Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, FACS

ETOS President-elect

Proffesional Experience

David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Vice-Chairman, Clinical Research

Director, Anterior Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery

Co-Director Surgical Neuro-oncology

Director, Epilepsy Surgery and Research Laboratory

Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, FACS

Professional Biography

Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of NewYork at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz spent a year at Yale-New Haven Medical Center receiving advanced fellowship training. Dr. Schwartz specializes in the surgical treatment of brain tumors, pituitary tumors, and epilepsy using the latest techniques in computer-guided surgical navigation, minimally invasive endoscopy, and microsurgery. Dr. Schwartz was recently named David and Ursel Barnes Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery, the first endowed professorship in the department.

Dr. Schwartz has provided commentary for numerous television shows on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Larry King, in addition to national radio shows. His expertise has been sought through interviews, quoted and published, in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and Crain's New York Business; he is asked to lecture throughout the country and world. Dr. Schwartz has published many scholarly articles for the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Epilepsia, Clinical Neurosurgery the Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Nature Medicine, NeuroImage and the Journal of Neuroscience.

Dr. Schwartz has been named one of New York's Super Doctors, Best Doctors in New York Magazine, America's Top Surgeons, America's Best Doctors and America's Best Doctors for Cancer. He is the co-author of two books on endoscopic skull base surgery and endoscopic pituitary surgery.

Honors and awards

Junior Investigator Award, American Epilepsy Society [19](1997)

Young Clinical Investigators Award, NREF, AANS [20] (2001-2002)

The Dana Foundation Program in Clinical Imaging Award [21](2002-2005)

George Ehni Lectureship, Visiting Professor, Baylor School of Medicine [22](2008)

The New York Times New York SuperDoctors [23] (2008-2013)

New York Magazine Top Doctors, New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly [24] (2008–13)

U.S. News & World Report [25] (2008-2013)

America's Top Surgeons (2009-2013)

Best Doctors in America (2009-2013)

Pituitary Network Association's Gentle Giant Award [26](2013)

A way to improve skull base surgery through the advanced application of endoscopic techniques.

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