Dr. Robert "Red" Schiller joined the staff of the Institute for Family Health in 1987 as Medical Director of the Sidney Hillman Health Center. In 1993, he was named the acting chairman of the new Department of Family Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center and later became chairman. He is responsible for the clinical direction and overall management of the department, the residency program, and the family practice program at Beth Israel. He is also active in managed care activities at Beth Israel, where he is president of the Independent Physicians Association, providing leadership for managed care programs at the medical center.

Dr. Schiller attended the New York University School of Medicine following undergraduate training at Dartmouth College. He completed his residency in family medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and a one-year fellowship in family medicine there. He then joined the clinical faculty at Montefiore's Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Schiller is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He has a professional interest in homeopathy, acupuncture, and other alternative therapies that complement conventional medical care.