Professor Schmitt is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Porto, Director of RISE (Clinical and Translational Research Network of the Medical Faculty), and Head of Molecular Pathology at IPATIMUP. President of the International Academy of Cytology (IAC) and a past President of the International Society of Breast Pathology. He has authored over 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and 33 book chapters, and is the editor of 6 books. He is widely considered a world-leading expert in cytopathology and breast cancer. He was a fellow at the Karolinska Medical Hospital, in Sweden, and was a Professor of Pathology at the University of São Paulo and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was also Director of the Department of Medicine at Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg. His research is on breast cancer, and in recent years, his research has been dedicated to studying molecular markers on cytological material. He serves as Editor in Chief of Pathobiology and Associate Editor of six major scientific journals and sits on the editorial board of many others. He is a standing member of the WHO-IAC Classification of Tumours. He has also been chair, president, or scientific director of several European, Portuguese, and Brazilian scientific societies of pathology and cytology. He received the prizes: Educator of the Year 2011- PSC, GOLDBLATT AWARD 2013 -IAC, and the 2021 International Achievement Award-ASC.