Robert A. Schwartz
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Robert A. Schwartz is an American physician
and the discoverer of the Schwartz-Burgess Syndrome. He is a professor and the Head of the Department of Dermatology at New Jersey Medical School
. He has published more than 50 full articles on Kaposi’s Sarcoma since 1978, including one of the three first reports of KS-AIDS in 1981 and has first described many Kaposi's sarcoma morphologic variants. In 1978 he the discovered of florid cutaneous papillomatosis
. In 1981 he discovered and described Acral acanthosis nigricans
. The 2nd edition of his book, Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management
, has been published by Blackwell Publishing
. He has also written or edited 10 monographs, and is the author of over 250 book chapters, 450 articles, and 130 other publications.
degree in political science in 1969. He remained at UC Berkeley to earn a MPH degree in medical administration in 1970. He then matriculated into New York Medical College
in Manhattan
, from which he graduated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha
National Honor Medical Society in 1974. He trained in dermatology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and at Roswell Park Cancer Institute
– State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He later completed a fellowship in dermatopathology.
and the University of California
at San Francisco to the New Jersey Medical School
(UMDNJ), where in 1983 he became the first permanent head of dermatology, establishing a dermatology residency program in 1984. He is Professor and Head, Dermatology
, Professor of Medicine
, Professor of Pediatrics
, Professor of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Preventive Medicine
and Community Health
at the New Jersey Medical School
. He has been involved in many campus activities at the New Jersey Medical School, serving in a number of capacities, including faculty president twice, chairman of the medical school committee on appointments and promotions twice, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society chapter president four times, and twice as secretary of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society chapter, which he currently heads as chapter councilor. He received the Faculty of the Year Award at New Jersey Medical School in 2002 and has been chosen as Top Doc multiple times. Schwartz is board certified in Dermatology and in Diagnostic and Laboratory Immunology. He has also written or edited 10 monographs, and is the author of over 250 book chapters, 450 articles, and 130 other publications. Many of these are in the area of dermatologic oncology, where he has had a special interest in epidermal tumors and Kaposi’s sarcoma since 1978.
and Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica. Contributing Editor of Dermatologic Surgery, and Consulting Editor of the Journal of Surgical Oncology. He serves as a managing editor of eMedicine
Dermatology and eMedicine
Pediatrics. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, Acta Dermatovenerologica (Ljubljana), American Family Physician
, Cesko-Slovenská Dermatologie, Dermatologia Estetyczna, Dermatologia Kliniczna (Wroclaw), Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia, International Journal of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Mikologia Lekarska (Wroclaw), Postepy Dermatologii (Poznan), Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology, and the Ukrainian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology.
, as a featured speaker at the 25th Jubilee Congress of the Polish Dermatologic Association in Lódz, Poland (1995), at the 5th Annual Congress of the Caribbean Dermatologic Society in Bridgetown, Barbados (1996), at the 50th Congress of the Japanese Dermatologic Society in Nagoya (1999), at the 41st Italian National Dermatology Congress in Capri, Italy (2003) and at the 9th International Congress of Dermatology in Beijing, China (2004), and the 5th Symposium of the Korean Dermatopathology Society at Korea Univ. Seoul (2005). He will be a featured speaker in June 2006 at the 33rd Annual Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructural Research meeting in Warsaw, Poland and at the combined Czech and Slovak National Dermatology Congress in Bratislava. He is outgoing President of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine
. He is a recipient of the Memorial Medal of the Warsaw Dermatologic Society (Poland
), 2001, the University Medal awarded by the University President (Rector) of the Medical University of Wroclaw (Breslau), 2001, and the Hieronymus Fracastorus Medal of the Italian Dermatologic Society, 2003. In 2007 he was a plenary
speaker at the Congress of the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry. He received the Gold Academia Medica Wratislaviensis Polonia Medal, from University Rector
Magnificus of the Medical University of Wroclaw. In 2008 he served as plenary
speaker at the 8th Iranian Congress of Dermatology, 8th National Congress Bulgarian Dermatologic Society, and 27th Congress of Colombian Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
Channel Five, RAI
and Telewizja Polska
, TVN (Poland)
as well as on local news stations.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and the discoverer of the Schwartz-Burgess Syndrome. He is a professor and the Head of the Department of Dermatology at New Jersey Medical School
New Jersey Medical School
New Jersey Medical School is one of eight schools that comprise the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . NJMS is the oldest school of medicine in New Jersey, predating its broader parent institution, UMDNJ, by 16 years...
. He has published more than 50 full articles on Kaposi’s Sarcoma since 1978, including one of the three first reports of KS-AIDS in 1981 and has first described many Kaposi's sarcoma morphologic variants. In 1978 he the discovered of florid cutaneous papillomatosis
Florid cutaneous papillomatosis
Florid cutaneous papillomatosis is the sudden onset of numerous cutaneous papillomas that are indistinguishable from viral warts, and associated with underlying malignancy.- History :...
. In 1981 he discovered and described Acral acanthosis nigricans
Acral acanthosis nigricans
Acral Acanthosis Nigricans also known as Acral Acanthotic Anomaly - Acral acanthosis nigricans is a common and thus important variant of Acanthosis nigricans. Classical acanthosis nigricans is characterized by hyperpigmented, velvety thickening of the skin typically on the nape and sides of the...
. The 2nd edition of his book, Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management
Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management
The book Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management by Robert A. Schwartz MD is a definitive clinical reference covering a wide variety of skin and accessibly mucosal disorders premalignant and malignant cutaneous disorders, including melanoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and other sarcomas, cutaneous lymphoma,...
, has been published by Blackwell Publishing
Blackwell Publishing
Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing, after Wiley took over Blackwell Publishing in...
. He has also written or edited 10 monographs, and is the author of over 250 book chapters, 450 articles, and 130 other publications.
Education
Schwartz spent his four undergraduate years at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with a BABachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in political science in 1969. He remained at UC Berkeley to earn a MPH degree in medical administration in 1970. He then matriculated into New York Medical College
New York Medical College
New York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, a suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, from which he graduated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha
Alpha Omega Alpha
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, commonly called Alpha Omega Alpha and abbreviated ΑΩΑ or AOA, is a national honor society for medical students, residents, scientists and physicians in the United States and Canada.-History:...
National Honor Medical Society in 1974. He trained in dermatology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and at Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
The Roswell Park Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, it was the first dedicated medical facility for cancer treatment and research in the United States. The facility is involved in drug...
– State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He later completed a fellowship in dermatopathology.
Academic career
He advanced in academia, from the University of ArizonaUniversity of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
and the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
at San Francisco to the New Jersey Medical School
New Jersey Medical School
New Jersey Medical School is one of eight schools that comprise the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . NJMS is the oldest school of medicine in New Jersey, predating its broader parent institution, UMDNJ, by 16 years...
(UMDNJ), where in 1983 he became the first permanent head of dermatology, establishing a dermatology residency program in 1984. He is Professor and Head, Dermatology
Dermatology
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails....
, Professor of Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
, Professor of Pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Preventive Medicine
Preventive medicine
Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...
and Community Health
Community health
Community health, a field of public health, is a discipline that concerns itself with the study and betterment of the health characteristics of biological communities. While the term community can be broadly defined, community health tends to focus on geographic areas rather than people with shared...
at the New Jersey Medical School
New Jersey Medical School
New Jersey Medical School is one of eight schools that comprise the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . NJMS is the oldest school of medicine in New Jersey, predating its broader parent institution, UMDNJ, by 16 years...
. He has been involved in many campus activities at the New Jersey Medical School, serving in a number of capacities, including faculty president twice, chairman of the medical school committee on appointments and promotions twice, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society chapter president four times, and twice as secretary of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society chapter, which he currently heads as chapter councilor. He received the Faculty of the Year Award at New Jersey Medical School in 2002 and has been chosen as Top Doc multiple times. Schwartz is board certified in Dermatology and in Diagnostic and Laboratory Immunology. He has also written or edited 10 monographs, and is the author of over 250 book chapters, 450 articles, and 130 other publications. Many of these are in the area of dermatologic oncology, where he has had a special interest in epidermal tumors and Kaposi’s sarcoma since 1978.
Editorial activity
Schwartz was an Associate Editor of Dermatology (Basel) and currently is assistant editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and an Associate Editor of both CutisCutis
Cutis may refer to several unrelated biological structures:* Cutis , the outermost layers of skin* Cutis , a type of pileipellis with a repent arrangement of hyphaeand to:* Cutiş, a village in Almaşu Commune, Sălaj County, Romania...
and Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica. Contributing Editor of Dermatologic Surgery, and Consulting Editor of the Journal of Surgical Oncology. He serves as a managing editor of eMedicine
EMedicine
eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely, two medical doctors. The website is searchable by keyword and consists of approximately 6,800 articles, each of which is associated with one of 62 clinical subspecialty textbooks...
Dermatology and eMedicine
EMedicine
eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely, two medical doctors. The website is searchable by keyword and consists of approximately 6,800 articles, each of which is associated with one of 62 clinical subspecialty textbooks...
Pediatrics. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, Acta Dermatovenerologica (Ljubljana), American Family Physician
American Family Physician
American Family Physician is a semimonthly, peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. AFP’s chief objective is to provide high-quality continuing medical education for more than 190,000 family physicians and other primary care clinicians...
, Cesko-Slovenská Dermatologie, Dermatologia Estetyczna, Dermatologia Kliniczna (Wroclaw), Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia, International Journal of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Mikologia Lekarska (Wroclaw), Postepy Dermatologii (Poznan), Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology, and the Ukrainian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology.
Honors and awards
He has been elected an honorary member of the Italian, Polish, Latvian, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Yugoslavian, Korean, Iranian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Lithuanian national Dermatologic Societies, and is scheduled to receive honorary memberships in the Czech and Slovak national societies in June 2006. He has lectured widely, including eighteen consecutive years on the faculty of the annual meetings of the American Academy of DermatologyAmerican Academy of Dermatology
The American Academy of Dermatology is the largest organization of dermatologists in the world. It was founded in 1938 and represents 17,000 dermatologists in the United States, Canada, and around the world. The Academy grants Fellowships and Associate Memberships, as well as Fellowships for...
, as a featured speaker at the 25th Jubilee Congress of the Polish Dermatologic Association in Lódz, Poland (1995), at the 5th Annual Congress of the Caribbean Dermatologic Society in Bridgetown, Barbados (1996), at the 50th Congress of the Japanese Dermatologic Society in Nagoya (1999), at the 41st Italian National Dermatology Congress in Capri, Italy (2003) and at the 9th International Congress of Dermatology in Beijing, China (2004), and the 5th Symposium of the Korean Dermatopathology Society at Korea Univ. Seoul (2005). He will be a featured speaker in June 2006 at the 33rd Annual Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructural Research meeting in Warsaw, Poland and at the combined Czech and Slovak National Dermatology Congress in Bratislava. He is outgoing President of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine
New York Academy of Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine was founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York City metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform...
. He is a recipient of the Memorial Medal of the Warsaw Dermatologic Society (Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
), 2001, the University Medal awarded by the University President (Rector) of the Medical University of Wroclaw (Breslau), 2001, and the Hieronymus Fracastorus Medal of the Italian Dermatologic Society, 2003. In 2007 he was a plenary
Plenary
Plenary is an adjective related to the noun plenum carrying a general connotation of fullness.Plenary may refer to:*Plenary session or meeting, the part of a conference when all members of all parties are in attendance,...
speaker at the Congress of the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry. He received the Gold Academia Medica Wratislaviensis Polonia Medal, from University Rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
Magnificus of the Medical University of Wroclaw. In 2008 he served as plenary
Plenary
Plenary is an adjective related to the noun plenum carrying a general connotation of fullness.Plenary may refer to:*Plenary session or meeting, the part of a conference when all members of all parties are in attendance,...
speaker at the 8th Iranian Congress of Dermatology, 8th National Congress Bulgarian Dermatologic Society, and 27th Congress of Colombian Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
Media appearances
He was most recently interviewed international on the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Channel Five, RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
and Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation...
, TVN (Poland)
TVN (Poland)
TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert. The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A...
as well as on local news stations.