Dr. Kenneth Schaefle in an Eagle Scout and a graduate of Evanston Township High School and Northwestern University. After graduating, he and two friends founded the Boom Chicago theater company in Amsterdam, creating the first English-language improvisation comedy theater in the Netherlands. Boom Chicago became the largest and longest-running theater show in the country’s history and launched the careers of many well-known comedians.  

Ken entered medical school at the age of 40 and participated in a global health trip to Uganda where he developed his love for working in low-resource settings. After completion of residency, Ken joined the global health faculty at Montefiore to work with the Uganda program in which he participated as a student.

Now in his 6th year in the PCSM/Global Health faculty group, Dr. Schaefle is the editor of Reasoning Without Resources, a 1500-page global health textbook. He spends many months each year in Uganda, teaching medical students, residents, and Ugandan medical officers how to provide medical care in a low-resource setting.

Reasoning Without Resources – Editor 2021. Served as editor for two years to create two volume, 1500-page global health textbook that case studies from 129 admissions at a rural Uganda hospital. Author: Gerald Pacione. San Francisco: Global Health Collaborations Press

PLOS ONE 15(6): e0234049 2020: Managing Hypertension in Rural Uganda: Realities and Strategies 10 Years of Experience at a District Hospital Chronic Disease Clinic Joseph H Stephens 1 2 3, Faraz Alizadeh 1 2 4 5, John Bosco Bamwine 1 2, Michael Baganizi 1, Gloria Fung Chaw 1 2 3, Morgen Yao Cohen 1 2 3, Amit Patel 1 2 3, K J Schaefle 1 2 3, Jasdeep Singh Mangat 1 2, Joel Mukiza 1 2, Gerald A Paccione

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant 2012: Hepatic dysfunction and survival after orthotopic heart transplantation: application of the MELD scoring system for outcome prediction. Chokshi A, Cheema FH, Schaefle KJ, Jiang J, Collado E, Shahzad K, Khawaja T, Farr M, Takayama H, Naka Y, Mancini DM, Schulze PC. PMID: 22458996

American Journal of Cardiology 2011: Epicardial fat volume in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Khawaja T, Greer C, Chokshi A, Chavarria N, Thadani S, Jones M, Schaefle K, Bhatia K, Collado J, Einstein AJ, Schulze PC. PMID: 21565323

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2011: Incidence and predictors of infection in patients undergoing primary isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: a report from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. Ahmed D, Cheema FH, Ahmed YI, Schaefle KJ, Azam SI, Sami SA, Sharif HM. PMID: 21224817