Biographical Sketches

Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz completed advanced fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy. Dr. Schwartz specializes in image-guided minimally invasive surgical techniques such as stereotaxis, endoscopy, intraoperative MRI and intraoperative brain mapping. He has received numerous awards and fellowships including the prestigious van Wagenen Fellowship, awarded by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the von Humboldt Fellowship, awarded by the German Government.

Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Director of Brain Tumor, Epilepsy and Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery. He also has appointments in Neurology, Neuroscience and Otolaryngology. He is the director of a research laboratory investigating novel techniques for imaging and treating epilepsy, which is funded by several private organizations as well as the National Institutes of Health, where he also serves on several grant review committees. His work has been published in numerous peer reviewed basic science and clinical journals, including a recent textbook entitled "Practical Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery".