Dr. Schram is an academic hospitalist. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Schram serves as the Director of Throughput and Efficiency for the UChicago Medicine’s Section of Hospital Medicine, Senior Medical Director for Throughput and Efficiency for UChicago Medicine, and is the Medical Director of Mitchell Hospital. His academic interests focus on increasing the operational efficiency of caring for hospitalized patients with the goal of optimizing the utilization of limited healthcare resources. He is also developing innovative hospitalist staffing models to facilitate increased coordination of care between inpatient and outpatient settings.