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Practicing Pediatrician Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine Dr. Schmitt wrote the first book on pediatric telephone triage in 1980. Since 1988 he has been the Medical Director of the After-Hours Call Center at The Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Denver. In 1994 he wrote the first computerized pediatric triage protocols. His pediatric protocols have become the standard of care for telephone triage in the United States. Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Medical Director of the After-Hours Call Center at Children's Hospital, which covers evening and weekend, calls for over 400 pediatricians and family physicians in Colorado and Wyoming. Director of General Consultative Services at The Children's Hospital, including the Sleep Disorder Clinic, Diagnostic Dilemma Clinic and Enuresis-Encopresis Clinic. Author of over 100 articles and chapters on pediatric health care, 6 books and the clinical content for 6 software programs for physicians. Including the following milestones: The first book on pediatric telephone triage (Pediatric Telephone Advice, 1980) The first computerized pediatric telephone triage protocols (NHES, 1994) The American Academy of Pediatrics publishes the printed version of his triage guidelines (Pediatric Telephone Protocols) The award-winning child care book for parents (Your Child's Health) Degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. Doctorate of Medicine from Cornell University. Pediatric residency completed at the University of Minnesota. | 