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STEVEN SCHROEDER, MD

Distinguished Professorship in Health and Health Care, UCSF

CONTACT

schroeder@medicine.ucsf.edu
(415) 502-1881 (voice)
(415) 502-5739 (fax)

Box 1211, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-1211

EDUCATION

Stanford University, 1956-1960, B.A.
Harvard University, 1960-1964, M.D.
Harvard University, Res., 1964-1966, Medicine
Harvard University, Fellow, 1968-1971, Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1966-1968

Epidemic Intelligence Officer, Chief, Salmonellosis Unit, Bacterial Diseases Section, Epidemiology Program, National Communicable Diseases Center, U.S. Public Health Service

1970-1971

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

1971-1974

Assistant Professor of Medicine The George Washington University Medical Center

1974-1976

Associate Professor, Departments of Health Care Sciences and Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center

1976-1980

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

1980-1990

Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Founding Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

1982-1983

Visiting Professor, Department of Community Medicine St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London, England

1990-2002

President and CEO; and Member, Board of Trustees, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

1990-2002

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

2003-present

Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Department of Medicine; Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center-- University of California, San Francisco; Memberships and Societies

HONORS & AWARDS

1984-Present

Eleven Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Visiting Professorships

1994-Present

Six honorary doctoral degrees

1994

Medal of Honor, American Cancer Society

1996

Robert J. Glaser Award, Society of General Internal Medicine

2001

National Leadership Award, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

2001

Porter Prize, University of Pittsburg Graduate School of Public Health

2002

Second Century Award for Excellence in Health Care, Columbia University School of Nursing

2002

Special Recognition Award, Association of American Medical Colleges

2003

Champion Award, Youth Advocates of the Year Awards, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

2003

Alvin P. Shapiro Award, American Psychosomatic Society Annual Scientific Meeting

2003

The Award of Honor, American Hospital Association

2004

National Public Health Hero, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health

2006

American Legacy Foundation names tobacco research center after Steven A Schroeder

2007

James D. Bruce Memorial Award, American College of Physicians

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Articles and Book Chapters (selected from 180)

Schroeder SA, Terry PM, and Bennett JV. Antibiotic Resistance and Transfer Factor in Salmonella, United States, 1967. JAMA. 205:903 906, 1968.

Schroeder SA, Aserkoff B, and Brachman PS. Epidemic Salmonellosis in Hospitals and Institutions A Five Year Review. New England Journal of Medicine. 279:674-678, 1968.

Schroeder SA, Kenders K, Cooper JK, and Piemme TE. Use of Laboratory Tests and Pharmaceuticals: Variation Among Physicians and Effect of Cost Audit on Subsequent Use. JAMA. 225:969 973, 1973.

Schroeder SA and Showstack JA. Financial Incentives to Perform Medical Procedures and Laboratory Tests: Illustrative Models of Office Practice. Medical Care. 16:289 298, 1978.

Schroeder SA and Showstack JA. Merchandising Cigarettes in Pharmacies: A San Francisco Survey. American Journal of Public Health. 68:494 495, 1978.

Schroeder SA, Showstack JA and Roberts HE. Frequency and Clinical Description of High Cost Patients in 17 Acute Care Hospitals. ÂNew England Journal of Medicine. 300:1306 1309, 1979.

Lo B and Schroeder SA. Frequency of Ethical Dilemmas on a Medical In Patient Service. Archives of Internal Medicine. 141:1062 1064, 1981.

Schroeder SA, Showstack JA and Schwartz J. Survival of Adult High Cost Patients: Report of a Follow Up Study from Nine Acute Care Hospitals. JAMA. 245:1446 1449, 1981.

Showstack JA, Schroeder SA and Matsumoto MF. Changes in the Use of Medical Technologies, 1972 1977: A Study of Ten Inpatient Diagnoses. New England Journal of Medicine. 306:706 712, 1982.

Schroeder SA, Myers LP, McPhee SJ, Showstack JA, Simborg DW, Chapman SA and Leong JK. The Failure of Physician Education as a Cost Containment Strategy: Report of a Prospective Controlled Trial at a University Hospital. JAMA. 252:225 230, 1984.

Schroeder SA. Western European Responses to Physician Oversupply: Lessons for the United States. JAMA. 252:373 384, 1984.

Schroeder SA. A Comparison of Western European and US University Hospitals. A Case Report From Leuven, West Berlin, Leiden, London and San Francisco. JAMA. 252:240 246, 1984.

Showstack JA, Hughes Stone M, and Schroeder S. The Role of Changing Clinical Practices in the Rising Costs of Hospital Care. New England Journal of Medicine. 313:1201 1207, 1985.

Schroeder SA, Showstack JA, Gerbert BE. Residency Training in Internal Medicine: Time for a Change? Annals of Internal Medicine. 104:554 561, 1986.

Schroeder SA: Expanding the Site of Clinical Education Ð Moving Beyond the Hospital Walls. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 3:S5 S14, 1988.

Katz MI, Schroeder SA: The Sounds of the Hospital: A Study of Beeper Use in Three Teaching Institutions. New England Journal of Medicine. 319:1585 1589, 1988.

Schroeder SA, Zones JS, Showstack JA: Academic Medicine as a Public Trust. JAMA. 262:803 812, 1989.

Lohr KN, Schroeder SA: A Strategy for Quality Assurance in Medicare. The New England Journal of Medicine. 322:707 712, 1990.

Schroeder SA. The Troubled Profession: Is Medicine's Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Annals of Internal Medicine, 116:583 592, 1992.

Schroeder SA, The Medically Uninsured: Will They Always be With Us? New England Journal of Medicine. 334:1130-1133, 1996.

Schroeder SA. Mixed News from the Tobacco Wars. Editorial. NEJM. 347:1106-09, October 3, 2002.

Schroeder SA. Tobacco Control in the Wake of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement. New England Journal of Medicine, 350:293-301, 2004.

Schroeder SA. The Tobacco Bailout and the FDA. Perspectives. New England Journal of Medicine, 30;351(14):1377-80, 2004.

Eule B, Sullivan MK, Schroeder S, Hudmon KS. Merchandising Cigarettes in San Francisco pharmacies: 27 years Later. Tobacco Control 2004; 13(4):429-432.

Schroeder SA. What To Do With a Patient Who Smokes. JAMA 294(4):482-7, 2005.

Revell CC, Schroeder SA. Simplicity Matters: Using System-Level Changes To Encourage Clinician Intervention In Helping Tobacco Users Quit. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Suppl 1:S67-9, 2005.

Schroeder SA. An Agenda To Combat Substance Abuse. Health Aff (Millwood).24(4):1005-13, 2005.

Hudmon KS, Fenlon CM, Corelli RL, Prokhorov AV, Schroeder SA. Tobacco Sales In Pharmacies: Time To Quit. Tobacco Control, in press.

Schroeder SA. Should emergency departments help smokers quit? Editorial. Annals Emergency Medicine, 48:415-16, 2006.

Schroeder SA and Sox HC. VareniclineÑa new designer drug to help smokers quit. Annals of Internal Medicine 145:784-85, 2006.

2/20/07

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