After more than three decades in the operating room – repairing hearts, removing lung cancers, rebuilding arteries – Dr. Schmetterer has transitioned his practice to the evaluation and treatment of venous disease in a dedicated outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio. What has not changed is the patient at the center of every decision.



Venous disease is common, often underestimated, and profoundly affects quality of life. The aching legs, the swelling, the skin changes, the wounds that will not heal – these are not minor inconveniences. They are obstacles to the walks through Mill Creek Park, the long days on your feet, the simple pleasures that make life in this Valley worth living. Dr. Schmetterer brings the full depth of his surgical training and vascular experience to bear on these problems, in a setting that allows for the kind of unhurried, thorough, personalized care that his patients deserve.



He continues to follow the patients he has cared for over the years – those who have undergone heart surgery, lung surgery, and arterial procedures – coordinating their ongoing care in collaboration with their primary care physicians and other specialists.