Alexander Schemmer

Hi, and thanks for stopping by. I’m Alex Schemmer — a medical student, researcher, and aspiring psychiatrist. This site is a home for the work I’m doing now in medicine and research, as well as the work I’ve done before in the arts.

 

Before beginning my path in medicine, I spent over a decade as a professional actor and screenwriter — studying people, building characters, and searching for the truth beneath language. That work taught me how to listen closely, how to hold emotional complexity, and how to stay curious about what lies beneath the surface.

 

Now, as a medical student and researcher, I bring that same curiosity to psychiatry: exploring how we understand each other, how cognition and empathy connect, and how technology — like AI — might support (rather than replace) the human connection at the center of care.