Conditions Treated
- Acute Lung Injury
- Acute Respirtory Failure
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic Bronchitis
- COPD
- Transtracheal Oxygen Therapy
- Gender:
- Female
Education & Training
Education
- 1990
- New York Medical College, MD
Residency
- 1992-1993
- University of Colorado Denver
- 1992-1993
- University of Colorado Denver
Fellowship
- 1994-1996
- University of Colorado Denver
Special Interests
Dr. Elaine Klinge Schwartz is a clinician at National Jewish Health who works in the General Pulmonary Clinic and on the National Jewish inpatient service in the Rose Medical Center Critical Care Unit, where she is also the Medical Director. She sees patients for a variety of pulmonary disorders and following hospital discharge after their acute critical illness and respiratory failure. She is also part of the the transtracheal oxygen program, where she evaluates and manages patients with chronic respiratory failure for whom transtracheal oxygen may be a good alternative for long term therapy.
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
Teaching or Professional Positions
Associate Professor of Medicine
Affiliations with the University of Colorado Denver
Actively involved with the education and teaching of Residents in the Department of Medicine and Fellows in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Professional Memberships
AOA
ACCP
SCCM
ATS
Awards & Recognition
New York Medical College Trustee Scholarship
2002-2006: Chair, Department of Medicine and Quality Improvement at North Colorado Medical Center