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Dr. Karl Quentin Schwarz, MD

Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
42 years of experience
Strong Memorial Hospital 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642

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Brief Intro

Dr. Schwarz is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center where he has been the director of the Echocardiography Laboratory since 1992. Dr. Schwarz received his undergraduate degree in 1979 at Bowdoin College in Physics. Dr. Schwarz studied medicine at the University of Rochester, where he completed medical school, residency and cardiology fellowship. During his training years, he developed an interest in studying ways of improving the quality and efficiency of treating cardiovascular disease. Dr. Schwarz then joined the faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he is now Professor of Medicine. Dr. Schwarz also holds a position as a Research Professor in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. At Bowdoin College, Dr. Schwarz completed his research thesis in superconducting magnetometry. During his college years at Bowdoin College, Dr. Schwarz was fortu-nate enough to work for a time at Argonne National Laboratory, where he completed a research thesis on the electromechanical properties of Nitinol; a then novel memory metal made from an alloy of nickel and titanium. Dr. Schwarz believes that the most effective way to improve medical care is through continuous medical education and continuous monitoring of medical outcomes. These two principles lead to the development of the Pronto cardiovascular system, a robust electronic medical record system that assists healthcare providers in the data collection process by pulling codified data directly from medical devices and then automatically creating robust text reports using a dynamic phrase generator. Dr. Schwarz is also known for his basic research into the behavior of small gas bubbles in a sound field. This work supports some of the principles that are now considered fundamental to the field of contrast echocardiography. More recently, Dr. Schwarz has been studying ways to better utilize and evaluate left ventricular assist devices (VADs), prosthetic heart valves, echo contrast agents, and cardiac transplantation. Some of this work is performed in conjunction with professors at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where Dr. Schwarz holds a position as a Research Professor in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. His newest project is an on-line school for ultrasound education with the intended audience being sonographers. Dr. Schwarz has been the Director of the Echocardiography Lab at the University of Rochester Medical Center since 1992. The Echocardiography Lab is staffed by 14 so-nographers and 7 nurses, and they perform over 14,000 procedures a year at the Medi-cal Center and throughout the western upstate NY region using a mobile echocardio-graphy service. Dr. Schwarz has performed and interpreted over 72,000 echocardio-grams, including 10,000 transesophageal studies. He currently attends on about a quarter of all echocardiograms performed at the University of Rochester. Dr. Schwarz is responsible for training 15 cardiovascular fellows a year in echocardiography.

Education Background

RESIDENCY

Strong Memorial Hospital

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University Of Rochester School Of Medicine & Dentistry - 1983

Languages Spoken

Spanish
English

Location & Hours

Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642

Specialties Treated

Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine

Conditions Addressed

Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Ischemic Heart Disease
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Cardiomyopathy
Hypertension (HTN)
Aortic Valvular Disease
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
Heart Failure
Aortic Regurgitation

Procedures Performed

Cardioversion
Cardiac Stress Test

Insurance Accepted

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Cigna
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
Meritain Health
Humana

Cancer 43
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 31
Orthopedics 75
Neurology & Neurosurgery 60
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 75
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 91
Diabetes & Endocrinology 44
Children's Hospital 22
Urology 87
Psychiatry 103
Geriatrics 82
Rehabilitation 38
Obsterics & Gynecology 17
Ophthalmology 4
Ear, Nose & Throat 11
Rheumatology 2
Long Term Care 3
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 60