Michael Schaars, MD

A specialist in emergency medicine

Dr. Michael Schaars began his practice at the Marshfield Clinic Minocqua Center in 1998. As a member of the Emergency Medicine department, Dr. Schaars provides emergency care for acute and life-threatening illnesses and injuries in hospital Emergency departments of Howard Young Medical Center and Eagle River Memorial Hospital.​​

Dr. Schaars diagnoses emergency conditions and undertakes acute interventions to stabilize patients. Dr. Schaars manages multiple patients at a time and is integral in providing treatment to trauma patients, cardiac and respiratory distress, management of drug overdoses as well as other emergency situations.​​

​​He also practices Sleep Medicine, providing consultation and treatment for people with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, restless legs, and narcolepsy.

"In my free time I enjoy outdoor activities like, running, biking, skiing, camping and fishing," he said. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Schaars is also a medical chairperson for Marshfield Clinic North Division administration.​​

Dr. Schaars is a Milwaukee native and attended medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He then completed a Residency in Emergency Medicine at Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies and completed a residency at Gundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is licensed to practice in Wisconsin.​​

Speaks: English