Cheri Schneider , MD

Editor

Feature Writer - Health Notes

- A Monthly Community Newspaper -

My name is Cheri Schneider and I have lived in Smoke Rise since 1992. I  Love To Write! I wrote my first article for the Smoke Signal in 2009 and became an Editor of the Smoke Signal at my first staff meeting (2013) thanks to the encouragement of Jenny Hall. After writing feature articles and garden club articles, the staff asked me to write a regular medical column which became Health Notes. This column is an evidence-based snapshot of many health topics I thought would interest the community. So far, I have written over 80 articles (check the archives).

My education includes a Bachelor of Sciences in Biology and Chemistry in 1979 followed by graduation from medical school in 1983 (M.D. degree) from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, Tulsa, Oklahoma. I completed my residency in Family Medicine in Wichita. Afterwards I joined a wonderful group of Board-Certified Family Physicians in the Kansas City area and practiced for 6 years, delivering around 500 babies. I wrote a regular medical column for the Olathe Daily News some of that time.

In 1992, I packed up my earthly goods and moved to Stone Mountain to marry Michael Schneider. Most of my early Smoke Rise ‘career’ was invested in raising four children. I managed to keep my hands in the medical game though, by volunteering at the Physician’s Care clinic—a free clinic supported by the Dekalb Medical Society-- for a total of 12 years. I now practice parttime. I enjoy educating people about health issues and motivating them to become healthier!

My ‘secret power’ is observation and curiosity.  In my spare time, I love to hike, garden, look at nature and other people’s gardens and paint in oils. I am a member and a past president of the Mountain Mums Garden Club and wrote the garden club article for many years.

Other writing joys include writing a weekly Sunday School curriculum for the middle school class for two years, along with short skits, raps (ha!), poems and devotionals. If I could re-invent my career, I would love to be a free-lance writer.