Dr. Thomas Schneider II

The embarrassment caused by sweaty hands, armpit sweat, facial sweat, and facial blushing is something that people have lived with for years. Our surgeons have had consistent, outstanding success rates for surgery related to the above problems.

Dr. Thomas Schneider



                           Dr. Thomas Schneider II
                                      M.D., F.A.C.S.
                                    Medical Director
                     Endovascular and Vascular Surgery

                                 Curriculum Vitae



Our surgeons were chosen to be a part of the American Institute for Hyperhidrosis because of their tremendous experience in laparoscopic and endoscopic surgical procedures. During their extensive practice, they have lectured and instructed other surgeons throughout the world in the advanced techniques of laparoscopy and endoscopy. Their wide experience provides them with the qualifications needed to perform ETS-C surgery at its highest level.


Office Address:





 

SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group
Department of Surgery
400 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone: (636) 669-2332
Fax: (636) 669-2375



Education:


 

Blessed Philipine Duchesne High School
St. Charles, Missouri
1976-1980

     
    St. Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
Major: Liberal Arts Program
(Advanced High School Program)
1978-1980
     
    Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
B.S. (Summa cum laude), Biology
1980-1984
     
    Colgate University
Geneva, Switzerland
Major: International Relations
Study Group
1983
     
    Boston, University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
M.D. 
1984-1988
     
Post Graduate Education:


  Residency in General Surgery
St. Louis University Hospitals
St. Louis, Missouri
1988-1993
     
    Fellowship in Vascular Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 
1993-1994
     
Board of Certification:

  American Board of Surgery
(Surgery)
May 1994
    American Board of Surgery
(Vascular Surgery) 
May 1995
     
Medical Licensure:


  Missouri State Board of Healing Arts
MDR8N35 
1991
     

Professional Societies and Association:








 
Society of Vascular Surgery, Member 
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Member 

Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Member 
Society of Vascular Technology, Member
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Member 
St. Louis Surgical Society, Member
Past President 2004-2006
Executive Council, 2003-present
St. Louis Vascular Society, Member
Counselor 2005-present

     
Professional Interest:   Endovascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery 
     
     
Research Interest:

 

Principle Investigator (Local)
Sapphire Carotid Stent Trial

    Principle Investigator (Local)
Renu Aortic Stent Graft Study 
     
Medical Staff Leadership:

 
  Medical Executive Committee
SSM St Joseph Health Center
and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West 
2000-2006
     
    Chief of Staff
SSM St. Joseph Health Center
and St. Joseph Hospital West 
2002-2002
     
    Chief of Surgery
SSM St Joseph Health Center
and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West 
2004-2006
     
SSM – St. Louis Technology Advancement Committee
2008-2010
     
Personal Interests:
 
  Family Activities, Golf, Physical Fitness,
Platform Tennis, Alpine Skiing, Wind Surfing 
     
Honorary Societies:    Phi Beta Kappa, elected 1988 
     
Bibliography:
 





  “Evaluation of Proximal Gastric Vagotomy Via Cobaltous Chloride Chemoneurolysis In A Rat Model”, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Stephen D. Fitzgerald, MD, Marie C. LaRegina, D.V.M., Charles H. Andrus, MD, F.A.C.S., Donald L. Kaminski, MD, F.A.C.S. ACS SURGICAL FORUM XLII: 177-179, 1991. 
     
    “The Endoscopic Congo Red Test During Proximal Gastric Vagotomy:
An Essential Procedure”, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Charles H.
Andrus, MD, F.A.X.S. SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY, 6:16-17, 1992. 
     
    “Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Colon Rectum: Three Case Reports and Review of the Literature”, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Desmond H. Birkett, MD, F.A.C.S., Anthony M. Vernava, III, MD, F.A.C.S INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE, 7:144-147, 1992. 
     
    “Comparison of Minimally Invasive Methods of Parietal Cell Vagotomy in Porcine Model”, Thomas A. Schneider, II MD, Catherine M. Wittgen, MD, Charles H. Andrus, MD, F.A.C.S., Donald L. Kaminski, MD, F.A.C.S., SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY, 7:20, 1993. 
     
    “The Endoscopic Congo Red Test During Proximal Gastric Vagotomy: An Essential Procedure” (The Authors Reply), Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Charles H. Andrus, MD, F.A.X.S., SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY, 7:210, 1993. 
     
    “Proximal Gastric Vagotomy By Minimally Invasive Methods In An Acute Rat Model”, Catherine M. Wittgen, MD, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Stephen D. Fitzgerald, MD, William M. Panneton, Ph.D., Marie C. LaRegina, D.V.M., Stephen Johnson, BA, Donald L. Kaminski, MD, F.A.C.S., Charles H. Andrus, MD, F.A.C.S., SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY, 7(4): 319-324, 1993.  
     
    “Diagnosis of Intestinal Ischemia: Nonangiographic Methods”, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Anthony M. Vernava, III, MD, F.A.C.S., Walter E. Longo, MD, F.A.C.S., SEMINARS IN COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY, 4(4): 193-197, 1993. 
     
    “Malignant Proliferating Trichilemmal Tumor: Report of a Case Arising in the Setting of Proliferating Trichilemmal”, Michale J. Waligora, B.S., Paula J. Chor, MD, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Glennon Schaefer, MD, F.A.C.S., EUOROPEAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, 3:279-281, 1993. 
     
    Evaluation of Alternative Proximal Gastric Vagotomy Techniques After Nine Months in a Rat Model”, Todd J. Neuberger, MD, Catherine M. Wittgen, MD, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Charles H. Andrus, MD,
F.A.C.S., W. Michael Pannenton, Ph.D., Donald L. Kaminski, MD, F.A.C.S., GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY, 40(3):316-320, 1994. 
     
    “Transthoracic Revascularization for Brachiocephalic Occlusive Disease”, Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD, Gary J. Peterson, MD, F.A.C.S., VASCULAR SURGERY, 28(4):233-239, 1994. 
     
Book Contributions:
 
  Thomas A. Schneider, II, MD and Blair A. Keagy, MD: The Management of Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease. Current Surgical Therapy-5. Cameron, J., 1995 
     
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