Dr. Schilz received DO and PhD degrees from the Michigan State University Medical Scientist Training program. Residency and Chief Residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Ohio and Pulmonary Critical Care and Research Fellowship at Yale University. He has been staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and most recently at Case Western University and University Hospitals of Cleveland where Dr. Schilz is an Associate Professor of Medicine and director of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Lung Transplantation at University Hospitals – Case Medical Center.Dr. Schilz has participated in clinical and basic research in the area of advanced lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension for over 30 years with numerous publications in the areas of pulmonary hypertension, lung transplantation, diaphragm pacing and advanced lung disease. He serves or has served as an advisor or committee member for a number of state, national and international organizations including the International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation, American College of Chest Physicians, Pulmonary Hypertension Association and the Ohio State Board of Hospitals. Dr. Schilz is a past Associate Editor of “Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension” and reviewer for a number of international journals (JISHLT, CHEST, Sleep, PLOS, ATS, JAOA). He continues to be named as “One of America’s Best Doctors” since 2005.