Jeremy I Schwartz MD

Instructor in Medicine (General Medicine); Assistant Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program

Biographical Info

Dr. Schwartz completed residency training in the Yale Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program and currently practices in both fields. As Assistant Firm Chief of the Primary Care Internal Medicine Program, his primary clinical and teaching responsibilities are on the inpatient wards at Waterbury Hospital. His outpatient practice is located in the Med/Peds Clinic affiliated with St. Mary's Hospital. Dr. Schwartz's also provides direct patient care and teaching on the Internal Medicine service at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda where he has been working in various capacities since 2004. He is Medical Director of the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN), a large cohort study of non-communicable disease. He has a specific interest in dietary salt intake and cardiovascular disease. He serves as Representative to the Americas on the Global Steering Committee of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network. Dr. Schwartz has been directing the Yale Tropical Medicine Course since 2010.

International Activity

• Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN)
  (2012)
  Medical Director
• Medical Education
  Kampala, Uganda (2010)
  

Education & Training

B.S.

Cornell University (2000)

M.D.

Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)

Resident

Yale-New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (2006 - 2010)

Global Health Chief Resident

Yale Primary Care Residency Program, Internal Medicine (2010 - 2011)