Dr. Schwartz
is a nationally recognized specialist in glaucoma and cataracts. He has pioneered the use of laser technology in the treatment of glaucoma. Colleagues selected him as one of only 69 glaucoma specialists nationwide to be included in the original publication “Best Doctors in America.” In addition to his well-recognized clinical practice, Dr. Schwartz has given more than 150 lectures and has more than 100 published articles dealing with glaucoma, and has authored 8 book chapters. He directs the Glaucoma Service at the Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center facility. He has served as a principal investigator for the Normal-Tension Glaucoma Study and for two National Institutes of Health sponsored collaborative studies; the Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study and the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study. Dr. Schwartz has particular expertise and enjoys treating patients with coexisting cataracts and glaucoma, as well as patients suspicious for glaucoma.
Specialties
Laser surgery for glaucoma both open-angle and narrow-angle
Management of coexisting cataracts and glaucoma
Evaluation of patients suspicious for glaucoma
Decision making in the appropriateness of cataract surgery
Microsurgical trabeculectomy
Normal tension glaucoma
Education
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL.
National Institutes of Health
Special Fellowship in Glaucoma
Mount Sinai Medical School, New York City, NY.
Ophthalmology Residency, Chief Resident
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY
M.D.
Columbia College, New York City, NY
B.A.
Academic Appointments and Affiliations
Georgetown University Medical Center,
Clinical Professor
Washington Hospital Center, Glaucoma Review Board,
Chairman
Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center, Glaucoma Service,
Director
American Academy of Ophthalmology,
Fellow
American Glaucoma Society,
Charter Member
American Glaucoma Society Foundation Board,
Secretary
Washington Academy of Ophthalmology,
President
Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology
Honors and Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha
Honors Award American Academy of Ophthalmology
Prevention of Blindness Society Professional Service Award
Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctors
“Best Doctors in America”
Golden Apple Teaching Award
