Dr Richard Shaffer
Consultant Radiotherapy Physician
MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCP, FRCR
Languages spoken: English
Dr Richard Shaffer
Consultant Radiotherapy Physician
MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCP, FRCR
Languages spoken: English
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米兰体育Patient Age Group
AdultsYear qualified
1998Gender
MaleSpecialty
Clinical oncologyAbout Dr Richard Shaffer
Dr Richard Shaffer is a global expert in the use of low-dose radiotherapy for benign (non-cancer) conditions. He has treated more than 3000 patients with radiotherapy for benign conditions, including Dupuytren's, Ledderhose, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinopathy, keloid scars, osteoarthritis, tendinopathy, and bursitis.
He is co-founder of Reload Clinics, which was set up to treat patients with tendonitis in a joint clinic with Geoff Scott, world-renowned consultant physiotherapist and previous head of medical services at Tottenham Hotspur FC.
Dr Shaffer is also a founder and CEO of RT-ABC, set up to educate radiation oncologists in the treatment of benign conditions and a founder and president of the International Society for Radiotherapy for Benign Conditions. He also serves as a Medical Director of XStrahl Limited. Dr Shaffer co-wrote the UK Royal College of Radiologists guidelines for benign conditions, co-authored the first American case series of radiotherapy for osteoarthritis (2025) and was responsible for the English translation of the German benign radiotherapy guidelines 2022.
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.
He is co-founder of Reload Clinics, which was set up to treat patients with tendonitis in a joint clinic with Geoff Scott, world-renowned consultant physiotherapist and previous head of medical services at Tottenham Hotspur FC.
Dr Shaffer is also a founder and CEO of RT-ABC, set up to educate radiation oncologists in the treatment of benign conditions and a founder and president of the International Society for Radiotherapy for Benign Conditions. He also serves as a Medical Director of XStrahl Limited. Dr Shaffer co-wrote the UK Royal College of Radiologists guidelines for benign conditions, co-authored the first American case series of radiotherapy for osteoarthritis (2025) and was responsible for the English translation of the German benign radiotherapy guidelines 2022.
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.
