The Society of Hospital Medicine defines a hospitalist as a physician who delivers comprehensive medical care to acutely ill, hospitalized patients. Dr. Christopher Neal is a hospitalist who treats adult patients at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital. His areas of interest include information management, electronic medical records optimization, and using electronic medical records data to develop useful clinical tools via machine learning.

Dr. Neal is an associate professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and associate chief hospitalist at Saint Louis University Hospital. He is also a member of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Neal is a collector who owns more than 500 unique LEGO sets. He also enjoys the game of soccer.