JAMES FRIEDRICH “FRITZ” SCHMUTZ

CURRICULUM VITRAE

 

Email:  f s c h m u tz @ c a b l e o n e . n e t (remove spaces)

 

 

EDUCATION:

  • University of Washington for Neuroradiology Fellowship – 1996-97
  • University of Washington for Radiology Residency – 1992-96
  • Swedish Hospital Medical Center for Rotational Internship – 1991-92
  • University of Utah for Medical School – 1987-91
  • University of Utah for B.S. in biology – 1982-87

 

 

CERTIFICATION:

  • CAQ Neuroradiology – November 1998
  • American Board of Radiology – 1996

 

 

LICENSING:

  • Idaho Medicine Board
  • Idaho State Board of Pharmacy
  • Federal Drug Enforcement Administration

 

 

SOCIETIES:

  • American Society of Neuroradiology – Senior Member
  • Society of Interventional Radiology
  • American Roentgen Ray Society
  • American College of Radiology – Chapter President 2002-2004
  • American Society of Head and Neck Radiology
  • Idaho Medical Association
  • American Medical Association

 

 

HONORS:

  • Fellow of the Year – 1997
  • Outstanding Senior Medical Student – 1991
  • Charles Hetzel Otolaryngology Scholarship Recipient – 1990
  • Rees Jensen Surgery Scholarship Recipient – 1989
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Inductee – 1989
  • Summa Cum Laude, University of Utah – 1987
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society
  • Phi Kappa Phi Society

 

 

 

ELECTED POSITIONS:

  • Medical Student Body President – University of Utah Medical School – 1990-91
  • School Promotions Committee – 1987-90
  • President of the Idaho Chapter of the American College of Radiology – 2002-2004
  • Chairman of Imaging Department, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center – 2001-2004

 

NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SKILLS:

  • Basic cerevicocerebral/spinal angiography
  • Intracranial angioplasty
  • Coiled embolization of intracranial aneurysm
  • Cervical carotid angioplasty/stenting
  • Stroke thrombolytic therapy
  • Temporary/permanent balloon occlusion
  • Wada testing
  • Tumor embolization
  • Epistaxis embolization
  • Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty
  • Diskography
  • Nerve blocks (spinal, celiac)
  • Epidural Injections
  • Facet Injections
  • Epidural stimulator placement
  • Myelography

 

 

BODY VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL SKILLS:

  • Basic aortic/visceral/extremity angiography
  • Peripheral vascular thrombolysis/angioplasty/stenting
  • Renal angioplasty/embolization
  • Tumor embolization
  • Trauma angiography/embolization
  • Percutaneous ablation of venous/lymphatic malformations
  • Pulmonary angiography/thrombolysis/embolization
  • GI hemorrhage angiography/vasopressin infusion/embolization
  • Dialysis fistula/graft thrombolysis
  • Venous access (extremity PAS Port, jugular Hickman/Permacath/Portacath, etc.)
  • Central venous access catheter fibrin stripping/repositioning
  • IVC filter placement/removal
  • Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS)
  • Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)
  • Venous Laser Oblation and Sclerotherapy

 

BODY MISCELLANEOUS INTERVENTIONAL SKILLS:

  • Percutaneous nephrostomy/ureteral stent placement
  • Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography/stent placement
  • Gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy placement
  • Arthrography
  • Sialography
  • Hysterosonography/uterine tube recanalization
  • Transjugular hepatic biopsy
  • CT and US guided drainages/biopsies