Dr. Schaffer is a board-certified family medicine physician in Colorado with a special interest in lifestyle medicine, specifically whole food, plant-based nutrition. She completed medical training at the University of Colorado and Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. She has an additional certification as a lifestyle medicine physician through the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and also earned a plant-based nutrition certificate through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies. Her family, including two young children, follows a plant-based diet, and she loves to share the health benefits, along with the challenges and helpful ideas or recipes, with interested patients. She also wrote a children’s book called “Time To Eat!” promoting a plant-based diet for families.