Deborah Schmidt, D.O.
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Deborah Schmidt, D.O. Email: dschmidt@osteo.wvsom.edu |
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Specialties
Board Certified – Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Board Certified – Family Practice, ACOFP
Physician Acupuncturist
Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Education / Training
Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research; National Institute of Health Clinical Center, April 2015
Medical Acupuncture: Helms Institute – completed 300 hours; 1998
Family Practice Internship/Residency – Community Hospital of Lancaster, PA; completed 1991
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Osteopathy, 1988; Honors Graduate
WVSOM Graduate Teaching Fellow – Anatomy 1985-87
- Independent dissections of cadavers studying counterstrain points/myofasical planes and anatomy of pelvic autonomic plexus.
- Co-authorized text on Surface Anatomy/OMM Techniques and Biomechanics for use by 1st and 2nd year medical students with Drs. N. Laura Liles, DO and Dr. Richard Van Buskirk, DO, PhD (never published)
- Independent research in use of thermography in manual medicine/acupuncture
The Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, 1976 Bachelor of Science, Psychology/Pre-Med/Chemistry
Clinical and Research Interests
Female reproductive health and Somatic Dysfunction
Compensatory patterns of posture in health and disease
Cost effectiveness of OMM within clinical practice
Physiologic monitoring methods for OMM
Selected Scholarly Activity
The Impact of Pelvic Somatic Dysfunction on Female Reproductive Health; Komar, C. and Schmidt, D. –in progress
Quantifying Changes in Venous Return Following Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment with Lymphatic Techniques; Brown, S; Nackashi, A., Moore, J., Moccia, D., Schmidt, D. – completed, submitted for publication, 2015
Recent Conference Abstracts
Timothy Bikman OMS-4, John Ford, OMS-3, Deborah Schmidt DO. Experiential Learning: An Irreplaceable Tool in Osteopathic Student Education. AOA OMED 14, Seattle WA; 2nd place poster; 2014.
Recent Honors
OPP Integration Teaching Award, Physician Off-Campus, May, 2007
President's Outstanding Faculty Award – Clinician, May 2014
Advanced Training
The Next Step Course – Paul Dart, MD, The Cranial Academy; Portland, Oregon; Sept. 2013 Facial Techniques – Cranial Conference/ The Cranial Academy; June 2009
Ophthalmologic Principles and their relationship to Osteopathy in the Cranial Field with Paul Dart, MD; February 2007
Workshop on Osteopathy in the Care of Common Clinical Syndromes in the Child and Adult – Viola Frymann, DO; WVSOM; November 11-12, 2006
Muscle Energy Technique Update – Fred Mitchell Jr. DO, Lewisburg, WV; April 2002, April 2015
Ligamentous Articular Strain – Thomas Crow, DO, Lewisburg, WV; December 2011
Functional Methods – William Johnston, DO, Lewisburg, WV; March 2001
Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: Basic Cranial courses/The Cranial Academy: Michigan State 12/85, Arizona 2/01
Counterstrain Techniques – Lawrence Jones, DO, Lewisburg, WV; April 1984
Muscle Energy Techniques – Robert Ward, DO, Lewisburg, WV; February 1984
Cranial Techniques in Trauma – Viola Frymann, DO/MD, Lewisburg, WV; September 1984
Research publications, peer reviewed:
- Acupuncture as Adjunct to OMM: WVSOM Summer Seminar; June 2015
- Acupuncture and Chronic Pain: WVSOM Primary Care Seminar on Medication and Substance Misuse Among Older Adults; Dec. 13, 2013 •
- Medical Acupuncture - WVSOM Mid-Winter Seminar December 2012 • Highmark BCBS Physical Medicine Management Program Update - WVSOM Fall Conference 11/12 •
- An Integrative Model for Approaching Myofascial Patterns - WVSOM visiting lecture 7/10
- Taking a Sexual History - WVSOM Endocrine system - Guest Lecturer 2/10 • Easy (but often forgotten) OMT Treatments for Common Primary Care Conditions - WVSOM Annual Fall Conference 11/09
- Access to the Autonomic Nervous System - Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association - Fall Conference 07
- Myofascial Point Systems - An Introduction to Medical Acupuncture and Comparison to Counterstrain, Trigger Points, and Chapman's Reflex Points - WVSOM OMM Department lecture to 1st year medical students, yearly from 00-05
- Introduction to Medical Acupuncture - WVSOM Summer Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC 6/00 - WVSOM Fall Conference at The Greenbrier 11/03
- Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy: WV Nurses Association; November 2000 • Office OMT Techniques - South Carolina Osteopathic Medical Association - Fall Conference 9/95