Dr. Schmidt is a physician-scientist with expertise in the pathogenesis and management of sepsis and septic organ injury (including acute kidney injury, ARDS, and persistent cognitive impairment). After obtaining his MD at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Schmidt completed residency, chief residency, and pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the faculty at the University of Colorado, where he received clinical and teaching awards as well as international recognition for his investigations of the glycobiology of organ injury. In July 2022, he was recruited to the Massachusetts General Hospital as the Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.