Nicole C. Schmitt, MD, FACS

Titles and Roles

Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology: Emory University School of Medicine
Co-Director for Translational Research, Head and Neck Program: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Head and Neck Surgeon: Head and Neck Cancer

Research Program: Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics

Biography

Nicole C. Schmitt, MD, FACS, is associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Schmitt serves as co-director for translational research in the head and neck program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. A board certified otolaryngologist, her clinical and research work is focused on head and neck surgical oncology and novel therapeutic combinations.

Prior to joining Emory, Dr. Schmitt was on faculty at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Schmitt is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and American Head and Neck Society.

Education

Dr. Schmitt obtained her Medical Degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her general surgery internship, a research fellowship and her residency in otolaryngology at University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. She also completed a fellowship in head and neck surgery and tumor biology at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Research

Dr. Schmitt's research interest is in characterizing immune effects of novel therapeutic combinations for head and neck cancer. She is the principal investigator of multiple investigator-initiated clinical trials, including a first-in-human trial of radiation plus tolinapant, an IAP antagonist, in cisplatin-ineligible head and neck cancer patients.

Below is a listing of current federal grants for the above principal investigator.
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