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    Jeremy I. Schwartz, MD

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    Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)
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    Additional Titles

    Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine

    Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

    Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases

    Contact Info

    jeremy.schwartz@yale.edu

    General Internal Medicine

    1450 Chapel Street

    New Haven, CT 06511

    United States

    About

    Titles

    Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)

    Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine; Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

    Positions outside Yale

    Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases

    Biography

    Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) at Yale School of Public Health. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Schwartz is a Firm Chief on the general medicine inpatient teaching service at Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus, overseeing patient care and teaching activities on Verdi 5 North. He places an emphasis on patient quality and safety and the patient experience and engages in research in those realms. He directs a large quality improvement project aiming to improve patient care, patient-centered communication, and inter-professional engagement in the inpatient setting.

    Globally, his focus centers around non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He is an active member of the global NCD advocacy movement. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network and is a member of the East African NCD Alliance post-2015 Implementation Initiative. His research focuses on improving integrated health service delivery for NCDs in Uganda. He is a co-founder, and the US-based co-Director, of the Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD). This multi-sectoral collaboration brings together leaders from the Ugandan Ministry of Health, academia (Yale School of Medicine and Makerere University College of Health Sciences), civil society organizations, and the health system to address the often fragmented nature of NCD service delivery and training.

    Dr. Schwartz is Medical Director of the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN), a large cohort study of non-communicable diseases (PI: Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith), based at the Yale Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC). Dr. Schwartz has been directing "Topics in Global Medicine" (formerly the Tropical Medicine Course) since 2010. This interdisciplinary elective course for health professions students at Yale presents a wide range of globally relevant health issues in an interactive format.

    Appointments

    Other Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    Global Health Chief Resident
    Yale Primary Care Residency Program (2011)
    Resident
    Yale-New Haven Hospital (2010)
    MD
    Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)
    BS
    Cornell University (2000)

    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Africa, Eastern; Chronic Disease; Global Health; Interdisciplinary Communication; Quality Improvement; Quality of Health Care; Uganda

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Jeremy I. Schwartz's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      Yale Medicine Winner

      Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience Conference
    • honor

      Speaker of the Year

      Other AwardSUNY Downstate Medical Center Global Health Elective
    • activity

      Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)

      Research
    • activity

      Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN)

      Research
    • honor

      Doran J. Stevens Prize

      Other AwardUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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    General Internal Medicine

    1450 Chapel Street

    New Haven, CT 06511

    United States