
Rebecca J Schmidt DO
Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean for Outreach and Community Engagement, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Former Division Chief of Nephrology, Past President of the Renal Physicians Association
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1 Medical Center DrMorgantown, WV 26506
Phone+1 304-598-4855
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Education & Training
Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State UniversityFellowship, Nephrology, 1989 - 1991
Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1985
Certifications & Licensure
MD State License 2004 - 2027
WV State License 1993 - 2027
MI State License 1986 - 1995
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsPatient Engagement in the Design and Conduct of the HOPE Trial: Addressing Chronic Pain in Hemodialysis Patients.David M White, Paul L Kimmel, Laura M Dember, Caroline Wilkie, Dawn P Edwards
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2025-10-01 - Home dialysis as the incident modality in patients starting dialysis in West Virginia: role of the rural outreach kidney care clinic.Rebecca Schmidt, Anthony Parravani, Mark Poling, Anas Diab, Bethany Pellegrino
Journal of Nephrology. 2025-04-01 - 4 citationsPain Coping Skills Training for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The HOPE Consortium Randomized Clinical Trial.Laura M Dember, Jesse Y Hsu, Rajnish Mehrotra, Kerri L Cavanaugh, Sahir Kalim
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2025-02-01
Other
- Psychiatric illness in dialysis patientsSchmidt RJ, Holley JL
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/psychiatric-illness-in-dialysis-patients
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-30 - Noninfectious complications of continuous peritoneal dialysisSchmidt RJ, Holley JL
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/noninfectious-complications-of-continuous-peritoneal-dialysis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-10 - Overview of the hemodialysis apparatusSchmidt RJ, Holley JL
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-the-hemodialysis-apparatus
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-02 - Join now to see all
Press Mentions
Expert COVID-19 Content on Open Access as Delta SurgesSeptember 7th, 2021
Meet the Indiana Doctor Behind the New Ultra-Viral Coronavirus Misinformation VideoAugust 12th, 2021
Here Are the 12 (Mostly Southern) States Where Child Hospitalizations Are Soaring Amid Delta SurgeAugust 11th, 2021- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Molecular and Neurodevelopmental Alterations Associated with Prenatal Wildfire ExposuresUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2025–2030
- Prenatal Environment And Child Health (PEACH) in ECHOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2023–2030
- BUILDS MARBLES: Biorepository Upkeep and Infrastructure for Longitudinal Data Sharing for MARBLESUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2017–2027
- The CHARGE Study Phase II: A Multifactorial Approach to Autism EtiologyUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2020–2026
- Prenatal Environment And Child Health (PEACH) in ECHOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2023–2025
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Renal Physicians AssociationPast President
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