Dr. Schmidt received his PhD from the University of South Carolina (USC), Arnold School of Public Health, Health Services Policy and Management (HSPM) and is the current Department Head of Healthcare Management and Leadership at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).
He completed AACSB Post Doctorate training at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration in the areas of Marketing/Management and International Business and Entrepreneurship.
Additionally, he completed Post Doctorate training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the areas of Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) and his AACSB MS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Georgia College & State University. Most recently, Dr. Schmidt completed his MS in Computer Science (focused in AI and Data Analytics), an AACSB MS in Business Data Science and Analytics and an AACSB MBA (focused in AI and Data Analytics) from Angelo State University (AACSB).
Lt Colonel Schmidt has more than 30 years associated with the Department of Defense (DOD), military and Veteran Affairs (VA) healthcare systems in which he was assigned to various roles in healthcare logistics, supply chain management (SCM), group practice management and healthcare contracting. He continues to serve as a Senior Healthcare Administrator within the 489th Aeromedical Flight (AMDF) at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) in Texas (TX).
Dr. Schmidt is a certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP) as recognized by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM). He was handpicked to serve on AHRMM’s Academic Council for Healthcare Supply Chain Research. He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) and preparing to sit for his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Dr. Schmidt’s research interests are multifaceted to include the following: health policy, systemic variation, health integration, healthcare analytics, healthcare logistics and SCM, healthcare cost containment/access, demography, chronic care conditions and gerontology.