Dr.
Schnitzler is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal
Medicine in the School of Medicine and Community Health in the
School of Public Health at Saint Louis University. He earned his
Ph.D. from Washington University in 1996 specializing in Labor
Economics, Econometrics, and Industrial Organization; however,
soon after earning his degree he began working primarily in health
economics, policy, and epidemiology in solid organ transplantation.
He is the founder and Director of Transplant Outcomes and Policy
Research (TOPR) housed within the Saint Louis University Center
for Outcomes Research (SLUcor) in the Department of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Schnitzler has served as Principal Investigator on more
than 20 research projects funded by the National Institutes of
Health and others and has been a co-investigator on numerous additional
projects. He has published over 60 articles, reports, and papers
primarily on health policy in solid organ transplantation in journals
such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the
American Society of Nephrology, the American Journal of Transplantation,
Transplantation and others. He is an active member of the American
Society of Transplantation (AST), serves as a member of its Public
Policy Committee, AST’s lobbying arm, and has turned much
of his current research effort toward supporting the needs of
this organization.
Specific research topics in his current agenda include the cost
effectiveness of government sponsored immunosuppressive drug coverage
extensions to uninsured transplant recipients, the impact of loss
of health coverage on survival in pediatric transplant recipients,
the societal benefits of organ donation, and optimizing clinical
strategies for the long term care of the transplant recipient.
Education
PhD- Washington University
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