Schwartz is board-certified in general and vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery, a diplomate of the American Board of Venous & Lymphatic Medicine, and a member of the American College of Phlebology, and the American Venous Forum, as well as a registered physician in vascular interpretation.

He also served as an assistant clinical professor in surgery during his fellowship.ĭr. Schwartz completed his vascular surgery fellowship, working alongside international leaders in venous disease. Schwartz completed a general surgery residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, receiving “Outstanding Chief Resident” recognition upon graduation. He earned the Alpha Omega Alpha designation, awarded to only the top tier of medical school graduates.ĭr. Schwartz earned his undergraduate degree with honors at The University of Florida in Gainesville, and his medical degree at The University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa.

Schwartz has more than two decades of clinical experience in vascular surgery and venous disorder treatment.ĭr. The procedures are all outpatient, take place in-office, and never require a hospital stay.Dr. Schwartz also treats varicose and spider veins with endovenous radiofrequency ablation, sclerotherapy, and ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy. Schwartz offers the latest minimally-invasive vein treatments using state-of-the-art equipment like endovenous radiofrequency ablation, endovenous laser ablation and the VeinGogh™ ohmic thermolysis system for spider veins on the legs and in delicate areas of the face.ĭr. Schwartz’s leadership, there has been a major increase in the breadth of cardiology clinical and research activities, resulting in the Division of Cardiology’s attaining international prominence and emerging as one of the leading cardiology training centers in the United States.Mark Schwartz, MD, FACS, RPVI, is widely known as the “Long Island Vein Doctor” and is a Health Tap “Top Doc.” At North Shore Vein Center, a nationally-recognized center for excellence in New Hyde Park, New York, Dr. Schwartz has been the driving force behind the development of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center Cardiovascular Service Line and the development of the new Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center. Schwartz has also played an important administrative role within the Department of Medicine, serving as Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine.ĭr.

He has progressively assumed various leadership and administrative roles serving as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Associate Director of the Division of Cardiology and the Seymour Milstein and Harold Ames Hatch Professor of Clinical Medicine. Schwartz has been vigorously involved in patient care, education of medical students, medical housestaff and cardiology fellows, as well as clinical research with a current focus on valvular heart disease. Schwartz returned to the College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1978 as an academic clinical cardiologist.ĭr. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Presbyterian Hospital and he received a fellowship in clinical and research cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received an MA in physics in 1968 from Harvard University and an MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1974, where he was awarded the Robert Loeb and Janeway Prizes. He graduated magna cum laude in physics and mathematics from the City College of New York in 1967. Allan Schwartz, MD is a Cardiologist, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Vice Chair, Department of Medicine and Seymour Milstein and Harold Ames Hatch Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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