Christopher M. Schneller, M.D.

Christopher Schneller, M.D., is a board-certified pediatric intensivist and an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Dell Medical School. Schneller earned his bachelor’s from The University of Texas at Austin and his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (now McGovern Medical School). He completed his pediatrics and chief residencies at Comer Children’s Hospital on the South Side of Chicago and then moved uptown to complete his fellowship training at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital through the Northwestern/McGaw School of Medicine.

Schneller joined Dell Children’s Medical Center in early 2018. Starting in the spring of 2022, he began online courses to obtain a master’s in medical education through the University of Cincinnati, designed to improve his understanding of curriculum development, research design and human learning theories.

Schneller serves as core faculty for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship and is the chair of the monthly interdisciplinary case conference committee. He is also heavily involved with the Pediatric Residency through resident education and simulation. Schneller has an interest in diversity and inclusion in medicine and was chosen as the pediatric representative to serve on the Ascension Seton ABIDE council, which is aimed at improving representation and equity for all within the hospital.

His career interests largely revolve around medical education and mentorship, innovative curriculum design and interdisciplinary collaboration on educational initiatives. His clinical interests include delirium prevention and recognition, early mobility and family-centered rounding via the ICU Liberation initiative designed by the Society of Critical Care Medication. He is committed to reducing PICU-associated complications and post-intensive care syndrome within the PICU at Dell Children’s.