Appointments

• Dean of the College of Graduate Studies (retired)
• Vice President for Research (retired)
• Professor of Graduate Studies
• Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bio

Dr. Steven Schmidt retired from his NEOMED academic role of dean of the College of Graduate Studies and administrative role of vice president for research in June of 2022. He currently has academic roles at NEOMED as professor of graduate studies and professor of pharmaceutical sciences. He previously chaired the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Before his employment at NEOMED in 2015, he filled a variety of roles at Summa Health System over 32 years including the vice president of clinical research and innovation.

Throughout his career he has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed professional journals and has been awarded five patents.

Area of Expertise/Research Interests

Dr. Schmidt’s personal research interests focused upon cardiovascular biology. In that context he has investigated how to create natural cellular linings on artificial blood vessels pioneering the early stages of “tissue engineering.”

Courses

• Leadership and Teaming in the Master of Leadership in the Health Systems Science MLHSS graduate program

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Biology / Physiology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
• MA, Zoology, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
• BA, Premedical Sciences, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

Awards

• American Heart Association Distinguished Researcher Award, 2002

Publications

• Schmidt SP, Bowlin GL. Endothelial cell seeding: a review. Tissue Engineering of Vascular Prosthetic Grafts. 1999; Chapter 3: 61-68.
• Schmidt SP, Meerbaum SO, Donovan DL. Healing patterns following microvascular seeding – a clinical evaluation of microvascular-seeded A-V access grafts. Tissue Engineering of Vascular Prosthetic Grafts. 1999; Chapter 10: 127-130.
• Schmidt SP, Sharp WV, Evancho MM, Meerbaum SO. Endothelial cell seeding of prosthetic vascular grafts – current status. High Performance Biomaterials. Technomic (Lancaster, PA), 1991; 483-496.
• Schmidt SP, Sharp WV, Evancho MM, Pippert TR, Meerbaum SO, Monajjem N. Endothelial cell seeding with microvessel endothelial cells – animal and human studies. In: Bruno Reichart, Ed. Recent Advances in Cardiovascular Surgery – R.S. Schulz, Munich. 1989; 310-322.
• Schmidt SP, Hunter TJ, Hirko M, Belden TA, Evancho MM, Sharp WV, Donovan DL. Small-diameter vascular prostheses: Two designs of PTFE and endothelial cell seeded and nonseeded Dacron. J Vasc Surg. 1985; 2:292-297.