Robert E. Schmidt, MD, PhD

Professor, Pathology & Immunology

Division: Neuropathology

Titles

Division Chief, Neuropathology
Section Head, Neuropathology
Medical Director, Electron Microscopy

Education

MD: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1976)

PhD: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1976)

Postdoctoral Fellow: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1976)

Intern and Resident in Pathology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1978)

Chief Resident, Neuropathology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1980)

Boards

Anatomic Pathology: Board Certified

Neuropathology: Board Certified

Recognition

Sophomore Honors, Washington University, 1967

Phi Beta Kappa, Washington University, 1968

Research Career Development Award, 1985 – 89

Member, Pathology A Study Section, 1991 – 95

MERIT award, NIH, 1999

John Kissane Teaching Award for Resident Education, 2002

Weil Award, Honorable Mention, Best Paper on Experimental Neuropathology, 2003

Lampert Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, 2004

Alpha Omega Alpha, 2006

Award for Meritorious Contributions to Neuropathology, American Association of Neuropathologists, 2021

Editorial Responsibilities

2007-Present
Senior Editor, Brain Pathology

2001-Present, Editorial Board
1991-1996, Editorial Board
Journal of Neuropathology and Experiential Neurology

Service to the Department

2012-Present
Director, Electron Microscopy Facility

1992-Present
Director, Neuropathology

1992-Present
Director, Neuropathology Fellowship Program

Service to the University

2006-2008
Member, Alumni Association Executive Council, Washington University School of Medicine

DBBS Graduate Program Affiliation

Neuroscience

Research Interests

I closed my research laboratory in June 2011 after 31 years as an NIH and Juvenile Diabetes Foundation supported investigator and have focused subsequently on clinical neuropathology. I have recently been working on the development of an online atlas of neuropathology. Currently, I am a collaborator with NIH supported investigators who are interested in peripheral nerve disease, the treatment and prevention of radiation injury, neuroimmune and neuroinfectious neuropathology, microglial pathology, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Selected Publications

WashU Medicine Profile

Assistant

Jaden Mocumbi

Administrative Professional