Jeremy I. Schwartz, MD
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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.
Education & Training
- Global Health Chief ResidentYale Primary Care Residency Program (2011)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2010)
- MDUniv of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)
- BSCornell University (2000)
Activities
- Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)Uganda 2013US-based Co-Director. The mission of UINCD is to build capacity in the realms of prevention, care, training, and research to enable the provision of effective and integrated care along the NCD management spectrum.
- Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN)Barbados; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago; U.S. Virgin Islands 2012Medical Director
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Yale Medicine Winner | Yale Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience Conference | 2018 |
Speaker of the Year | SUNY Downstate Medical Center Global Health Elective | 2014 |
Doran J. Stevens Prize | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | 2006 |
Gold Humanism Honor Society | 2006 | |
Alpha Omega Alpha | 2005 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Clinical Redesign/Patient Experience "Goals of the Day" Project, Yale New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2019 |
World Health Summit 2020 Regional Meeting | Scientific Committee | 2019 - Present |
Research Committee, Consortium of Universities for Global Health | 3-year term | 2019 - Present |
Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines and Products Technical Working Group, PATH | Member | 2019 - Present |
Uganda National Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries of Poverty Commission, Partners in Health and Lancet Commission | Committee Member | 2019 - Present |
Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) | Reviewer | 2018 |
NIH/Fogarty International Center | Grant reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, Global Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury Across the Lifespan: Exploratory Research (R21) | 2018 |
Society for General Internal Medicine Northeast Regional Conference | Abstract Grader | 2018 |
PLOS One | Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
NIH/Fogarty International Center | Grant reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, Global Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury Across the Lifespan: Exploratory Research (R21) | 2017 |
NIH/Fogarty International Center | Grant reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel: Planning for Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training Programs in Low and Middle-Income Countries (D71) | 2017 |
Society for General Internal Medicine National Conference | Abstract Grader | 2017 - Present |
World Health Organization | Handbook of Non-Communicable Disease Supply Management at First-Level Health Care Facilities | 2017 - Present |
African Health Sciences | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
International Health | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
Pediatrics | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
BMJ Open | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
MD-MHS Thesis Committee for Rejoice Ngongoni (YSM '18) | Chair | 2016 - 2018 |
NIH/National Cancer Institute | Grant reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel: Planning for Regional Centers of Research Excellence (RCRE) in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Low and Middle-Income Countries (P20) Exploratory Grants Initiative | 2016 |
Society for General Internal Medicine Northeast Regional Conference | Abstract Grader | 2016 |
Consortium of Universities for Global Health National Conference | Abstract Grader | 2016 - Present |
Global Health Action | Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
Globalization and Health | Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
Executive Committee for the Department of Medicine at St. Raphael Campus, Yale New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2015 - 2017 |
Wellcome Trust | Grant reviewer | 2015 |
MAP (Medical Staff Members, Advanced Practice Providers, Nursing Patient Service Managers), Yale New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2015 - Present |
BMC Infectious Diseases | Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
BMC Public Health | Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
Bulletin of the World Health Organization | Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
Advisory Council, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network | Member | 2014 - 2017 |
Planning Committee, East African Non-Communicable Disease Alliance Post-2015 Implementation Initiative | Member | 2014 - 2016 |
University of Washington Center for AIDS Research | Grant reviewer | 2014 |
Dyad inpatient unit leadership partner, Verdi 5 North, Yale New Haven Hospital | Member | 2014 - Present |
Firm Chief Committee, Department of Internal Medicine | Committee Member | 2014 - Present |
Health Affairs | Reviewer | 2014 - Present |
Society for General Internal Medicine Northeast Regional Conference | Abstract Grader | 2013 |
Culture of Safety Committee, Waterbury Hospital | Physician Lead | 2012 - 2014 |
Hospital Throughput Committee, Waterbury Hospital | Member | 2012 - 2014 |
Edgerton Park Conservancy Board | Member | 2011 - 2013 |
Global Health Programs Committee, Department of Internal Medicine | Committee Member | 2010 - Present |
Internship Selection Committee, Yale Primary Care Program, Department of Internal Medicine | Committee Member | 2010 - Present |