CURRICULUM VITAE Business Addresses 7301 Medical Center Drive. Suite 301 1301 20 th Street, Suite 470 West Hills CA 91307 Santa Monica CA 90404 Telephone: 818-880-0972 Fax: 818-880-2039 Website: www.michaelschneiermd.com Education Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA 1997-1998 Spine Fellowship NeuroSurgical Oncology University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1995-1996 Spine Fellowship in Reconstructive Spinal Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (Clinical Instructor of Surgery) Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 1994-1995 Chief Resident 1991-1994 Residency 1989-1990 Internship New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 1985-1989 Medical Degree University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1982-1985 BA, Cum Laude, Economics Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. 1981-1982 Transferred to UofP for Pre-Med Studies Active Privileges West Hills Hospital, West Hills, CA Saint John s Hospital, Santa Monica, CA Avanguard Surgery Center, Tarzana, CA
Postgraduate Experience 2007 Present Neurosurgical & Spinal Surgeon, Private Practice 7301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 301 West Hills, CA. 91307 2005 2008 D.I.S.C. 13160 Mindanao Way, Suite 150 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 2004-2005 Neurosurgeon Albert Einstein Medical Center 5501 Old York Road Philadelphia, PA 19141 2001-2004 Chief of Neurosurgery Frankford Health Care System AANS: Residency Research Proctor Independent Research, Dr. Auhn Dorman Derivation of CNS and Hematopoetic Stem Cell Line from Adult Brain Tissue Philadelphia, PA 19114 1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery Residency Coordinator Director of Reconstructive Spine University of New Mexico, Level 1 Trauma Center University of New Mexico, School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM 87131 1998-1999 Private Practice, Microneurosurgical Consultants, PC Portland, OR 97225 1997-1998 Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship Neurosurgical Institute Los Angeles, CA 90048 1996-1997 Private Practice, Neuroscience Associates Staten Island, NY 10304
Board Certification American Board of Neurological Surgery Effective: May 2000 Recertification: May 2010 Expires: May 2020 Awards 1994: Residency Research Award New York Neurosurgical Society 1993: Residency Research Award New York Neurosurgical Society 1991: Leo Davidoff Society Residency Award Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1987: Levin Foundation Grant Weitzman Institute, Rehovet Israel Honorary/Professional Societies Surgical Review Committee, St Johns Hospital Reviewer, Journal of Spine ARGOS International Spine Society Radichian Society 1996 American Medical Association SOLAS Society Lateral Access Surgery American Association of Neurological Surgeons North American Spine Society Postgraduate Courses Department of Surgery Trauma Update, December 1-2, 1999. University of New Mexico Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Neurology Grand Rounds, Presenter, August 30, 1999. Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, CNS Transplantation Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Presenter, June 16, 1997, Montefiore Medical Center The Spine and Peripheral Nerves 13 th Annual Meeting AANS/CNS, February 19, 1997, Newport Beach CA. Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Presenter, February 4, 1997. Montefiore Medical Center
Spinal Trauma, pre-and Post-Operative Care Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Presenter, February 4, 1997. Montefiore Medical Center Spend Down Phenomenon in Catastrophic Illness AANS, Young Neurosurgeon s, August 1996, Montefiore Medical Center Hands-on Spinal Course on Instrumentation AANS, Guest Faculty, May 1996. Montefiore Medical Center Hands-on Spinal Course on Instrumentation Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1995 Annual Meeting, October, 1995 20 th Annual Postgraduate Education, Medical Schools of NYC, December Controversies, Complications and Surgical Techniques Publications Schneier M., textbook contributor; Biomechanics of Spine Stabilization ; AANS Press Schneier M., Mehler MF, Kessler JA, Preferential Maturation and Migration into Brain of Neural Progenitor Cells Following One Marrow Implantation, submitted 1. Krulwich, Schneier M, Guffanti. Buffering Capacity of Bacilli that Grow At Different ph Ranges. J Bacteriology, 162(2), 768-772 (1985). 2. Guffanti, Fuchs, Schneier M, Krulwich. Transmembrane Electrical Potentials, J biological Chemistry, 295(5), 2971 (1984). Abstracts Papavasiliou AK, Goodrich JT, Schneier M, Mehler MG, Kessler JA et al. The Role of Macrophage Colony Stimulation Factor in Medulloblastoma. Congress of Neurosurgery, San Francisco, CA (1995) Schneier M, Mehler MF, Kessler JA. Preferential Maturation and Migration into Brain of Neural Progenitor Cells following BONE Marrow Implantation. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego (1994) Schneier M, de los Reyes RA. Cerebral Revascularization via Non-reversed Saphenous Vein Graft. Congress of Neurosurgery. Washington, DC (1993)
Mehler MD, Rozenthal R Schneier M, Spray DC, Kessler JA. Hematolymphopoietic Cytokines Regulate Differentiation of Neuronal Progenitor Cells in Vitro. Neurology 43 A231, 1993. 45 th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology, NY, NY. Rozenthal R, Mehler MFD, Schneier M, Kessler JA Spray DC. Ontogeny of Electrical Responsiveness of Immortalized Murine Hippocampal Progenitor Cells. Annual Meeting, FASEB/Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA (1993) Mehler MF, Schneier M, Kessler JA. All Major CNS Elements Arise From a Single Neural Stem Cell. 118 th Annual Meeting. American Neurological Association, Boston, MA (1993) U.S, Patents Facet Joint Pain Relief Method and Apparatus Patent Number 6,014,588 Date of Patent: Jan 11, 2000 Dynamic Spinal Implant or Joint Replacement Patent Number 11/254,615 Date of Patent: Oct 20, 2005 Professional Collaborations Surgery/Neurosurgery 1. Patent Dynamic spinal Implant, 60/621,118 Reference number MSC-001P 2. Spinal Journal Peer Review, in collaboration with Dr. James N. Weinstein, Editor in Chief 3. CNS and Bone Marrow Stem Cell Homology. Medical Title: The Derivation of Adult Stem Cells from Brain and Bone Marrow Lay Title: The creation of cell lines from adult brain tissue and bone marrow. Principal Investigator: Michael Schneier, M.D. Jefferson Health Care Systems Franklin Hospitals, Red Lion and Knights Roads, Philadelphia PA 19114 Telephone (215) 612-4700 Co-Investigators: Rick I. Cohen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Cellular Genetics and Development, The Richard D. Satell Laboratory for Cancer Research, 403 Haddon Avenue, Room 311, Camden, NJ, 08103 Telephone (856) 757-9701
Michael Schneier, M.D. Neurosurgery Product Design/Spinal Consultant, Collaborating with Phillip Mellinger, Vice President Research and Development, Interpore Cross International, 181 Technology Drive, Irvine CA 92618 Telephone (949) 453-3200 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS November 2008 September 2006 February 2006 March 2005 January 2004 West Hills Medical Center Considering Spine Surgery What You Should Know Centinela Freeman Medical Center Neurological Consequence of Degenerative Spine Disease Centinela Freeman Medical Center Aging Neck, Back and Spine Surgical Grand Rounds, Resident Instructor Albert Einstein Medical Center Emergency Room Spinal Trauma Management, Consequence Oncology Grand Rounds Frankford Hospital System Metastatic CNS Disease Corporate Consulting Agreement Nuvasive Biomet Stryker Facet and Joint Pain Relief Method Educational Agreements Educational Agreements