Eugenia Shmidt, MD

Dr. Shmidt received her bachelor's degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and her medical degree from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She continued at Mayo Clinic where she completed residency in internal medicine. She then went on to complete a fellowship in gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Shmidt specializes in inflammatory bowel disease with expertise in fertility, preconception and pregnancy care. She has published in multiple academic journals on various aspects of IBD, including sexual function. Dr. Shmidt serves as a member of the American Gastroenterology Association's national guideline committee for Drug Therapy for Crohn's disease. She also serves on the Women's Committee for the American College of Gastroenterology. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Shmidt serves as the Co-Director of the IBD Program. She also co-leads the IBD Clinical Trials Program. In 2019, Dr. Shmidt was a recipient of the University of Minnesota's Biomedical Research Awards for Interdisciplinary New Science (BRAINS) to study the eff ect of the microbiome on fertility. Also, she is currently building a national registry to study the impact of pouch surgery on fertility in women with ulcerative colitis. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Shmidt launched a multidisciplinary clinic for women with IBD – the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preconception and Pregnancy Planning (IPREPP) Clinic. The IPREPP Clinic is the only one of its kind in the Midwest and one of only a few in the world.