David F. Schneider, MD, MS, FACS

Dr. David F. Schneider is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Surgery with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at the University of Wisconsin. As a fellowship-trained Endocrine Surgeon, his clinical practice focuses on the surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal diseases. As an informatician, he represents the Department of Surgery on UW Health’s Physician Informatics team and serves as one of UW Health’s Physician Informaticists, working to leverage the electronic health record (EHR) in support of improving quality, improving clinical decision-making, and developing analytics tools to extract data for research and operational efficiency.

He also leads the organization’s ambulatory telehealth efforts as the Physician Informatics Director for Virtual Care. He co-leads the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research’s (ICTR) Research Community of Practice. He conducts health services research within the Department of Surgery’s Wisconsin Institute for Surgical Outcomes Research (WiSOR) Program.

Schneider earned his medical degree and masters in clinical research methods at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency and research fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center, and his Endocrine Surgery fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. He holds dual board certification in Surgery and Clinical Informatics. Dr. Schneider is active in several national and international surgical societies. He currently serves as the Chair of the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program (CESQIP), a national dataset for quality improvement and research. He is the Associate Editor, Methodology, Informatics and Topical Reviews for the Journal of Surgical Research.