- Valvular heart disease
- Carotid angioplasty
- Carotid artery stent
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Femoral popliteal bypass surgery
- Thoracic endovascular aortic repair
- Thrombolysis
- Vascular surgery consultation
- Vascular surgical procedure
Darren B. Schneider, MD
Vascular Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chief, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
- Clyde F. Barker - William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery
Dr. Darren Schneider is the Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Penn Medicine. A national leader in vascular surgery, Dr. Schneider came to Penn Medicine from New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medicine, where he served as Chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Co-Executive Director of the Vascular Service.
Dr. Schneider completed his general surgical training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also completed fellowships in both Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery at UCSF.
Dr. Schneider has extensive experience in both open vascular surgical and minimally invasive endovascular procedures for treatment of most vascular conditions including:
•Treatment of complex aortic and iliac aneurysms
•Cerebrovascular disease
•Limb-threatening lower extremity arterial occlusive disease (PAD)
In addition, Dr. Schneider has made numerous contributions to endovascular clinical research. He is currently the principal investigator and sponsor of an ongoing, single-center, IDE study of endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using branched and fenestrated stent grafts.
My education and training
- University of California, San DiegoMedical School
- University of California San FranciscoResidency
- University of California San FranciscoFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Schneider is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Vascular Surgery, 2003
- American College of Surgeons (Fellow), National
- Eastern Vascular Society, National
- International College of Angiology, International
- New York Society for Vascular Surgery, Local
- Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, National
- Society for Vascular Surgery, National
- US Aortic Research Consortium, National
- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS), National
- Aorta Center
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Du YK, Rice J, Liu JC, Schneider DB Popliteal artery cystic adventitial disease treated with open excision and interposition bypass , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(6): 2025,2253-2254
Finnesgard EJ, Simons JP, Beck AW, Eagleton M, Sweet MP, Farber MA, Lee WA, Schneider D, Oderich GS, Timaran C, Gasper W, Schanzer A Growth velocity of the residual aortic aneurysm sac is associated with mortality after fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(4): 2025,e107-e108
Zehner K, Zack J, Schanzer A, Beck AW, Sweet MP, Oderich G, Timaran CH, Farber MA, Gasper WJ, Lee WA, Eagleton MJ, Li X, Cantor R, Wang GJ, Schneider DB Aneurysm sac regression after fenestrated or branched endovascular aortic repair is associated with superior long-term survival , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(4): 2025,1179-1187.e2
Barber M, Schneider D, Milner R Comparison of 5-year outcomes of the Gore IBE device from the IDE study and GREAT registry , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(3): 2025,e48
Vacirca A, Mesnard T, Huang Y, Mendes BC, Jakimowicz T, Schneider DB, Haulon S, Sobocinski J, Beck AW, Schanzer A, Farber MA, Timaran C, Kahlberg A, Kölbel T, Gasper WJ, Mees BME, Gargiulo M, Dias NV, Woongchae AL, Sweet MP, Mani K, Eagleton M, Pedro LM, Verhagen H, Yeung KK, Tsilimparis N, Resch T, Bertoglio L, Ferreira E, Khashram M, Sulzer T, Dias-Neto M, Tenorio ER, Kanamori LR, Jama K, Parodi E, Gomes V, Colon JP, Chiesa R, Panuccio G, Schurink G.W., Lemmens C., Gallitto E., Faggioli G., Karelis A., Wanhainen A., Habib M., Gouveia e Melo R., Kappe K.O., Mariko van Knippenberg S.E., Tran B., Crawford S., Panagrosso M., Melloni A., Bonardelli S., Garcia R., Ribeiro T., Gormley S., Maximus S., Oderich G.S. Predictors of failure to rescue after fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: Presented at the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the European Society of Vascular Surgery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 26-29, 2023 , European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 70(1): 2025,e13-e14
Vacirca A, Mesnard T, Huang Y, Mendes BC, Jakimowicz T, Schneider DB, Haulon S, Sobocinski J, Beck AW, Schanzer A, Farber MA, Timaran C, Kahlberg A, Kölbel T, Gasper WJ, Mees BME, Gargiulo M, Dias NV, Woongchae AL, Sweet MP, Mani K, Eagleton M, Pedro LM, Verhagen H, Yeung KK, Tsilimparis N, Resch T, Bertoglio L, Ferreira E, Khashram M, Sulzer T, Dias-Neto M, Tenorio ER, Kanamori LR, Jama K, Parodi E, Gomes V, Colon JP, Chiesa R, Panuccio G, Schurink GW, Lemmens C, Gallitto E, Faggioli G, Karelis A, Wanhainen A, Habib M, Gouveia E Melo R, Kappe KO, Mariko van Knippenberg SE, Tran B, Crawford S, Panagrosso M, Melloni A, Bonardelli S, Garcia R, Ribeiro T, Gormley S, Maximus S, Oderich GS; International Multicenter Aortic Research Group Predictors of failure to rescue after fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(1): 2025,32-42.e3
Goel NJ, Peev AM, Auteri P, Wang GJ, Lawrence KM, Sperry AE, Berezowski M, Yildiz M, Lutfi W, DePaolo J, Zhao Y, Fairman AS, Szeto WY, Schneider DB, Desai ND Anatomic predictors of distal landing zone failure after endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm† , European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 67(7): 2025,ezaf198
Schmid BP, Huang Y, Gargiulo M, Verhagen H, Haulon S, Jakimowicz T, Mees B, Schneider D, Schanzer A, Beck A, Kölbel T, Kahlberg A, Farber MA, Timaran CH, Oderich G Female sex is associated with increased risk of early mortality and life-altering events among 6316 patients treated for complex aortic aneurysms in the International Multicenter Aortic Research Group , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 81(6): 2025,e55-e56
Vacirca A, Schmid BP, Huang Y, Haulon S, Jakimowicz T, Schneider D, Beck A, Schanzer A, Farber MA, Timaran CH, Kölbel T, Gallitto E, Faggioli G, Oderich G, Gargiulo M Outcomes of upper versus lower extremity access among patients treated by multibranched endovascular aortic repair of complex aortic aneurysms in the International Multicenter Aortic Research Group , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 81(6): 2025,e257
Finnesgard EJ, Jones DW, Beck AW, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Gasper WJ, Lee WA, Oderich GS, Schneider DB, Sweet MP, Timaran CH, Schanzer A; United States Aortic Research Consortium Trends and outcomes over time with fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair in the United States Aortic Research Consortium , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 81(6): 2025,1235-1243