Traci Elizabeth Sheaffer, MD

Dr. Sheaffer was born in Asheville, NC, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications. After her undergraduate education, she worked for several years in Greenville with Burroughs Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) on projects involving scientific research documentation. She then earned a medical degree at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. Following medical school, she was an intern and resident in medicine and pediatrics at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, LA, and completed her residency in child neurology at University of North Carolina Medical Center. She joined Raleigh Neurology Associates and became board-certified in child neurology. 

Dr. Sheaffer practices child neurology and is actively involved in the pediatric teaching service at WakeMed.