Stephanie LaFave, MD

Specialties:

Family Medicine
Patient Rating
4.9 / 5 (Based on 100 Ratings)
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About

Assistant Clinical Professor VCU/MCV

Stephanie W LaFave, MD, grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and later moved to New Orleans, LA to play Division I collegiate golf at Tulane University, where she met her husband. Together they moved to Virginia and after three years of residency training in Front Royal, VA, she fell in love with the Shenandoah Valley.

She is passionate about preventative health, skin and colon cancer screening and empowering her patients to make educated decisions about their health in order to live their best lives.

In her free time, she enjoys spoiling her rescue dogs and rescued cockatiel and volunteers transporting rescued animals along I-81. She also enjoys the outdoors, local farmers markets and playing and watching sports.

Medical Areas of Interest:

  • Sports/Musculoskeletal Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Colonoscopy
  • Women’s Health
  • Preventative Care
  • Chronic Disease Management

Affiliations

  • Front Royal Family Practice and Multispecialty Clinic | Valley Health
  • Warren Memorial Hospital

Locations

Education

Board Certification

2022 Family Medicine

Residency

Shenandoah Valley Family Practice Residency: Front Royal, VA Family Practice Residency

Medical School

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport School of Medicine: Shreveport, LA

Graduate School

Tulane University School of Medicine: New Orleans, LA Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Undergraduate School

Tulane University: New Orleans, LA Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Reviews

5.0
September 12, 2025
She was excellent and did a bang-up job on my leg. She worked me in after hours because we are moving in a month and she had discovered the problem which needed a quick fix!!!
5.0
September 11, 2025
All very good
5.0
August 22, 2025
Dr. LaFave is the best care provider I have ever seen in my 64 years on this earth.
5.0
August 14, 2025
Dr Lafave is awesome!
5.0
August 14, 2025
Great Doctor, extremely caring and will tell you the truth and extremely transparent about goals and future outcomes with encouragement to achieve a healthy life style.Always positive energy from my Doctor to ensure we are working together on this path of wellness.
5.0
August 08, 2025
She explained things to me in detail and in terms I could understand
5.0
August 03, 2025
Dr Lafave is consistently attentive, thorough, knowledgeable, and very patient. One of the best care providers I've ever seen.
5.0
July 31, 2025
Dr. LaFave addressed all my concerns.
5.0
July 24, 2025
Dr. Stephanie is AMAZING!!! Please never let her leave... She is a wonderful doctor and person!!
5.0
July 19, 2025
Dr LaFave is bright, resourceful, and pleasant
5.0
July 17, 2025
Dr. Lafave is a wonderful doctor
5.0
July 04, 2025
Dr. La Fave is extremely professional, knowledgeable, and truly listens to all of my concerns. She's the best!
5.0
May 22, 2025
Dr. LaFave is the most caring person I know always there for you and always listing to you and with her extreme knowledge she always fines a why to make things work for you.
5.0
April 20, 2025
Doctor LaFave did an excellent job of explaining the importance of the procedure, the risks of the procedure, and thoroughly addressed any concerns that I or my spouse may have had.
4.0
April 19, 2025
None.
5.0
April 12, 2025
Dr. LaFave is the best doctor I've ever had.
5.0
March 28, 2025
Dr. LaFave is excellent! She listens, I never feel like I'm being judge and she is caring.
4.8
March 21, 2025
Experience helped to ease my fears.
5.0
March 16, 2025
Absolutely love Dr LaFave and recommend all my friends, family, and my own patients to her always!!
5.0
March 16, 2025
She was very patient.
4.0
March 14, 2025
Thank you so much am feeling so much better