Dr. Schmitt has spent over 50 years dedicated to patient care, medical education, and improving health care delivery.  He has advanced the field of telehealth by creating decision-support guidelines for medical call centers, health educational handouts for patients, symptom checkers, and other telehealth applications.

Dr. Schmitt graduated from Yale University with a degree in Chemical Engineering, followed by a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University, and a Pediatric Residency at University of Minnesota Hospitals.  He is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  In 1980 he wrote the first book on telephone triage.  In 1988, he founded the first pediatric after-hours call center in the country to help community pediatricians.  He also served as its medical director for over 30 years.

Dr. Schmitt leads the creation and strategic oversight of the clinical pediatric telehealth triage guidelines utilized across telehealth platforms, call centers, and electronic health records in North America.