Scott Schmidt, DNP
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Schmidt is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with extensive training and experience treating patients with psychiatric disorders across the lifespan and across practice settings, from hospitals to outpatient clinics. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington where he was a national champion in rowing and a Chuck Holtz Memorial Scholar. He completed his graduate education at the University of Pennsylvania and his doctoral education at Georgetown University. He completed his training at Presbyterian Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. While at the University of Pennsylvania he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar and member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.
He is a Distinguished Graduate from Officer Training School and a United States Air Force and F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholar. During his military career as a medical officer, he provided patient care at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Buckley Air Force Base, and Evans Army Hospital. As faculty at the University of Colorado Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Scott provided care to pediatric patients at Children's Hospital Colorado, along with teaching courses in neurobiology, psychopharmacology, and advanced pharmacology.
Dr. Schmidt has extensive experience as a researcher with the University of Washington School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles.
Scott is an active volunteer with the disaster relief organization, Team Rubicon, which spans from providing local community service for disasters to providing medical care to communities domestically and internationally. He is a lifetime member of the National Eagle Scout Association and is currently nationally recognized as a Jonas-Blaustein Scholar.
Dr. Schmidt lives in Cherry Hills Village and spends his free time reading and exploring the world with his wife.