Richard Schanler is a neonatologist and researcher in neonatal nutrition and breastfeeding. He is Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset New York, and Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.
Dr. Shanler's research has focused on clinical nutrition, especially the effects of human milk in premature infants. He has more than 200 publications in the field of neonatal nutrition.
Dr. Schanler did his training in pediatrics at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, and in neonatology at Brown University. He is a member of the American Pediatrics Society, Society for Pediatric Research, American Society for Nutrition, and a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is the Senior Editor of the AAP/ACOG publication, Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians. He is a founding member and former president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and a former president of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation.