Christine Schneyer Englund

Christine Schneyer Englund died on March 24, 2026 at age 79, surrounded by her family at her home in Roland Park. Christy was born and raised in Baltimore, the daughter of Herbert and Lucille (Novick) Schneyer. She trained from childhood as a pianist, earning a bachelor’s and master’s in piano performance at Northwestern University and Catholic University of America. She later returned to school to study medicine, graduating with an MD from the University of Maryland and completing her residency and fellowship in endocrinology at Johns Hopkins, with a specialty in metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis. Christy devoted her working life to patient care, teaching, and clinical and public health research. Over the course of a long career, she served in the endocrinology departments of hospitals including Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Mercy Medical Center and acted as an adjunct faculty member in the Division of Endocrinology at Hopkins, helping to train medical residents during their specialty rotations. She published academic articles on topics such as osteoporosis screening in at-risk populations and multivitamin supplementation for chronic disease prevention, and worked on public health initiatives including chairing a Maryland state task force on osteoporosis prevention. She was a bright, energetic, engaging person who brought happiness to the people around her. She loved dogs (especially German shepherds), gardening and flowers, and liberal politics. She loved to travel, and felt incredibly lucky to have seen much of the world. She loved listening to and playing music, especially Beethoven and Chopin. Above all she loved her friends and family. She brought focus and care and attention to each interaction, from her patients to her children. She took an interest in virtually everyone she encountered, and picked up friends everywhere she went. Christy was a beloved mother, grandmother, wife, sister, physician, friend, and neighbor. She is survived by her brother Jeffrey W. Schneyer; four children, Suzanne Hosking (Mark), Maria Englund (Eric Quennoy), Jennifer Insley-Pruitt (Matt), and Peter Insley (Heather Macbeth); six grandchildren, Jack and Justin Pykosh, Milo and Magnus Quennoy, and Oliver and Caroline Insley-Pruitt, and an Insley-Macbeth granddaughter-to-be expected this summer; and her longtime friend, companion, and hermana Amalia Montoya, who lived with Christy for nearly 40 years (the last 10 of which together with her son, Carlos Montoya). Christy’s husband, Paul Englund, a biochemist at Johns Hopkins, died in 2019. The Paul and Christine Englund Professorship at Johns Hopkins University, established in 2016 by an anonymous donor, is awarded in their honor. There will be no funeral; a memorial service will be held later this year on a date to be announced.

Christine Schneyer Englund

September 24, 1946 - March 24, 2026