Dr. Schmidt is Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine at the University of Iowa. He also serves as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Critical Care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Chairs the Critical Care Subcommittee.

Dr. Schmidt's teaching and clinical investigation interests include critical care ultrasonography and echocardiography, ventilator waveform interpretation; extracorporeal life support; septic shock, ICU-acquired weakness; and ICU delirium. He has garnered teaching awards at both the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa. Dr. Schmidt has chaired many symposia on a broad range of critical care topics; authored numerous original articles, textbook chapters, and textbooks; conducts clinical research in the ICU; serves on several editorial boards; and teaches critical care to students, residents, and fellows. With Drs. Jesse Hall and John Kress, he co-edits Principles of Critical Care, published by McGraw-Hill, one of the premier textbooks in the field and now in its 4th edition.

Delivers a concise and evidence-based review of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Focuses on veno-venous (VV) ECMO

Emphasizes insights gained during the recent dramatic increase in ECMO application

Physiology of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS).- Circuits, Membranes, and Pumps.- Modes of ECMO.- Vascular Access.- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Evidence, Indications, Exclusions.- Ventilator management during ECLS.- Managing the Systemic Circulation: Volume Status and RV Function.- Antithrombotic therapy for ECMO.- Membrane Dysfunction.- ECCO2R in Obstructive Diseases: Evidence, Indications, Exclusions.- ECMO as a bridge to lung transplantation.- Daily management of patients on VV ECMO.- Crises During ECLS.- Mobilization During ECLS.- ECMO Weaning and Decannulation.- Veno-arterial ECMO in respiratory failure.- Ethical Challenges in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.