Meet Benjamin Shneider, MD
As director of Pediatric Hepatology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Benjamin L. Shneider, MD, set out to provide outstanding multidisciplinary care for children with liver disease through clinical and research advancements.
Dr. Shneider came to Children’s in January 2007 from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, where he served as chief of pediatric hepatology and was a tenured professor of pediatrics.
“A comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment provided by a team of experts in pediatric disorders is essential for optimal outcomes,” Dr. Shneider said. “We are striving to achieve the most cutting-edge therapies for children with liver disease and to perform state-of-the-art research as well.”
Dr. Shneider completed his undergraduate work at Stanford University in California, earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago. He completed his internship and residency at Children’s Hospital Boston and was a fellow, then faculty member, at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.
“The depth of talent in the area of pediatric liver disease has grown dramatically at Children’s. When combined with the expertise in liver disease and transplantation at UPMC, it constitutes one of the strongest clinical and research programs I could imagine,” said David Perlmutter, MD, physician-in-chief and scientific director at Children’s and the Vira I. Heinz Professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Shneider is a member of the Scientific Program Committee for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). He is a principal investigator of three National Institutes of Health grants, including basic investigations of bile acid transport, molecular mechanisms of cholestasis and clinical/translational studies of biliary atresia, rare cholestatic liver diseases and acute liver failure.
In addition to the AASLD, Dr. Shneider is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Society for Pediatric Research, American Gastroenterological Association and the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology.
