Get to know Neurologist Dr. Lawrence A. Schaeffer, who serves patients in Amarillo, Texas.

Specializing in neurology, Dr. Schaeffer is one of the country’s top-ranked doctors. He practices at Amarillo Medical Specialists, LLP in Texas. In addition to being available for specialty care in his office, Dr. Schaeffer also holds privileges at Northwest Texas Hospital and BSA Hospital. He diagnoses and treats disorders of the nervous system, including headache disorders, epilepsy or seizures, traumatic brain injury, sleep disorders, cerebral palsy, infections of the peripheral nervous system, movement disorders, neoplasms, spinal cord disorders, as well as speech and language disorders, among others. A 1981 graduate of the Anahuac University in Mexico, Dr. Schaeffer completed his internship in internal medicine/surgery at the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City in 1981, his internship in pediatrics / obstetrics-gynecology at the National Institute of Perinatology in 1982, and his internship in social services in Mexico City in 1983. Upon relocating to the United States, he went on to complete his residency in internal medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, followed by his fellowship in neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He opened his practice in Amarillo in 1997.