Specialties
Adults
Asthma
Allergic Asthma, Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Exercise-Induced Asthma, Non-Allergic Asthma, Occupational Asthma
Autoimmune Diseases and Rheumatoid Conditions
Connective Tissue Disorder, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Sjogrens Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus)
COPD/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Disorder, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Cough, Emphysema
Mycobacterial (TB & Nontuberculous) and Respiratory Infections
Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis, Drug-resistant Tuberculosis, Fungal Lung Disease, Immune Deficiencies, Infectious Diseases (Chronic Respiratory Infections), Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections, Sinusitis
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
Asbestosis, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Sarcoidosis, Silicosis
Pulmonary/Lung Conditions
Allergies, Autoimmune Lung Diseases, Interstitial and Fibrotic Lung Disease, Lung Cancer, Malignant Pleural Effusions, Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Disorders
Research
Other Pulmonary Disease Research
Teaching & Professional Positions
2006-Present: Associate Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Health
2006-Present: Medical Staff, Active Status, Rose Medical Center
2007-Present: Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit, National Jewish/Rose Medical Center ICU
1997-2006: Medical Staff, Active Status, North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, CO)
1997-2006: Medical Director, Department of Respiratory Care, North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, CO)
1999-2006: Medical Director, Respiratory Special Care Unit, North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, CO)
1996-1997: Medical Staff, Active Status, St. Anthony Hospital System (Denver, CO)
1996-1997: Medical Staff, Active Status, North Suburban Medical Center (Denver, CO)
1994-1996: Assistant Director, University Hospital Chest Clinic, University of Colorado Denver
1994-1996: Instructor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
1994-1996: Assistant Chief of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
1992-1995: Associate Member, Medical Staff, St. Anthony Hospital System (Denver, CO)
Professional Memberships/Societies
Member, Critical Care Committee, Rose Medical Center
Member, CME Committee, National Jewish Health
Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine, 2000
Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1999
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, 1996
Member, American Thoracic Society, 1992
Member, American Association for Respiratory Care, 1999
Member, Weld County Medical Society, 1997-2006
Member, Colorado Medical Society, 1996-1997, 2006-Present
Diplomate, Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified January 1996; Recertified November 2005
Diplomate, Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified January 1995; Recertified November 2004
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified September 1990; Recertified September 2000
National Boards – Parts I, II, II completed in March 1988
Elective Certification:
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provides, Recertified August 2007
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Recertified August 2007
Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Instructor, Certified April 2007
Hyperbaric Medicine, Certified November 1997
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Honors and Awards:
1997: Faculty Teaching Award, North Colorado Family Medicine
1996: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Faculty Teaching Award
1995: Society of Critical Care Medicine Educational Scholarship for Excellence in Critical Care Medicine
1990: Gold Apple Teaching Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1986: Honors Candidate, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
1983: Departmental Honors in English, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1982: Phi Beta Kappa, Occidental College
1981: Argonaut Drama Award, Occidental College
1978: National Council of Teachers of English
Previous Committee Activities at North Colorado Medical Center:
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Member, Infection Control Committee
Member, Medical Advisory Panel
Member, Master Facility Planning Committee
Member, Asthma Disease Management Task Force
Schwartz, M.D., Make, B. Long Term Oxygen Treatment: Whatever Happened to Transtracheal Oxygen? Submitted.
Schwartz, M.D., Christopher, K.L. Transtracheal Oxygen Therapy. In: UpToDate. Rose, BD (Ed), Waltham, MA, 2007.
Moine, P., McIntyre, R., Schwartz, M.D., et al. NF-kB Regulatory Mechanisms in Alveolar Macrophages from Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Shock 2000; 13:85-91.
Schwartz, M.D., Abraham, E. “Cell Injury and Cell Death.” Pocket Companion to the Textbook of Critical Care Medicine. 3rd Edition. WB Saunders. Philadelphia, 1996.
Schwartz, M.D., Moore, E.E., Moore, F.A., et al. NF-kB is Activated in Alveolar Macrophages from Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Med 1996; 24:1293-1301.
