- Dr. Stephen L Schmidt, MD
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Dr. Stephen L Schmidt, MD
General Surgery
- Pennsylvania, Altoona
Overview
Dr. Stephen L Schmidt, MD works in Altoona, Pennsylvania is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Mcgill University in 1981. Dr. Schmidt is affiliated with Altoona Regional Health System and practicing for 46 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
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• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Esophageal Tumor
• Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
• Facial Paresthesia
• Fear of Getting Married
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Jaw Dystonia
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
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Procedures
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic• Appendectomy, Open
• Biopsy of Breast
• Colectomy
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
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• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gastrectomy
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparotomy
• Lobectomy, Open
• Lung Removal (Partial or Complete): Open, or Resection of Lung Tumor: Open
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Skin Grafts
• Sphincterotomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Thoracentesis
• Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
• Vagotomy
• Varicose Vein Procedure
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 46
State License
- Pennsylvania
Education & Training
Residency Hospitals
Mcgill University
Montreal, QC, Canada
Year completed: 1981
Montreal, QC, Canada
Year completed: 1981
Internship Hospital
Moncton Hospital
Year completed: 1977
Year completed: 1977
Medical School
Universite Libre De Bruxelles, Faculte De Medecine
Brussels, Belgium
Graduated: 1977
Brussels, Belgium
Graduated: 1977
Awards
1 AS Bariatric Surg
2 ASGS
3 Association Bariatric Surgery
4 FACS
5 PMS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Cove Surgical Associates
1312 4th Street
Pennsylvania (PA)
Altoona
16601
Phone:(814) 943-4937
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? Yes
Office Volume: 40 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Other Office Locations
Springcove Medical Services
105 Nason Drive
Pennsylvania (PA)
Altoona
16673
Phone:(814) 224-2141
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Community Blue PPO
- Coventry Health America PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Select
- UnitedHealthCare
- UPMC
- UPMC PPO
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Affiliated Hospitals
Altoona Regional Health System
620 Howard Avenue
Pennsylvania PA,
Altoona,
16601
Altoona Regional Health System is a hospital located in Altoona, PA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 15 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 16 procedures.
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