David Scheinker

David Scheinker serves as a Clinical Professor in both Pediatrics-Endocrinology and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the Executive Director of Systems Design and Collaborative Research at the Stanford Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Founder/Director of SURF Stanford Medicine, a program that connects university students and faculty with hospital clinicians to implement quality improvement projects. His academic appointments include roles in the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC), Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management (MCiM), and Clinical Excellence Leadership Training (CELT) programs.

Dr. Scheinker's primary research interests focus on clinical care delivery optimization, technical improvements to hospital operations, sensor-based and algorithm-enabled telemedicine, and the socioeconomic factors affecting healthcare cost and quality. His work particularly emphasizes type 1 diabetes management through the Teamwork, Targets, Technology, and Tight Control (4T) Study, which has demonstrated significant improvements in glycemic outcomes through early continuous glucose monitoring implementation and tighter glucose targets. His research spans healthcare operations, digital health implementation, remote patient monitoring, and addressing healthcare disparities, especially among pediatric populations with chronic conditions.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on scaling digital health technologies from single institutions to national implementation, with particular focus on diabetes care platforms. His work consistently addresses the operational, financial, and clinical aspects of remote patient monitoring, with growing attention to healthcare disparities, billing models for sustainable virtual care, and optimal control frameworks for population-level management. The publications demonstrate a trajectory from technical development of monitoring algorithms toward implementation science, financial sustainability, and addressing equity in digital health adoption.

Dr. Scheinker actively mentors students and has served as a Doctoral Dissertation Reader for Paul Dupenloup and Isha Thapa. His SURF Stanford Medicine program provides significant opportunities for student involvement in healthcare operations research and implementation. While specific grant funding isn't detailed in the provided information, his leadership of multiple ongoing initiatives suggests substantial research support.

As Executive Director of Systems Design and Collaborative Research and Director of SURF Stanford Medicine, Dr. Scheinker leads teams focused on healthcare operations improvement through data analytics, algorithm development, and systems redesign. His work bridges clinical care, engineering, and operations research to create practical solutions for healthcare delivery challenges, particularly in pediatric diabetes care and telemedicine implementation.