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Michael Schneider, MD, Psychiatry, San Carlos, CA

MichaelBretSchneiderMD

Psychiatry • San Carlos, CA

Neuropsychiatry

Chief Medical Officer

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Summary

  • Bret Schneider specializes in neuromodulation technologies for interventional psychiatry, neurology and regenerative medicine. He earned a BA cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, an MD degree from Rush University in Chicago, and graduated a clinical residency in Psychiatry at UCLA. He subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in neurosurgical stereotactic radiosurgery and a post-doctoral fellowship in Advanced Psychiatry, both at Stanford University. He then served as Staff Scientist in the laboratory of Karl Deisseroth, where he developed new technologies and techniques to enable precise and focal optogenetic control of brain circuits. For more than two decades, Bret has been an active medical device developer and holds numerous patents. He has designed and prototyped more than one hundred medical instruments, from computerized surgical navigation systems to implantable devices and biologics; technologies running across the gamut of medical disciplines. Bret is presently Chief Medical Officer for Zap Surgical Systems, developing stereotactic radiosurgery as a tool for non-invasive neuromodulation, "radiomodulation". He is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Education & Training

  • Stanford Health Care
    Stanford Health CarePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Dept. of Neurosurgery: Stereotactic Radiosurgery, 2004 - 2005
  • Stanford Health Care
    Stanford Health CarePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Advanced Psychiatry: Brain Stimulation and Clinical Trial Design, 2003 - 2005
  • Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
    Olive View/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1989 - 1993
  • Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
    Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1990 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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