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Martin Schaeferle III, M.D.
Martin Schaeferle III, M.D.
Martin Schaeferle III, M.D. did his undergraduate work at the University of Iowa. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year and subsequently graduated "with Honors." Then he attended the University Of Iowa College Of Medicine. He was elected into Phi Alpha Mu medical scholastic fraternity and received his M.D. degree in 1968.
After his internship in Portland, Oregon, he served as a general medical officer in the US Navy, including service in South Korea and Viet Nam. He received the Naval Achievement Medal for his work with Korean civilians.
Following an honorable discharge from the Navy, he completed his education in general surgery at the University Of Utah and became certified by the American Board of Surgery. He then completed training in plastic surgery at the University of Kansas and became certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Schaeferle has been in an active plastic surgery practice in Tacoma, Washington, where he did both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery for twenty years. In addition to cosmetic surgery, he has extensive experience in acute and reconstructive burn surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, and traumatic reconstruction. He has been a member of the Washington State Maxillofacial Review Board for eighteen years and part-time director of the Firefighters Burn Center in Tacoma, WA for the last ten years. He has participated in volunteer surgical services through Heal the Children foundation.
Dr. Schaeferle moved to Austin, TX, in 1997 and has restricted his practice exclusively to cosmetic surgery since that time. He is trained in all aspects of cosmetic surgery including liposuction, body contouring, and laser surgery.
Dr. Schaeferle is an active member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Lipoplasty Society, as well as belonging to multiple national and regional medical societies. He was also a member of the American Burn Association and the American Cleft Palate Association for twenty years.
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