Steve Schroeder, MD

PROF IN RES-HCOMP

General Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine UCSF Health

Dr. Schroeder is Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF, where he also heads the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. The Center, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Truth Initiative, works with leaders of more than 80 American health professional organizations and health care institutions to increase the cessation rate for smokers. It has expanded the types of clinician groups that support cessation, developed an alternative cessation message (Ask, Advise, Refer), created new ways to market toll-free telephone quit lines, and engaged the mental health and addictions treatment community for the first time. The Center's current work is focused especially on how to reduce the huge health burden from smoking that falls upon those with mental illnesses and/or substance abuse disorders. SCLC works collaboratively with SAMHSA, HRSA, the CDC, and multiple health professional groups to provide technical assistance to help strengthen smoking cessation capabilities. The Center has also facilitated summit meetings involving 18 states that conduct tobacco cessation summits enabling states to achieve targeted reductions in smoking rates among behavioral health populations.

Between 1990 and 2002, Dr. Schroeder was President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. During that time the Foundation made grant expenditures of almost $4 billion in pursuit of its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans. It developed new programs in substance abuse prevention and treatment, care at the end of life, and health insurance expansion for children, among others. Dr. Schroeder graduated with honors from Stanford University and Harvard Medical School, and trained in internal medicine at the Harvard Medical Service of Boston City Hospital and in epidemiology as an EIS Officer of the CDC. He held faculty appointments at Harvard, George Washington, and UCSF. At both George Washington and UCSF he was the founding medical director of a university-sponsored HMO, and at UCSF he founded its division of general internal medicine. He is a director of, the Marin General Hospital, the Marin Community Foundation, Mathematica Policy Research, and the Robina Foundation, and former member of the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine (for 19 years) and former chair of the Health Care Services Board of the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine). He formerly chaired the American Legacy Foundation (now Truth Initiative), was a Council member of the Institute of Medicine, an Overseer of Harvard, President, the Harvard Medical Alumni Association, and director of the James Irvine Foundation. In 2014 he was named a public member of the Congressionally-mandated federal Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health. He has won numerous awards, including six honorary doctoral degrees and the Gustav O. Leinhard Award from the National Academy of Medicine. He and his wife Sally live in Tiburon, CA. They have two physician sons and four grandchildren.

Education
Fellowship, 1971 - Community Health and Medical Care, Harvard Center for Community Health and Medical Care
Research Fellowship, 1970 - Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Residency, 1969 - Medicine, Boston City Hospital
Epidemic Intelligence Officer, 1968 - National Communicable Diseases Center, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Internship and Assistant Residency, 1966 - Medicine, Boston City Hospital
M.D., 1964 - Medicine, Harvard University
BA, 1960 - , Stanford University
Honors and Awards
  • 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2015
  • Gustav O. Lienhard Award, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2013
  • Summer Solstice Award: Community Health Champion, Marin Community Clinics, 2013
  • National Leadership Award, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2013
  • Champion of Change for Public Health and Prevention Nomination, The White House, 2013
  • Robert H. Crede Award of Excellence in Community Service, University of California, San Francisco, Division of General Internal Medicine, 2012
  • Honorary Professor of Medicine, Ben Gurion University, 2010
  • Schroeder Institute Inauguration, American Legacy Foundation, 2008
  • Board of Directors Award of Honor, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2008
  • David E. Rogers Award, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2008
  • Shattuck Lecture Panelist, New England Journal of Medicine and Massachusetts Medical Society, 2008
  • Smoke Free Champion Award, The Smoke Free Project, Children's National Medical Center, 2008
  • James D. Bruce Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in Preventive Medicine, American College of Physicians, 2007
  • Shattuck Lecturer, New England Journal of Medicine and Massachusetts Medical Society, 2007
  • Gold Headed Cane Society Induction, University of California, San Francisco, 2007
  • Richard and Barbara Hansen Leadership Award and Distinguished Lectureship, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, 2007
  • National Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies Naming, American Legacy Foundation, 2006
  • Membership Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2004
  • National Public Health Hero, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, 2004
  • The Award of Honor, American Hospital Association, 2003
  • Alvin P. Shapiro Award, American Psychosomatic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 2003
  • Champion Award, Youth Advocate of the Year Award, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 2003
  • Regent's Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
  • Armstrong Award (for RWJF), Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 2002
  • Special Recognition Award, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2002
  • Second Century Award for Excellence in Health Care, Columbia University School of Nursing, 2002
  • Academy Award for Excellence in State Health Policy and Practice, National Academy of State Health Policy, 2002
  • National Leadership Award, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, 2001
  • Porter Prize, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 2001
  • Honorary Fellow, Society of Public Health Education, 2000
  • Leaders in American Medicine Video Series Honor, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999
  • Person of the Year, New Jersey Medicine, 1999
  • Medal of Honor, American Cancer Society, 1996
  • Robert J. Glaser Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 1996
  • Mastership, American College of Physicians, 1995
  • Honored at State Dinner, The Lotos Club, 1994
  • Pinnacle Award, UniHealth America Foundation, 1993
  • Certificate of Achievement, American College of Physicians, 1992
  • Dozor Visiting Professor in Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1987
  • Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1982
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1964
  • Phi Beta Kappa, The Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1959
Publications

  1. Sarna L, Fiore MC, Schroeder SA. Tobacco Dependence Treatment Is Critical to Excellence in Health Care. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32955546


  2. Schroeder SA. California Promotes Smoking Cessation for Medicaid Enrollees: Lessons for the Nation? American journal of preventive medicine 2018. PMID: 30454665


  3. Schroeder SA. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Dilemma: How Tightly to Regulate Electronic Cigarettes? Annals of internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30304475


  4. Schroeder SA. Heavier but Healthier - Diabetes and Smoking Cessation. The New England journal of medicine 2018. PMID: 30110593


  5. Schroeder SA, Clark B, Cheng C, Saucedo CB. Helping Smokers Quit: New Partners and New Strategies from the University of California, San Francisco Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. Volume 50 of Issue 1. Journal of psychoactive drugs 2017. PMID: 29279040


  6. Schroeder SA, Clark B, Cheng C, Saucedo CB. Helping Smokers Quit: The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center Engages Behavioral Health by Challenging Old Myths and Traditions. Volume 50 of Issue 2. Journal of psychoactive drugs 2017. PMID: 29279028


  7. Warner KE, Schroeder SA. FDA's Innovative Plan to Address the Enormous Toll of Smoking. Volume 318 of Issue 18. JAMA 2017. PMID: 28885641


  8. Schroeder SA. Capsule Commentary on Rigotti et al., Interactive Voice Response Calls to Promote Smoking Cessation after Hospital Discharge: Pooled Analysis of Two Randomized Clinical Trials. Volume 32 of Issue 9. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28634905


  9. Schroeder SA. Epilogue to Special Issue on Tobacco and Other Substance Use Disorders: Links and Implications. Volume 43 of Issue 2. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 2016. PMID: 27929656


  10. Schroeder SA. Response: Re: Social Justice as the Moral Core of Family Medicine: A Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference. Volume 29 of Issue 6. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2016. PMID: 28076267


  11. Jensen TP, Hennein RT, Saucedo CB, Clark BM, Waldrop JA, Schroeder SA. An Industry/Academia Collaborative to Support Smoking-Cessation Grants. Volume 52 of Issue 2. American journal of preventive medicine 2016. PMID: 28341005


  12. Vijayaraghavan M, Schroeder SA, Kushel M. The effectiveness of tobacco control policies on vulnerable populations in the USA: a review. Postgraduate medical journal 2016. PMID: 27660283


  13. Rodriquez EJ, Oh SS, Pérez-Stable EJ, Schroeder SA. Changes in Smoking Intensity Over Time by Birth Cohort and by Latino National Background, 1997-2014. Volume 18 of Issue 12. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2016. PMID: 27613930


  14. Schroeder SA. Social Justice as the Moral Core of Family Medicine: A Perspective from the Keystone IV Conference. Volume 29 Suppl 1. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2016. PMID: 27387169


  15. Schroeder SA. Commentary on a smoke-free medical campus in Jerusalem: data for action. Volume 5. Israel journal of health policy research 2016. PMID: 27358722


  16. Schroeder SA. Smoking cessation should be an integral part of serious mental illness treatment. Volume 15 of Issue 2. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) 2016. PMID: 27265708


  17. Schroeder SA. American health improvement depends upon addressing class disparities. Volume 92. Preventive medicine 2016. PMID: 27018943


  18. Cullen EB, Hauer KE, Eisenstein L, Boscardin CK, Schroeder SA. Southern Medical Students' Views on Medicaid Expansion. Volume 176 of Issue 2. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 26642382


  19. Schroeder S, Guydish J. The facts are clear. Volume 110 of Issue 6. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2015. PMID: 25963875


  20. Schroeder SA. Even more illness caused by smoking than previously estimated. Volume 174 of Issue 12. JAMA internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25317605


  21. Linos E, Schroeder SA, Chren MM. Potential overdiagnosis of basal cell carcinoma in older patients with limited life expectancy. Volume 312 of Issue 10. JAMA 2014. PMID: 25203077


  22. Brennan TA, Schroeder S. Ending the sale of cigarettes at US pharmacies--reply. Volume 312 of Issue 5. JAMA 2014. PMID: 25096706


  23. Hudmon KS, Mark M, Livin AL, Corelli RL, Schroeder SA. Tobacco education in U.S. respiratory care programs. Volume 16 of Issue 10. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2014. PMID: 25031314


  24. Smith EA, Jahnke SA, Poston WS, Williams LN, Haddock CK, Schroeder SA, Malone RE. Is it time for a tobacco-free military? Volume 371 of Issue 7. The New England journal of medicine 2014. PMID: 24988299


  25. Brennan TA, Schroeder SA. Ending sales of tobacco products in pharmacies. Volume 311 of Issue 11. JAMA 2014. PMID: 24500655


  26. Santhosh L, Meriwether M, Saucedo C, Reyes R, Cheng C, Clark B, Tipperman D, Schroeder SA. From the sidelines to the frontline: how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration embraced smoking cessation. Volume 104 of Issue 5. American journal of public health 2014. PMID: 24625143


  27. Schroeder SA. Physicians, politics, and health insurance expansion. Volume 29 of Issue 2. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 24338056


  28. Fiore MC, Schroeder SA, Baker TB. Smoke, the chief killer--strategies for targeting combustible tobacco use. Volume 370 of Issue 4. The New England journal of medicine 2014. PMID: 24450888


  29. Schroeder SA, Koh HK. Tobacco control 50 years after the 1964 surgeon general's report. Volume 311 of Issue 2. JAMA 2014. PMID: 24399551


  30. Stecker EC, Schroeder SA. Adding value to relative-value units. Volume 369 of Issue 23. The New England journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 24256346


  31. Schroeder SA. Can physicians change their laboratory test ordering behavior? A new look at an old issue. Volume 173 of Issue 17. JAMA internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23897497


  32. Schroeder S. Smoking-related mortality in the United States. Volume 368 of Issue 18. The New England journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 23641497


  33. Schroeder SA, Frist W. Phasing out fee-for-service payment. Volume 368 of Issue 21. The New England journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 23534546


  34. Khullar D, Schroeder SA, Maa J. Helping smokers quit around the time of surgery. Volume 309 of Issue 10. JAMA 2013. PMID: 23483172


  35. Schroeder SA. New evidence that cigarette smoking remains the most important health hazard. Volume 368 of Issue 4. The New England journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 23343069


  36. Schroeder SA. Smoking among hospitalized patients: another opportunity to improve patients' health. Volume 172 of Issue 21. Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 23128784


  37. Schroeder SA. Does the moral arc of the universe really bend toward justice? Volume 27 of Issue 11. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22782279


  38. Schroeder SA. How clinicians can help smokers to quit. Volume 308 of Issue 15. JAMA 2012. PMID: 23073957


  39. Fiore MC, Goplerud E, Schroeder SA. The Joint Commission's new tobacco-cessation measures--will hospitals do the right thing? Volume 366 of Issue 13. The New England journal of medicine 2012. PMID: 22417200


  40. Schroeder SA. An update about tobacco and cancer: what clinicians should know. Volume 27 of Issue 1. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2012. PMID: 22298197


  41. Schroeder SA. Depression, smoking, and heart disease: how can psychiatrists be effective? Volume 168 of Issue 9. The American journal of psychiatry 2011. PMID: 21890798


  42. Prochaska JJ, Reyes RS, Schroeder SA, Daniels AS, Doederlein A, Bergeson B. An online survey of tobacco use, intentions to quit, and cessation strategies among people living with bipolar disorder. Volume 13 of Issue 5-6. Bipolar disorders 2011. PMID: 22017216


  43. Schroeder SA. Personal reflections on the high cost of American medical care: many causes but few politically sustainable solutions. Volume 171 of Issue 8. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21518938


  44. Schroeder SA. The kids will be all right (if they don't smoke). Volume 39 of Issue 6. American journal of preventive medicine 2010. PMID: 21084083


  45. Schroeder SA, Warner KE. Don't forget tobacco. Volume 363 of Issue 3. The New England journal of medicine 2010. PMID: 20647196


  46. Tong EK, Strouse R, Hall J, Kovac M, Schroeder SA. National survey of U.S. health professionals' smoking prevalence, cessation practices, and beliefs. Volume 12 of Issue 7. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2010. PMID: 20507899


  47. Bonniot Saucedo C, Schroeder SA. Simplicity sells: Making smoking cessation easier. Volume 38 of Issue 3 Suppl. American journal of preventive medicine 2010. PMID: 20176313


  48. Schroeder SA, Morris CD. Confronting a neglected epidemic: tobacco cessation for persons with mental illnesses and substance abuse problems. Volume 31. Annual review of public health 2010. PMID: 20001818


  49. Maa J, Warner D, Schroeder S. What surgeons can do to reduce the impact of smoking on surgical outcomes. Volume 94 of Issue 11. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2009. PMID: 21452790


  50. Schroeder SA. Public smoking bans are good for the heart. Volume 54 of Issue 14. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009. PMID: 19778666


  51. Sarkar U, Wachter RM, Schroeder SA, Schillinger D. Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009. PMID: 19634806


  52. Schroeder SA. Moving forward in smoking cessation: issues for psychiatric nurses. Volume 15 of Issue 1. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 2009. PMID: 21665796


  53. Schroeder SA. A 51-year-old woman with bipolar disorder who wants to quit smoking. Volume 301 of Issue 5. JAMA 2009. PMID: 19126801


  54. Gollust SE, Schroeder SA, Warner KE. Helping smokers quit: understanding the barriers to utilization of smoking cessation services. Volume 86 of Issue 4. The Milbank quarterly 2008. PMID: 19120982


  55. Schroeder SA. Strategies to reduce tobacco use the role of state research. Volume 35 of Issue 6 Suppl. American journal of preventive medicine 2008. PMID: 19012847


  56. Baker CD, Caplan A, Davis K, Dentzer S, Epstein AM, Frist B, Galvin RS, King-Shaw RJ, Lee TH, Oberlander JB, Rosenbaum S, Schroeder SA, Tuckson RV. Health of the nation--coverage for all Americans. Volume 359 of Issue 8. The New England journal of medicine 2008. PMID: 18716294


  57. Schroeder SA. Multifactorial intervention and mortality in type 2 diabetes. Volume 358 of Issue 21. The New England journal of medicine 2008. PMID: 18499577


  58. Schroeder S. Stranded in the periphery--the increasing marginalization of smokers. Volume 358 of Issue 21. The New England journal of medicine 2008. PMID: 18499574


  59. Isaacs SL, Schroeder SA. California dreamin'--state health care reform and the prospect for national change. Volume 358 of Issue 15. The New England journal of medicine 2008. PMID: 18403762


  60. Schroeder SA. Shattuck Lecture. We can do better--improving the health of the American people. Volume 357 of Issue 12. The New England journal of medicine 2007. PMID: 17881753


  61. Schroeder SA. Role of smoking in U.S. CVD. Volume 26 of Issue 3. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2007. PMID: 17485775


  62. Schroeder SA, Sox HC. Trials that matter: varenicline: a designer drug to help smokers quit. Volume 145 of Issue 10. Annals of internal medicine 2006. PMID: 17116925


  63. Schroeder SA. Should emergency physicians help smokers quit? Volume 48 of Issue 4. Annals of emergency medicine 2006. PMID: 16997677


  64. Schroeder SA, Sox HC. Internal medicine training: putt or get off the green. Volume 144 of Issue 12. Annals of internal medicine 2006. PMID: 16785482


  65. Schroeder SA. Tobacco still is oral health enemy number one. Volume 137 of Issue 2. Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2006. PMID: 16521375


  66. Schroeder SA. What to do with a patient who smokes. Volume 294 of Issue 4. JAMA 2005. PMID: 16046655


  67. Schroeder SA. An agenda to combat substance abuse. Volume 24 of Issue 4. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2005. PMID: 16012140


  68. Revell CC, Schroeder SA. Simplicity matters: using system-level changes to encourage clinician intervention in helping tobacco users quit. Volume 7 Suppl 1. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2005. PMID: 16036272


  69. Schroeder SA. The tobacco buyout and the FDA. Volume 351 of Issue 14. The New England journal of medicine 2004. PMID: 15459295


  70. Isaacs SL, Schroeder SA. Class - the ignored determinant of the nation's health. Volume 351 of Issue 11. The New England journal of medicine 2004. PMID: 15356313


  71. Schroeder SA. How many hours is enough? An old profession meets a new generation. Volume 140 of Issue 10. Annals of internal medicine 2004. PMID: 15148074


  72. Schroeder SA. Tobacco control in the wake of the 1998 master settlement agreement. Volume 350 of Issue 3. The New England journal of medicine 2004. PMID: 14715919


  73. Schroeder SA. Don't let medicine lose its soul! Volume 67 of Issue 3. The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. Alpha Omega Alpha 2004. PMID: 15449887


  74. Larson EB, Fihn SD, Kirk LM, Levinson W, Loge RV, Reynolds E, Sandy L, Schroeder S, Wenger N, Williams M. The future of general internal medicine. Report and recommendations from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Task Force on the Domain of General Internal Medicine. Volume 19 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2004. PMID: 14748863


  75. Schroeder SA. Intensity, not prices. Volume 22 of Issue 5. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2003. PMID: 14515906


  76. Sandy LG, Schroeder SA. Primary care in a new era: disillusion and dissolution?. Volume 138 of Issue 3. Annals of internal medicine 2003. PMID: 12558377


  77. Schroeder SA. Primary care at a crossroads. Volume 77 of Issue 8. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2002. PMID: 12176687


  78. Zones JS, Schroeder SA. Evolving residency requirements for ambulatory care training for five medical specialties, 1961 to 1989. Volume 151 of Issue 6. The Western journal of medicine 1989. PMID: 2618049


  79. Gerbert B, Showstack JA, Chapman SA, Schroeder SA. The changing dynamics of graduate medical education. Implications for decision-making. Volume 146 of Issue 3. The Western journal of medicine 1987. PMID: 3577132


  80. Showstack JA, Stone MH, Schroeder SA. The role of changing clinical practices in the rising costs of hospital care. Volume 313 of Issue 19. The New England journal of medicine 1985. PMID: 4058491


  81. Schroeder SA, Gerbert B, Showstack JA, Chapman S. Reduction in medical-school class size. Volume 311 of Issue 24. The New England journal of medicine 1984. PMID: 6504093


  82. Schroeder SA, Myers LP, McPhee SJ, Showstack JA, Simborg DW, Chapman SA, Leong JK. The failure of physician education as a cost containment strategy. Report of a prospective controlled trial at a university hospital. Volume 252 of Issue 2. JAMA 1984. PMID: 6727021


  83. Showstack JA, Schroeder SA, Matsumoto MF. Changes in the use of medical technologies, 1972-1977: a study of 10 inpatient diagnoses. Volume 306 of Issue 12. The New England journal of medicine 1982. PMID: 7038484


  84. Showstack JA, Schroeder SA, Steinberg HR. Evaluating the costs and benefits of a diagnostic technology: the case of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Volume 19 of Issue 5. Medical care 1981. PMID: 6785541


  85. Schroeder SA, Showstack JA, Schwartz J. Survival of adult high-cost patients. Report of a follow-up study from nine acute-care hospitals. Volume 245 of Issue 14. JAMA 1981. PMID: 7206147


  86. Schroeder SA, Showstack JA, Roberts HE. Frequency and clinical description of high-cost patients in 17 acute-care hospitals. Volume 300 of Issue 23. The New England journal of medicine 1979. PMID: 440333


  87. Schroeder SA, Showstack JA. Merchandising cigarettes in pharmacies: a San Francisco survey. Volume 68 of Issue 5. American journal of public health 1978. PMID: 646000


  88. Schroeder SA, Showstack JA. Financial incentives to perform medical procedures and laboratory tests: illustrative models of office practice. Volume 16 of Issue 4. Medical care 1978. PMID: 651395


  89. Schroeder SA, Werner SM, Piemme TE. Primary care in the academic medical centers: A report of a survey by the AAMC. Volume 49 of Issue 9. Journal of medical education 1974. PMID: 4153009