Dr. Benjamin Schneider
Title:
Dr. Schneider is a Bariatric Surgeon in the Minimally Invasive Surgical Services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Education:
Dr. Schneider received his medical degree from University of Colorado School of Medicine. He completed his surgical residency at University of Iowa and a Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Awards and Honors:
Dr. Schneider is the recipient of the Academy Harvard Medical School (2005) and Society of Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) research grant (2003). He was also selected as Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Surgeon, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (2002).
Surgical Groups:
He serves on the Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery for Betsy Lehman Center, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Weight Loss Surgery Committee, and he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons Advisory, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Foundation, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Surgical Experience:
Dr. Schneider has been performing:
- Open RNY gastric bypass since 2002 – career total volume thru 12/31/09 is 55
- Laparoscopic RNY gastric bypass since 2002 – career total volume thru 12/31/09 is 285
- Lap Band since 2002 – career total volume thru 12/31/09 is 334
- Gastric Sleeve since 2008 – career total volume thru 12/31/09 is 3
