“The first thing I want my patients to know is that I’m here to help guide them,” Dr. Scharpf says. “I bring the medical expertise, but I always listen to their concerns and motivations so we can work together to improve.”
Her recommendations can include alternative therapies, when appropriate and as long as the patient is open to such options. “Alternative therapies simply give doctors a bigger toolkit to work with,” she says.
Outside the office, Dr. Scharpf loves to explore the great outdoors. An avid hiker, she and her husband raised two sons who now live on the West Coast, and at various times they’ve all been hiking to various peaks throughout the country. She enjoys traveling to California to see family, biking, and the Richmond Symphony (she played flute growing up through school).
She is an assistant professor and small group leader in the department of family practice at the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she taught the practice of clinical medicine.
She also completed the Geriatric Scholars certification program at VCU in 2005 and the Geriatric Scholar faculty development program at the Virginia Geriatric Education Center in 2015.
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