Peter A. Schneider, M.D. Joins Department of Surgery Faculty

We are pleased to announce that Peter A. Schneider, M.D. has joined the Department of Surgery faculty as professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Dr. Schneider received his MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at the University of California San Francisco.

Dr. Schneider was the founding member and chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii from 1994-2018. At Kaiser, he developed a Diabetic Limb Treatment Program to improve limb salvage, an aneurysm screening and surveillance program for patients with aneurysms and a registry for patients with carotid disease used for surveillance. He oversaw the development of the first endovascular operating room in the Kaiser system.

Dr. Schneider has served as National Principal Investigator for numerous clinical trials. Over 25 years, he has been a strong proponent of clinical research in vascular disease and has participated extensively in trial design, oversight, core lab analysis, events committees, data analysis, follow up, presentation, and publication. This includes pioneering procedures in several first-in-human trials. He has performed and taught surgery in a dozen other countries.

Dr. Schneider is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Fellow of the International Society of Vascular Surgery, a past president of Western Vascular Society and has authored several textbooks including Endovascular Skills, the 4th edition, to be published later this year. 

Please join us in warmly welcoming Dr. Schneider to our Department!