Carl Schmidt, MD, FACS

Professor and Chief of Division of Surgical Oncology

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Surgery

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Chief of Surgical Oncology and Director of Quality for Cancer Clinical Services

Organization:

West Virginia University WVU Cancer Institute

Department:

WVU Cancer Institute Clinics

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Member

Organization:

West Virginia University WVU Cancer Institute

Department:

WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MD, University of Michigan

Education
BS University of Michigan 1992-1995
MD University of Michigan Medical School 1995-1999
MS Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2002-2004

Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Training 
Surgical Residency July 1999 to June 2006
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Surgical Oncology Residency Research Fellowship July 2002 to June 2004
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Surgical Oncology Fellowship July 2006 to June 2008
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Board Certification
General Surgery, American Board of Surgery expires December 2027

Publications
Original Published Peer-Reviewed Articles (selected)

Beal EW, Kearney JF, Chakedis JM, James Hanje A, Conteh LF, Black SM, Washburn K,
Dittmar KM, Pawlik TM, Dillhoff MR, Schmidt CR. Interval Magnetic Resonance
Imaging: an Alternative to Guidelines for Indeterminate Nodules Discovered in the
Cirrhotic Liver. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Sep;21(9):1463-1470. doi:
10.1007/s11605-017-3454-6. Epub 2017 May 26. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28550393

Krishna SG, Modi RM, Kamboj AK, Swanson BJ, Hart PA, Dillhoff ME, Manilchuk A,
Schmidt CR, Conwell DL. In vivo and ex vivo confocal endomicroscopy of pancreatic
cystic lesions: A prospective study. World J Gastroenterol. 2017 May
14;23(18):3338-3348. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i18.3338. PubMed [citation] PMID:
28566895, PMCID: PMC5434441

Van Buren G 2nd, Bloomston M, Schmidt CR, Behrman SW, Zyromski NJ, Ball CG,
Morgan KA, Hughes SJ, Karanicolas PJ, Allendorf JD, Vollmer CM Jr, Ly Q, Brown
KM, Velanovich V, Winter JM, McElhany AL, Muscarella P 2nd, Schmidt CM, House MG,
Dixon E, Dillhoff ME, Trevino JG, et al. A Prospective Randomized Multicenter
Trial of Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage.
Ann Surg. 2017 Sep;266(3):421-431. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002375. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 28692468

Beal EW, Tumin D, Kabir A, Moris D, Zhang XF, Chakedis J, Washburn K, Black S,
Schmidt CM, Pawlik TM. Trends in the Mortality of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the
United States. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Dec;21(12):2033-2038. doi:
10.1007/s11605-017-3526-7. Epub 2017 Aug 7. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28785936

Schmidt CR. Enhanced recovery after surgery-Summary recommendations. J Surg
Oncol. 2017 Oct;116(5):638. doi: 10.1002/jso.24802. Epub 2017 Sep 5. No abstract
available. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28873506

Schmidt CR. Introduction to the JSO enhanced recover after surgery seminar
edition. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Oct;116(5):569. doi: 10.1002/jso.24803. Epub 2017 Sep
10. No abstract available. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28891240

Beal EW, Lyon E, Kearney J, Wei L, Ethun CG, Black SM, Dillhoff M, Salem A, Weber
SM, Tran TB, Poultsides G, Shenoy R, Hatzaras I, Krasnick B, Fields RC, Buttner
S, Scoggins CR, Martin RCG, Isom CA, Idrees K, Mogal HD, Shen P, et al.
Evaluating the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement
project risk calculator: results from the U.S. Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy
Consortium. HPB (Oxford). 2017 Dec;19(12):1104-1111. doi:
10.1016/j.hpb.2017.08.009. Epub 2017 Sep 7. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28890310

Ethun CG, Lopez-Aguiar AG, Anderson DJ, Adams AB, Fields RC, Doyle MB, Chapman
WC, Krasnick BA, Weber SM, Mezrich JD, Salem A, Pawlik TM, Poultsides G, Tran TB,
Idrees K, Isom CA, Martin RCG, Scoggins CR, Shen P, Mogal HD, Schmidt C, Beal E,
et al. Transplantation Versus Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: An Argument
for Shifting Treatment Paradigms for Resectable Disease. Ann Surg. 2017 Oct 23.
doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002574. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed [citation] PMID:
29064885

Wald P, Liu XS, Pettit C, Dillhoff M, Manilchuk A, Schmidt C, Wuthrick E, Chen W,
Williams TM. Prognostic value of microRNA expression levels in pancreatic
adenocarcinoma: a review of the literature. Oncotarget. 2017 Aug
16;8(42):73345-73361. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20277. eCollection 2017 Sep 22.
Review. PubMed [citation] PMID: 29069873, PMCID: PMC5641216

Lewis HL, Chakedis JM, Talbert E, Haverick E, Rajasekera P, Hart P, Bloomston M,
Dillhoff M, Pawlik TM, Guttridge D, Schmidt CR. Perioperative cytokine levels
portend early death after pancreatectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol.
2017 Dec 4. doi: 10.1002/jso.24940. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed [citation] PMID:
29205349

Owen DH, Alexander AJ, Konda B, Wei L, Hemminger JA, Schmidt CR, Abdel-Misih SRZ,
Dillhoff ME, Sipos JA, Kirschner LS, Shah MH. Combination therapy with
capecitabine and temozolomide in patients with low and high grade neuroendocrine
tumors, with an exploratory analysis of O(6)-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase
as a biomarker for response. Oncotarget. 2017 Oct 24;8(61):104046-104056. doi:
10.18632/oncotarget.22001. eCollection 2017 Nov 28. PubMed [citation] PMID:
29262620, PMCID: PMC5732786

Talbert EE, Lewis HL, Farren MR, Ramsey ML, Chakedis JM, Rajasekera P, Haverick
E, Sarna A, Bloomston M, Pawlik TM, Zimmers TA, Lesinski GB, Hart PA, Dillhoff
ME, Schmidt CR, Guttridge DC. Circulating monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
(MCP-1) is associated with cachexia in treatment-naïve pancreatic cancer
patients. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2018 Jan 7. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12251.
[Epub ahead of print] PubMed [citation] PMID: 29316343

Book Chapters
ACS Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery vol. 2, Gastric Cancer, 2019
Lewis H, Schmidt C, Pawlik T, Minimally Invasive Liver Resection, UpToDate, 2020
Schmidt C, Blum Murphy M, Yao J, Crane C. Carcinoma of the stomach. Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine. John Wiley and Sons, 2016. 
Merchant N, Parikh A, Schmidt C, Beauchamp R. Cancer of the colon, rectum and anus. Textbook of Surgical Oncology.  Informa Healthcare, 2007.

Invited Lectures and Presentations
Moderator – “HPB/Upper GI Quick Shot Abstracts” Society of Surgical Oncology, Chicago, 2018
Robot Whipple Debate- Pro vs. Con – Amer Zureikat vs Carl Schmidt - Central Surgical Association, Columbus, OH, 2018
“Surgical Quality – Where to Focus?” Whitmarsh Lecture, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI 2017
“Power and Statistical Significance of Data in Clinical Trials” Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, IL, 2017
“Pancreas Cancer: Management of Surgical Options” 15th Annual Mid-South Cancer Symposium, Memphis, TN, 2017
“Management of Liver Metastatic Tumors” OSUWMC Update on Management of Liver Tumors, Columbus, OH, 2017
Moderator - “Advanced Practice Providers and an HPB Practice” Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Miami, FL, 2017
“HCC: Epidemiology, Staging and Future Directions” Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting, 2017, Washington DC
“Surgical and Locoregional Therapies for HCC” Ecuadorian Society of Surgery Annual Meeting 2016 – Quito, Ecuador

My clinical focus is liver, gastric and pancreas malignancies. As the leader for WVU’s program in Robotic Surgery, a high priority is development of innovative strategies for educating residents in Robotic Surgery. Our group is also working to expand efforts in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for patients undergoing complex abdominal and pelvic operations. I also helped establish WVU Cancer Institute’s Oncology Quality Council. Through the WVU-CI network of hospitals, we have ongoing projects to improve cancer care for the rural WV population. I welcome working with a resident in any of these areas!

Medical Specialties

• Cancer / Oncology
• Surgery

Board Certifications

• Surgery, American Board of Surgery

Special Training

• Residency, General Surgery
  Vanderbilt University
• Fellowship, Surgical Oncology
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center