TheodoreSchwartzMD

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Epilepsy Surgery, Pituitary Surgery

Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

Overview of Dr. Schwartz

Dr. Theodore Schwartz is a neurosurgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 24 years. He is one of 132 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 132 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in Neurosurgery. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
525 E 68th St
# 99
New York, NY 10065
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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Neurological Surgery, 1994 - 1999
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Internship, Transitional Year, 1993 - 1994
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - Present
NY State Medical License 2000 - 2026
CT State Medical License 1999 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2000 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2010, 2012, 2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2010-2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Intrinsic Optical Imaging Study to Map Neocortical Seizure in Human Epilepsy Patients Start of enrollment: 2002 May 01
Recruiting
Oral Tarceva Study for Recurrent/Residual Glioblastoma Multiforme and Anaplastic Astrocytoma Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Super-Selective Intraarterial Intracranial Infusion of Avastin (Bevacizumab) Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1
Intra-operative Use of Indigo Carmine Dye for the Delineation of Ill Defined Tumor Borders Using Stereotactic Injection Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
An Open-label, Multi-center, Expanded Treatment Protocol of Pasireotide LAR in Patients With Acromegaly
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Required Reading: The Most Impactful Articles in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery.
Michael Zhang, Harminder Singh, Gustavo J. Almodovar-Mercado, Vijay K. Anand, Theodore H. Schwartz
World Neurosurgery. 2016-08-01
11 citations
Optical triggered seizures using a caged 4-Aminopyridine.
Mingrui Zhao, Laura M. McGarry, Hongtao Ma, Samuel Harris, Jason Berwick
Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2015-02-04
77 citations
Vagus nerve stimulation vs. corpus callosotomy in the treatment of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: A meta-analysis
Guido Lancman, Michael S Virk, Huibo Shao, Madhu Mazumdar, Jeffrey P. Greenfield
Seizure. 2013-01-01

Journal Articles

Anterior Communicating Artery Division in the Endoscopic Endonasal Translamina Terminalis Approach to the Third Ventricle: An Anatomical Feasibility Study
Theodore H Schwartz, Vijay K Anand, Acta Neurochirurgica
In Vivo Femtosecond Laser Subsurface Cortical Microtransections Attenuate Acute Rat Focal Seizures
Theodore H Schwartz, Ryan E Radwanski, Seth Lieberman, Cerebral Cortex
Prognostic Implications of Gadolinium Enhancement of Skull Base Chordomas
Theodore Schwartz, MD, American Journal of Neuroradiology
Surgical Technique and Clinically Relevant Resection Cavity Dynamics Following Implantation of Cesium-131 Brachytherapy in Patients with Brain Metastases
John A Boockvar, Stefanie P Lazow, Theodore H Schwartz, Susan Pannullo, A Gabriella Wernicke, Philip E Stieg, Operative Neurosurgery
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Books/Book Chapters

Neurovascular Coupling Methods
VariousEditors: Schwartz, Theodore H, Ma, Hongtao,.Springer2014

Authored Content

Why an AI Will Never Replace a Brain SurgeonOctober 2024

Press Mentions

Chasing LifeOctober 8th, 2024
Why an AI Will Never Replace a Brain SurgeonOctober 7th, 2024
Interventions for Treatment-Resistant Depression, and Advances in Brain SurgerySeptember 23rd, 2024
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