Dr. Schorlemmer has strong ties to Texas, where he attended Texas A&M University in College Station.  There he received his BS in Zoology and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1974.  Dr. Schorlemmer then began his medical education at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, graduating in 1978. 

Upon completion of his initial medical education, Dr. Schorlemmer pursued his Internship and Residency in General Surgery at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  While there, he received the Nathan A. Womack Scholarship Award.

In 1983, Dr. Schorlemmer moved west to fulfill a Residency in Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Upon completion of this residency in 1985, Dr. Schorlemmer accepted a position as the Attending Surgeon at the St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado, where he started the first heart surgery program in Southern Colorado.  He was also appointed the Attending Surgeon at the Parkview Episcopal Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado, starting their heart program as well.

In 1994, Dr. Schorlemmer received an offer to be the Attending Surgeon at the Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He was also appointed the Attending Surgeon at IHC - Cottonwood Medical Center and at Columbia - St. Mark's Medical Center in the same year.

In 1995, Dr. Schorlemmer felt his Texas ties pulling him away from Utah when he received and accepted an offer to be the Attending Surgeon at the Mercy Regional Medical Center in Laredo, Texas.  There he started the Heart Surgery
program which was immediately recognized as one of the best in the state.

However, in the summer of 2000, Dr. Schorlemmer received yet another offer to move to Utah, when he joined the prestigious Heart Center in Salt Lake City. 

Dr. Schorlemmer's professional activities are almost too numerous to list.  He has participated in and served as the Chairman on countless committees at the various hospitals in which he has practiced.  He was the Certified Database Administrator, Summit Medical Systems (STS) Database for Thoracic Surgical Results Tracking and Reporting.  He was a Co-Developer of Mobile Physician Billing Software Integrating Palm Pilot Technology with HBOC Enterprise Database.  He was an Instructor for Johnson & Johnson Palmaz Stent Implantation, and he was the primary investigator for the peripheral Excimer Laser System. 

Dr. Schorlemmer is a member of the American College of Physician Executives, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, International Society for Endovascular Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Womack Surgical Society.