Teresa Schroeder Director, Spine Clinical Affairs

Ms. Schroeder is a dedicated and experienced clinician with more than 15 years experience managing CRO’s, statisticians, investigators and IRB’s. Ms. Schroeder and co-director, Ms. Barber lead a team of monitors, medical writer and associates in executing clinical study & regulatory submission preparation, clinical study management, and clinical writing initiatives.

Prior to joining MCRA, Ms. Schroeder worked on clinical studies of several large orthopedic and medical device companies. In this role Ms. Schroeder acted as the expert in the development and release of a digital software measurement tool for both scoliosis and kyphosis. Additionally, Ms. Schroeder was instrumental in the development of two measurement manuals and was the Study Director for an international Prospective Pediatric Kyphosis outcomes study. From April 2000 to June 2005 Ms. Schroeder was Program Manager, Clinical Trials, in the Department of Orthopaedics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. While her responsibilities included the management of all spine related clinical trials, Ms. Shroeder analyzed patient data for publication and/or presentation purposes. Most notably, the devices included Medtronic’s Maverick Total Disc Replacement, DePuy Acromed’s Titanium Surgical mesh and Moss-Miami Spinal Fixation pedicle screw system.

While serving in the US Army, Ms. Schroeder was a licensed Radiology Technologist where she worked in both Orthopaedics and Special Procedures. She is also an author on numerous peer-reviewed articles and national/international paper presentations. Many of these focused on degenerative disc disease in the spine, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, pediatric kyphosis and other spinal disorders.

Ms. Schroeder received a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Central Florida.