Aired 22 August 2012 · Correspondent Ted Rowlands · 4:05
Dr. Schmidt was filmed administering anesthesia in CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° report from inside the Cook County (Stroger Hospital) Trauma Unit in Chicago, during his anesthesiology residency at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. The segment followed the trauma team through a night shift at the busiest trauma unit in the city. He appears as part of the clinical team and is not named or interviewed on air.
Premiered September 2012 · 20 West Productions · one-hour documentary
Dr. Schmidt was filmed administering anesthesia in Chicago Trauma, National Geographic Channel's documentary shot in the Cook County Trauma Unit at Stroger Hospital during his anesthesiology residency. The programme followed the trauma and anesthesia teams through emergency cases. He appears as part of the clinical team and is not named or interviewed on air.
As an attending pain physician, Dr. Schmidt was featured in a WGN-TV Medical Minute segment on spinal cord stimulation — a neuromodulation therapy used to treat chronic back, leg and nerve pain when conservative treatment has failed.
Interview — the opioid epidemic and pain management
2017 · WGN Radio guest interview · 3:02
Dr. Schmidt joined WGN Radio as a guest to discuss the opioid epidemic and non-opioid approaches to treating chronic pain, including interventional and neuromodulation options.