Service and Research

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Service

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

    Webinar 2022, Annual Meeting
    Superior Capsular Reconstruction (SCR): Lessons Learned for Indications and Surgical Technique

  • Arthroscopy Association of North America

    APEX Elbow Course Live Webinar 8/19/2020
    Course Chairs: S Joshua Szabo MD, Scott P Steinmann MD
    Course Faculty: Jeffrey R Dugas, Larry D Field MD, Anthony Romeo MD,
    Felix H Savoie III, Christopher C Schmidt MD

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

    Virtual Fellow’s Conference 7/23/2020
    Treatment of Complex Biceps/Triceps Injuries
    Moderator: Christopher C Schmidt MD
    Guests: Scott G Kaar MD, Raffy Mirzayan MD,
    Anshuman Singh MD

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) - Podcast

    Distal Biceps Round Table
    Host: Peter N Chalmers MD, Guests: Christopher C Schmidt MD,
    John J Fernandez MD, Mark A Mighell MD
    2020

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

    Representative
    AAOS Clinical Practice Guidelines
    Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
    2017 - Current

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

    Member Research Committee
    10/2016 – 10/2019

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

    Co-Chairman, Study Group
    Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
    2017- Current

  • International Shoulder Safari (ASES, SECEC, ICSES)

    Guest Faculty
    11/11-18/2018

  • ASES – Instructional Course Distal Biceps and Triceps Injuries

    Guest Faculty – “Distal Biceps Tendon Posterior Approach”
    10/13/2018

  • Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA)

    Volunteer Faculty, Lab Instructor
    Popular solutions in Shoulder/Elbow Surgeries (803)
    AAOS Learning Center, Chicago.
    2018

  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)

    Member ASSH Annual Meeting Program Committee.
    Volunteer ASSH Governance
    9/20/2014 – 9/9/2017

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

    Member Closed Meeting Program Committee
    2015

  • Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society (POS)

    Moderator “Controversies in Treatment of Shoulder Injuries”
    Spring Scientific Meeting
    4/10/15

  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

    Moderator “Distal Biceps Tendon Debates”
    Closed Meeting 2015
    2015

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

    Lab Instructor:  “Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy and Associated Procedures”.
    AAOS Learning Center, Chicago.
    2015

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

    Member Appropriate Use Criteria for
    Optimizing the Management of Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears.
    Voting-Panel.
    2013

  • Lab Instructor,

    ASSH IC “Advanced Techniques in Reconstructive Elbow Surgery”
    Chicago.
    2013

  • Lab Instructor,

    “Shoulder Instability”
    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting
    2013

  • Lab Instructor,

    “Shoulder Instability”
    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting
    2012

  • University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health

    Member of the Middleton Society
    2012

  • Member, Board of Directors

    Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
    510 North Third Street, 3rd Floor
    Harrisburgh, PA  17101
    2011-2012

  • Director of Orthopedic Surgery

    Tristate Surgery Center
    Washington, Pennsylvania 2009

  • Board Member

    Tristate Surgery Center
    Washington, Pennsylvania 2009

  • Ask The Doctor Show

    “Rotator Cuff Disease”
    Peters Township High School
    2008

  • American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand

    Founders Circle
    2007

  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand

    Products: Development and Oversight
    Chairman, CA Peimer, MD.
    2002-2003

  • Secretary, Department of Orthopaedics

    Mt. Carmel East Hospital
    Columbus, Ohio, 2000

  • Children’s Hand Clinic

    Children’s Hospital
    Columbus, Ohio
    1996 – 1998

Research

Dr. Schmidt is currently involved in both clinical and mechanical research studies involving the rotator cuff tears, reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, and distal biceps tendon tears. Dr. Schmidt's research involves a multidisciplinary team of orthopaedic surgeons, bio and mechanical engineers, fellows and residents. Biomechanical investigations are conducted through the orthopaedic engineering laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. Past and Current studies Dr. Schmidt has worked on are listed below.

Current Projects

  • Treatment of Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears

  • Defining the Anatomy of the Superior Capsule

  • Effect of Biceps Reattachment Location on Moment Arm and Range of Motion

  • Distal Biceps Tendon: Biomechanical Evaluation of Long and Short Head Orientation during Dual Head Repair

  • Healing of the Distal Bicep Tendon: Clinical and MRI Assessment

Past Projects

  • Treatment of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears: Appropriate Use Criteria

  • Lesser Tuberosity Fixation after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

  • Anchor Placement with Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

  • Flexor Tendon Injuries Following Locked Volar Plating of Distal Radius

  • Plain Radiographs Are Inadequate to Identify Overlengthening With a Radial Head Prosthesis

  • Arthrodesis of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint Using a Cannulated Screw and Threaded Washer

  • Basal Joint Arthroplasty Using an Allograft Tendon Interposition Versus No Interposition: A Radiographic, Vascular, and Histologic Study

  • The Anconeus Muscle Flap: Its Anatomy and Clinical Application

  • The Effects of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB on Healing of the Rabbit Medial Collateral Ligament Effect of Growth Factors on the Proliferation of Ligament Fibroblasts as a Function of Maturation

  • Effect of Partial Laceration on the Structural Properties of the Canine FDP

  • The Effect of Growth Factors on the Proliferation of Medial Collateral and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Fibroblasts Repair versus Nonrepair of MCL Tears with ACL Reconstruction in a MCL+ACL Injury Model Non-extensile

  • Surgical Approaches of Two-column Acetabular Fractures

  • Revision Total Elbow Arthroplasty Complicated by Massive Osteolysis: A Technique Using an Allograft/Prosthesis Composite Arthrodesis of the Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Using a 3.0 mm Cannulated Screw and Threaded Washer

  • The Effects of Dose Levels of Growth Factors on the Healing of the Rabbit Medial Collateral Ligament

  • The Effects of EGF and TGF-B on the Biomechanical Properties of the Healing Medial Collateral Ligament Evaluation of MCL Repair in a Combined MCL and ACL Injury with ACL Reconstruction

  • The Biocompatibility of Silicone Implants

  • The Effect of Partial Laceration on the Tensile Properties of the Canine Flexor Tendon

  • An Assay to Test Growth Factors on the Proliferation of MCL and ACL Fibroblasts

  • Treatment of Basal Joint Arthritis with an Allograft Spacer