Tyler Schmidt, D.O.

Professional Background

Tyler M. Schmidt D.O., is a faculty member in the Department of Neurosurgery and Surgical Director of the new Metastatic Brain and Spinal Tumor Program within the Wilmot Cancer Institute. His clinical interests are in neurosurgical oncology, focusing on brain tumor surgery, spinal tumor surgery, brain and spinal metastasis surgery, degenerative spine surgery, and complex spinal reconstruction. During treatment of these disorders, he utilizes minimally invasive techniques, stereotactic neuro-navigation, brain mapping, and tumor fluorescence guided resection.

Dr. Schmidt is a brain tumor surgeon in the University of Rochester Translational Brain Mapping Program. This program integrates neuroscience research to optimize neurological outcomes in brain tumor surgery. Awake brain surgery, functional MRI, and neurocognitive testing are utilized in this program.

Dr. Schmidt also provides care for spinal disorders and general neurosurgical diseases of the brain and spine utilizing minimally invasive techniques. He has a special interest in the delivery of patient centered value based care in the surgical and nonsurgical management of back pain/spinal disorders such as cervical radiculopathy, cervical stenosis, disc herniations, lumbar radiculopathy, and lumbar stenosis.

Dr. Schmidt completed his neurological surgery residency at University of Rochester Medical Center and in-folded fellowship training in neurosurgical oncology at Geisinger Medical Center. He remains active in the national neurosurgical organizations.