richard Shaffer, Roger Taylor. British Journal of Radiology 2015; 88: 20150405.
A review of the use of radiotherapy in the UK for the treatment of benign clinical conditions and benign tumours. Royal College of Radiologists 2015.
Outcomes of Radiotherapy for Ledderhose disease (Plantar Fibromatosis) of the feet. Richard Shaffer, Immanuel Jeevarathnam, Chelsea Freeland, Louise Pardon. ESTRO meeting (poster) 2018
Treatment of Dupuytren’s Disease with Post-Interventional Radiotherapy. R. Shaffer and H. Seegenschmiedt. ASTRO (poster) 2022