David Schaefer, DO, MPH, is the osteopath in the Pain Clinic and the CARF-accredited, interdisciplinary pain program at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, in Chicago. He received his DO from Des Moines University in 2005 and MPH in 2009. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2008 and since then has continued working in internal medicine and osteopathic manipulation.