Brian Schwartz, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Brian Schwartz is a physician specializing in the treatment of infectious diseases, specifically the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infections in immunocompromised patients. He serves as the Associate Chair of Education for the Department of Medicine. He previously served as the Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship at UCSF and the Course Director for the Pathogens and Host Defense block in the School of Medicine. He was the inaugural Chair of the Medical Education Community of Practice for the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Chair of the Microbiology/Immunology Item Writing Committee for the National Board of Medical Examiners. Between 2014-2019 he held the Gold-Headed Cane Endowed Teaching Chair for Internal Medicine. He also serves as a contributing editor to the Sanford Guide of Antimicrobial Therapy.

Education
2018 - Mentor Training Program, UCSF
2017 - DEI Champion Training, UCSF
Leadership Education and Development Certificate, 2016 - Educational Leadership, AAMC
Teaching Scholars Program, 2015 - Medical Education, UCSF
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, 2008 - , UCSF
Internal Medicine Residency, 2004 - , Massachusetts General Hospital
M.D., 2001 - , Rush Medical College
Honors and Awards
  • Society Citation Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019
  • Henry J Kaiser Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, UCSF, 2019
  • UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education, UCSF, 2017
  • Service Award, The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at UCSF, UCSF, 2015
  • Gold-Headed Cane Endowed Teaching Chair in Internal Medicine, UCSF, 2014-2019
  • Essential Core Teaching Award for Commitment to Medical Student Teaching, UCSF, 2013
  • Member, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2012
Websites
Publications

  1. Wagner JA, Yakubu R, Whelan AM, Hays SR, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Schwartz BS, Limaye AP. Probable reactivation from latency of multi-drug resistant cytomegalovirus in a lung transplant recipient: a case report. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2025. PMID: 40850594


  2. Floege J, Lafayette R, Barratt J, Schwartz B, Manser PT, Patel UD, Shah M, Kivman L, Faulhaber N, Kräft T, Thakur A, Härtle S, Barbour SJ. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2a study assessing the efficacy and safety of felzartamab for IgA nephropathy. Kidney international 2025. PMID: 40581166


  3. Moltu C, van Sonsbeek M, Bovendeerd B, de Jong K, Barkham M, Sales C, McAleavey A, Mellor-Clark J, Schwartz B, Nordberg SS, Jacob J, Lutz W, Kaldo V, Janse P, Brattland H, Compare A, Douglas S. How can measurement-based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) 2025. PMID: 40371782


  4. Minter DJ, Frank AK, Pierce L, Schwartz B, Narayana S. Response to: 'A confidentiality conundrum: Case tracking for medical education'. Medical teacher 2025. PMID: 39797639


  5. Minter DJ, Frank AK, Pierce L, Schwartz B, Narayana S. Response to: 'Is the practice of case-tracking a substitute for traditional feedback?' Medical teacher 2025. PMID: 39797629


  6. Gonçalves MM, Lutz W, Schwartz B, Oliveira JT, Saarni SE, Tishby O, Rubel JA, Boehnke JR, Montesano A, Paiva D, Ceridono D, Zech E, Willemsen J, Saarni SI, Kompan Erzar K, Janeiro L, Gelo OCG, Errázuriz P, Holas P, Styla R, Rožic T, Rosenström T, Békés V, Unoka Z, Barkham M. Developing a European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC): Towards Adopting a Single-Item Self-Report Outcome Measure Across European Countries. Clinical psychology in Europe 2024. PMID: 39678318


  7. Minter DJ, Frank AK, Pierce L, Schwartz BS, Narayana S. Learning from our patients: An exploratory study to inform the development of a case tracking dashboard for internal medicine subspecialty fellows. Medical teacher 2024. PMID: 39222022


  8. Deisenhofer AK, Hehlmann MI, Rubel JA, Lutz W, Schwartz B, Bräscher AK, Christiansen H, Fehm L, Glombiewski JA, Heider J, Helbig-Lang S, Hermann A, Hoyer J, In-Albon T, Lincoln T, Margraf J, Risch AK, Schöttke H, Schulze L, Stark R, Teismann T, Velten J, Willutzki U, Wilz G, Witthöft M, Odyniec P. Love yourself as a therapist, doubt yourself as an institution? Therapist and institution effects on outcome, treatment length, and dropout. Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research 2024. PMID: 38831579


  9. Patel EJ, Ahmad M, Schwartz BS, van Zante A, Kersten R, Loftus P. Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in an Immunocompetent Patient After Sinus Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps and a Mycetoma. The Laryngoscope 2024. PMID: 38651570


  10. Tai YY, Yu Q, Tang Y, Sun W, Kelly NJ, Okawa S, Zhao J, Schwantes-An TH, Lacoux C, Torrino S, Al Aaraj Y, El Khoury W, Negi V, Liu M, Corey CG, Belmonte F, Vargas SO, Schwartz B, Bhat B, Chau BN, Karnes JH, Satoh T, Barndt RJ, Wu H, Parikh VN, Wang J, Zhang Y, McNamara D, Li G, Speyer G, Wang B, Shiva S, Kaufman B, Kim S, Gomez D, Mari B, Cho MH, Boueiz A, Pauciulo MW, Southgate L, Trembath RC, Sitbon O, Humbert M, Graf S, Morrell NW, Rhodes CJ, Wilkins MR, Nouraie M, Nichols WC, Desai AA, Bertero T, Chan SY. Allele-specific control of rodent and human lncRNA KMT2E-AS1 promotes hypoxic endothelial pathology in pulmonary hypertension. Science translational medicine 2024. PMID: 38198571


  11. Deisenhofer AK, Barkham M, Beierl ET, Schwartz B, Aafjes-van Doorn K, Beevers CG, Berwian IM, Blackwell SE, Bockting CL, Brakemeier EL, Brown G, Buckman JEJ, Castonguay LG, Cusack CE, Dalgleish T, de Jong K, Delgadillo J, DeRubeis RJ, Driessen E, Ehrenreich-May J, Fisher AJ, Fried EI, Fritz J, Furukawa TA, Gillan CM, Gómez Penedo JM, Hitchcock PF, Hofmann SG, Hollon SD, Jacobson NC, Karlin DR, Lee CT, Levinson CA, Lorenzo-Luaces L, McDanal R, Moggia D, Ng MY, Norris LA, Patel V, Piccirillo ML, Pilling S, Rubel JA, Salazar-de-Pablo G, Schleider JL, Schnurr PP, Schueller SM, Siegle GJ, Uher R, Watkins E, Webb CA, Wiltsey Stirman S, Wynants L, Youn SJ, Zilcha-Mano S, Lutz W, Cohen ZD. Implementing precision methods in personalizing psychological therapies: Barriers and possible ways forward. Behaviour research and therapy 2023. PMID: 38086157


  12. Wasson MK, Luther VP, Armstrong WS, Schwartz BS, Shnekendorf R, Logan A, Bennani K, Spicer JO. Skills, Not Just Knowledge: Infectious Diseases (ID) Fellows' Recommendations Regarding Antimicrobial Stewardship Training. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 37310036


  13. Beagle AJ, Sunwoo BY, Olin RL, Schwartz BS, Block BL. It's All in the Timing. The New England journal of medicine 2023. PMID: 37672698


  14. Spottiswoode N, Hao S, Sanchez-Guerrero E, Detweiler AM, Mekonen H, Neff N, Macmillan H, Schwartz BS, Engel J, DeRisi JL, Miller SA, Langelier CR. In host evolution of beta lactam resistance during active treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2023. PMID: 37712060


  15. Jacobson R, Gutierrez RA, Ghatnekar S, Virji AZ, Schwartz BS, Gensler LS, Haemel A, Frangos JE. Tuberculid reactions: A multi-institution cohort study from 2 academic medical centers in the United States. JAAD international 2023. PMID: 37711341


  16. Gutierrez RA, Jacobson R, Ghatnekar S, Virji AZ, Schwartz BS, Gensler LS, Haemel A, Frangos JE. Cutaneous tuberculosis: A multi-institution cohort study from 2 academic medical centers in the United States. JAAD international 2023. PMID: 37700805


  17. Holmgren JG, Morrow A, Coffee AK, Nahod PM, Santora SH, Schwartz B, Stiegmann RA, Zanetti CA. Utilizing digital predictive biomarkers to identify Veteran suicide risk. Frontiers in Digital Health 2022. PMID: 36329831


  18. Andersson C, Schou M, Boden WE, Schwartz B, Joseph J, Fosbøl E, Køber L, Gislason GH, Torp-Pedersen C. Trends in Ischemic Evaluation in New-Onset Heart Failure Without Known Coronary Artery Disease. JACC. Heart failure 2022. PMID: 36328647


  19. Schwartz B, Schou M, Ruberg FL, Rucker D, Choi J, Siddiqi O, Monahan K, Køber L, Gislason G, Torp-Pedersen C, Andersson C. Cardiovascular Morbidity in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: A Danish Nationwide Study. JACC. CardioOncology 2022. PMID: 36213365


  20. Andersson C, Schou M, Schwartz B, Vasan RS, Christiansen MN, D'Souza M, Weeke P, Køber L, Christensen AH, Gislason GH, Torp-Pedersen C. Incidence rates of dilated cardiomyopathy in adult first-degree relatives versus matched controls. International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 2022. PMID: 35663623


  21. Schwartz B, Schou M, Barrillas Lara IM, Monahan K, Helm R, Køber L, Gislason GH, Ramachandran VS, Torp-Pedersen C, Andersson C. Prognostic importance of atrial fibrillation in heart failure according to time elapsed since diagnosis. Heart rhythm O2 2022. PMID: 36097453


  22. Chang A, Schwartz BS, Fernandez A. Response to Letter: Clinician Educator and Clinician Researcher Collaborations. 2022. PMID: 35445351


  23. Santhosh L, Abdoler E, O'Brien BC, Schwartz B. How do internal medicine subspecialty societies support clinician-educator careers? A qualitative exploratory study. 2022. PMID: 35361197


  24. Spicer JO, Armstrong WS, Schwartz BS, Abbo LM, Advani SD, Barsoumian AE, Beeler C, Bennani K, Holubar M, Huang M, Ince D, Justo JA, Lee MSL, Logan A, MacDougall C, Nori P, Ohl C, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, Shnekendorf R, Stack C, Van Schooneveld TC, Willis ZI, Zhou Y, Luther VP. Evaluation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America's Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum for Infectious Diseases Fellows. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021. PMID: 34192322


  25. Huppert LA, Hsu G, Elnachef N, Flint L, Frank JA, Gensler LS, Hsiao EC, Khanna RR, Qasim A, Schwartz BS, Widera E, Zapata C, Babik JM. A single center evaluation of applicant experiences in virtual interviews across eight internal medicine subspecialty fellowship programs. Medical education online 2021. PMID: 34187346


  26. Ostberg NP, Schwartz B, Zafar MA, Elefteriades JA. Reply to Condello and Iacona. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2021. PMID: 34179953


  27. Kozinova M, Joshi S, Ye S, Belinsky MG, Sharipova D, Farma JM, Reddy SS, Litwin S, Devarajan K, Campos AR, Yu Y, Schwartz B, von Mehren M, Rink L. Combined Inhibition of AKT and KIT Restores Expression of Programmed Cell Death 4 (PDCD4) in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Cancers 2021. PMID: 34359600


  28. Budak JZ, Sears DA, Wood BR, Spach DH, Armstrong WS, Dhanireddy S, Teherani A, Schwartz BS. HIV Training Pathways in Residency: A National Survey of Curricula and Outcomes. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020. PMID: 32211781


  29. Chang A, Schwartz BS, Harleman E, Johnson M, Walter LC, Fernandez A. Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: a Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33846943


  30. Huppert LA, Hsiao EC, Cho KC, Marquez C, Chaudhry RI, Frank J, Goglin SE, Hsu G, Kathpalia P, Khanna R, Kompala T, Rao MN, Bower BA, Trafas V, Santhosh L, Schwartz BS, Babik JM. Virtual Interviews at Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: Determining Evidence-Based Best Practices. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 33298691


  31. Abdoler EA, O'Brien BC, Schwartz BS. Following the Script: An Exploratory Study of the Therapeutic Reasoning Underlying Physicians' Choice of Antimicrobial. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32379146


  32. Fung M, Chiu CY, DeVoe C, Doernberg SB, Schwartz BS, Langelier C, Henrich TJ, Yokoe D, Davis J, Hays SR, Chandran S, Kukreja J, Ng D, Prostko J, Taylor R, Reyes K, Bainbridge E, Bond A, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM. Clinical Outcomes and Serologic Response in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with COVID-19: A Case Series from the United States. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020. PMID: 32476258


  33. Blauvelt CA, Chiu C, Donovan AL, Prahl M, Shimotake TK, George RB, Schwartz BS, Farooqi NA, Ali SS, Cassidy A, Gonzalez JM, Gaw SL. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Preterm Pregnant Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Obstetrics and gynecology 2020. PMID: 32384385


  34. Kostaras E, Kaserer T, Lazaro G, Heuss SF, Hussain A, Casado P, Hayes A, Yandim C, Palaskas N, Yu Y, Schwartz B, Raynaud F, Chung YL, Cutillas PR, Vivanco I. A systematic molecular and pharmacologic evaluation of AKT inhibitors reveals new insight into their biological activity. British journal of cancer 2020. PMID: 32439931


  35. Budak JZ, Brickman CE, Abdoler EA, Wallender EK, Mulliken JS, Kerkhoff AD, Lampiris H, Babik JM, Koss CA, Schwartz BS. Response to: Is Burnout Infectious? Understanding Drivers of Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Infectious Diseases Physicians. Open forum infectious diseases 2020. PMID: 32284950


  36. Ratliff WA, Mervis RF, Citron BA, Schwartz B, Rubovitch V, Schreiber S, Pick CG. Effect of mild blast-induced TBI on dendritic architecture of the cortex and hippocampus in the mouse. Scientific Reports 2020. PMID: 32042033


  37. Papanikolaou D, Savio C, Zafar MA, Freudzon L, Wu J, Abdelbaky M, Pelletier KJ, Buntin J, Faggion Vinholo T, Ziganshin BA, Schwartz B, Elefteriades JA. Left Atrial to Femoral Artery Full Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Novel Technique for Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery. The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc 2019. PMID: 32132812


  38. McInnis RP, Lee AJ, Schwartz B, Fazal M, Hohler A. A quality improvement curriculum for the neurology clerkship: A practice-based approach to discharge education. eNeurologicalSci 2019. PMID: 31341991


  39. Chen SF, Deitz J, Batten JN, DeCoste-Lopez J, Adam M, Alspaugh JA, Amieva MR, Becker P, Boslett B, Carline J, Chin-Hong P, Engle DL, Hayward KN, Nevins A, Porwal A, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Smith S, Sow M, Teherani A, Prober CG. A Multi-Institution Collaboration to Define Core Content and Design Flexible Curricular Components for a Foundational Medical School Course: Implications for National Curriculum Reform. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 30801270


  40. Leoni C, Gullo G, Resta N, Fagotti A, Onesimo R, Schwartz B, Kazakin J, Abbadessa G, Crown J, Collins CD, Ranieri C, Scambia G, Zampino G. First evidence of a therapeutic effect of miransertib in a teenager with Proteus syndrome and ovarian carcinoma. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2019. PMID: 31058421


  41. Perez AA, Singer JP, Schwartz BS, Chin-Hong P, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Gao Y, Venado A, Leard LE, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Hays SR. Management and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation in patients with pre-transplant Mycobacterium abscessus infection: A single center experience. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2019. PMID: 30924986


  42. Mazzaferro V, El-Rayes BF, Droz Dit Busset M, Cotsoglou C, Harris WP, Damjanov N, Masi G, Rimassa L, Personeni N, Braiteh F, Zagonel V, Papadopoulos KP, Hall T, Wang Y, Schwartz B, Kazakin J, Bhoori S, de Braud F, Shaib WL. Derazantinib (ARQ 087) in advanced or inoperable FGFR2 gene fusion-positive intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. British journal of cancer 2018. PMID: 30420614


  43. Gerber DE, Beg MS, Fattah F, Frankel AE, Fatunde O, Arriaga Y, Dowell JE, Bisen A, Leff RD, Meek CC, Putnam WC, Kallem RR, Subramaniyan I, Dong Y, Bolluyt J, Sarode V, Luo X, Xie Y, Schwartz B, Boothman DA. Phase 1 study of ARQ 761, a β-lapachone analogue that promotes NQO1-mediated programmed cancer cell necrosis. British journal of cancer 2018. PMID: 30318513


  44. Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Abbo LM, Advani S, Armstrong WS, Barsoumian AE, Beeler CB, Bystritsky R, Cherabuddi K, Cohen S, Hamilton KW, Ince D, Justo JA, Logan A, Lynch JB, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Stack C, Zhou Y. Antimicrobial Stewardship Training for Infectious Diseases Fellows: Program Directors Identify a Curriculum Need. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 29668905


  45. Fung M, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Langelier C, Lo M, Graff L, Tan M, Logan AC, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM. Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Infections on Isavuconazole Prophylaxis and Treatment: What is Happening in the Real-world Setting? Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 29617983


  46. Liu EW, Schwartz BS, Hysmith ND, DeVincenzo JP, Larson DT, Maves RC, Palazzi DL, Meyer C, Custodio HT, Braza MM, Al Hammoud R, Rao S, Qvarnstrom Y, Yabsley MJ, Bradbury RS, Montgomery SP. Rat Lungworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease - Eight U.S. States, January 2011-January 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2018. PMID: 30070981


  47. Shinkai K, Chen CA, Schwartz BS, Loeser H, Ashe C, Irby DM. Rethinking the Educator Portfolio: An Innovative Criteria-Based Model. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 29116980


  48. Dumont RA, Keen NN, Bloomer CW, Schwartz BS, Talbott J, Clark AJ, Wilson DM, Chin CT. Clinical Utility of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Spinal Infections. Clinical neuroradiology 2018. PMID: 29582111


  49. Gerber DE, Socinski MA, Neal JW, Wakelee HA, Shirai K, Sequist LV, Rosovsky RP, Lilenbaum RC, Bastos BR, Huang C, Johnson ML, Hesketh PJ, Subramaniam DS, Dietrich MF, Chai F, Wang Y, Kazakin J, Schwartz B, Schiller JH, Brahmer JR, Kelly RJ. Randomized phase 2 study of tivantinib plus erlotinib versus single-agent chemotherapy in previously treated KRAS mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2018. PMID: 29496255


  50. Clemente WT, Mourão PHO, Lopez-Medrano F, Schwartz BS, García-Donoso C, Torre-Cisneros J. Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Recommendations for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Donors. Transplantation 2018. PMID: 29381573


  51. Scagliotti GV, Shuster D, Orlov S, von Pawel J, Shepherd FA, Ross JS, Wang Q, Schwartz B, Akerley W. Tivantinib in Combination with Erlotinib versus Erlotinib Alone for EGFR-Mutant NSCLC: An Exploratory Analysis of the Phase 3 MARQUEE Study. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2017. PMID: 29288764


  52. Papadopoulos KP, El-Rayes BF, Tolcher AW, Patnaik A, Rasco DW, Harvey RD, LoRusso PM, Sachdev JC, Abbadessa G, Savage RE, Hall T, Schwartz B, Wang Y, Kazakin J, Shaib WL. A Phase 1 study of ARQ 087, an oral pan-FGFR inhibitor in patients with advanced solid tumours. British journal of cancer 2017. PMID: 28972963


  53. Schwartz BS, Chin-Hong PV. A Call to Action: Infectious Diseases Medical Educators Needed. The Journal of infectious diseases 2017. PMID: 28938045


  54. Sears D, Schwartz BS. Candida auris: An emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2017. PMID: 28888662


  55. Matsumoto A, Yeh I, Schwartz B, Rosenblum M, Schmidt TH. Chronic Helicobacter cinaedi cellulitis diagnosed by microbial polymerase chain reaction. JAAD case reports 2017. PMID: 28884138


  56. Moore KM, Papadomanolakis-Pakis N, Hansen-Taugher A, Guan TH, Schwartz B, Stewart P, Leece P, Bochenek R. Recommendations for action: a community meeting in preparation for a mass-casualty opioid overdose event in Southeastern Ontario. BMC proceedings 2017. PMID: 28794799


  57. Yu Y, Hall T, Eathiraj S, Wick MJ, Schwartz B, Abbadessa G. In-vitro and in-vivo combined effect of ARQ 092, an AKT inhibitor, with ARQ 087, a FGFR inhibitor. Anti-cancer drugs 2017. PMID: 28240679


  58. Khan Y, Sanford S, Sider D, Moore K, Garber G, de Villa E, Schwartz B. Effective communication of public health guidance to emergency department clinicians in the setting of emerging incidents: a qualitative study and framework. BMC health services research 2017. PMID: 28454548


  59. Personeni N, Giordano L, Abbadessa G, Porta C, Borbath I, Daniele B, Van Laethem JL, Van Vlierberghe H, Trojan J, De Toni EN, Gasbarrini A, Lencioni M, Lamar ME, Wang Y, Shuster D, Schwartz B, Santoro A, Rimassa L. Prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in the ARQ 197-215 second-line study for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncotarget 2017. PMID: 28122337


  60. MacDougall C, Schwartz BS, Kim L, Nanamori M, Shekarchian S, Chin-Hong PV. An Interprofessional Curriculum on Antimicrobial Stewardship Improves Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Appropriate Antimicrobial Use and Collaboration. Volume 4 of Issue 1. Open forum infectious diseases 2017. PMID: 28480231


  61. Chou J, Wallender E, Schwartz BS. Respiratory Failure in a Woman 8 Months After an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant. JAMA oncology 2016. PMID: 27559706


  62. Baxi SM, Robinson ML, Grill MF, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Liu C. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study. Open forum infectious diseases 2016. PMID: 27704027


  63. Shekarchian S, Schwartz BS, Teherani A, Irby D, Chin-Hong PV. Is It Time for a Coordinated and Longitudinal Approach to Antibiotic Stewardship Education? Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. PMID: 27343546


  64. Melber DJ, Teherani A, Schwartz BS. A Comprehensive Survey of Preclinical Microbiology Curricula Among US Medical Schools. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. PMID: 27126343


  65. Eng C, Bessudo A, Hart LL, Severtsev A, Gladkov O, Müller L, Kopp MV, Vladimirov V, Langdon R, Kotiv B, Barni S, Hsu C, Bolotin E, von Roemeling R, Schwartz B, Bendell JC. A randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 study of tivantinib (ARQ 197) in combination with irinotecan and cetuximab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with wild-type KRAS who have received first-line systemic therapy. International journal of cancer 2016. PMID: 26891420


  66. Yu Y, Savage RE, Eathiraj S, Meade J, Wick MJ, Hall T, Abbadessa G, Schwartz B. Targeting AKT1-E17K and the PI3K/AKT Pathway with an Allosteric AKT Inhibitor, ARQ 092. PloS one 2015. PMID: 26469692


  67. Schwartz BS, Rosen J, Han PV, Hynes NA, Hagmann SH, Rao SR, Jentes ES, Ryan ET, LaRocque RC. Immunocompromised Travelers: Demographic Characteristics, Travel Destinations, and Pretravel Health Care from the U.S. Global TravEpiNet Consortium. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2015. PMID: 26304922


  68. Schwartz BS, Armstrong WS, Ohl CA, Luther VP. Create Allies, IDSA Stewardship Commitments Should Prioritize Health Professions Learners. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. PMID: 26224002


  69. Chow FC, Schwartz BS, Josephson SA. Opinion and special articles: An interdisciplinary neuroinfectious diseases clinic to improve patient care and training. Neurology 2015. PMID: 25548243


  70. Berliner JG, Aldabagh B, Mully T, Yu SS, Schwartz BS, Berger TG. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections following cosmetic laser procedures: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD 2015. PMID: 25607912


  71. Yu WY, Manrriquez E, Bhutani T, Chaganti RK, Ruben BS, Schwartz BS, Fox LP. Sweet heart: A case of pregnancy-associated acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis with myopericarditis. JAAD case reports 2014. PMID: 27075127


  72. Watkins ER, Shamasunder S, Cascino T, White KL, Katrak S, Bern C, Schwartz BS. Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a traveler returning from a pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago. Journal of travel medicine 2014. PMID: 25145768


  73. Zhang AL, Feeley BT, Schwartz BS, Chung TT, Ma CB. Management of deep postoperative shoulder infections: is there a role for open biopsy during staged treatment? Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2014. PMID: 24972813


  74. Levi ME, Kumar D, Green M, Ison MG, Kaul D, Michaels MG, Morris MI, Schwartz BS, Echenique IA, Blumberg EA, AST ID Community of Practice. Considerations for screening live kidney donors for endemic infections: a viewpoint on the UNOS policy. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2014. PMID: 24636427


  75. Kanada KN, Schwartz BS, Pincus LB, Berger TG, Jacobs RA, Shinkai K. A therapeutic trial of antituberculous therapy for suspected lupus vulgaris: How long does it take to see clinical improvement? Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2013. PMID: 24124850


  76. Rabe IB, Schwartz BS, Farnon EC, Josephson SA, Webber AB, Roberts JP, de Mattos AM, Gallay BJ, van Slyck S, Messenger SL, Yen CJ, Bloch EM, Drew CP, Fischer M, Glaser CA. Fatal transplant-associated west nile virus encephalitis and public health investigation-california, 2010. Transplantation 2013. PMID: 23823653


  77. Schwartz BS, Mawhorter SD, AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. Parasitic infections in solid organ transplantation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2013. PMID: 23465021


  78. Sayah DM, Schwartz BS, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Golden JA, Leard LE. Scedosporium prolificans pericarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm in a lung transplant recipient receiving voriconazole prophylaxis. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2013. PMID: 23387799


  79. Doyon JB, Sutton DA, Theodore P, Dhillon G, Jones KD, Thompson EH, Fu J, Wickes BL, Koehler JE, Schwartz BS. Rasamsonia argillacea pulmonary and aortic graft infection in an immune-competent patient. Journal of clinical microbiology 2012. PMID: 23241382


  80. Manuel O, Husain S, Kumar D, Zayas C, Mawhorter S, Levi ME, Kalpoe J, Lisboa L, Ely L, Kaul DR, Schwartz BS, Morris MI, Ison MG, Yen-Lieberman B, Sebastian A, Assi M, Humar A. Assessment of cytomegalovirus-specific cell-mediated immunity for the prediction of cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk solid-organ transplant recipients: a multicenter cohort study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012. PMID: 23196955


  81. Morris MI, Daly JS, Blumberg E, Kumar D, Sester M, Schluger N, Kim SH, Schwartz BS, Ison MG, Humar A, Singh N, Michaels M, Orlowski JP, Delmonico F, Pruett T, John GT, Kotton CN. Diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in transplant donors: a donor-derived infections consensus conference report. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2012. PMID: 22883346


  82. Tattevin P, Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Volinski J, Bhukhen A, Bhukhen A, Mai TT, Vo NH, Dang DN, Phan TH, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF, Diep BA. Concurrent epidemics of skin and soft tissue infection and bloodstream infection due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Volume 55 of Issue 6. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012. PMID: 22670044


  83. Schwartz BS, Larocque RC, Ryan ET. In the clinic. Travel medicine. Annals of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22665823


  84. LaRocque RC, Rao SR, Lee J, Ansdell V, Yates JA, Schwartz BS, Knouse M, Cahill J, Hagmann S, Vinetz J, Connor BA, Goad JA, Oladele A, Alvarez S, Stauffer W, Walker P, Kozarsky P, Franco-Paredes C, Dismukes R, Rosen J, Hynes NA, Jacquerioz F, McLellan S, Hale D, Sofarelli T, Schoenfeld D, Marano N, Brunette G, Jentes ES, Yanni E, Sotir MJ, Ryan ET, Global TravEpiNet Consortium. Global TravEpiNet: a national consortium of clinics providing care to international travelers--analysis of demographic characteristics, travel destinations, and pretravel healthcare of high-risk US international travelers, 2009-2011. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011. PMID: 22144534


  85. Naidus E, Damon L, Schwartz BS, Breed C, Liu C. Experience with use of Zostavax(®) in patients with hematologic malignancy and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. American journal of hematology 2011. PMID: 22052650


  86. Lopez-Vergès S, Milush JM, Schwartz BS, Pando MJ, Jarjoura J, York VA, Houchins JP, Miller S, Kang SM, Norris PJ, Nixon DF, Lanier LL. Expansion of a unique CD57⁺NKG2Chi natural killer cell subset during acute human cytomegalovirus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011. PMID: 21825173


  87. Bercovitch RS, Catanzaro A, Schwartz BS, Pappagianis D, Watts DH, Ampel NM. Coccidioidomycosis during pregnancy: a review and recommendations for management. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011. PMID: 21810749


  88. Schwartz BS, Paster M, Ison MG, Chin-Hong PV. Organ donor screening practices for Trypanosoma cruzi infection among US Organ Procurement Organizations. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011. PMID: 21426487


  89. Chin-Hong PV, Schwartz BS, Bern C, Montgomery SP, Kontak S, Kubak B, Morris MI, Nowicki M, Wright C, Ison MG. Screening and treatment of chagas disease in organ transplant recipients in the United States: recommendations from the chagas in transplant working group. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011. PMID: 21401868


  90. Vinh DC, Schwartz B, Hsu AP, Miranda DJ, Valdez PA, Fink D, Lau KP, Long-Priel D, Kuhns DB, Uzel G, Pittaluga S, Hoover S, Galgiani JN, Holland SM. Interleukin-12 receptor β1 deficiency predisposing to disseminated Coccidioidomycosis. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011. PMID: 21258095


  91. Liu C, Schwartz BS, Vallabhaneni S, Nixon M, Chin-Hong PV, Miller SA, Chiu C, Damon L, Drew WL. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in patients with hematologic malignancy. Volume 16 of Issue 12. Emerging infectious diseases 2010. PMID: 21122221


  92. Miller SA, van Zante A, Schwartz BS. Cytologic evaluation can predict microbial culture results for infectious causes of pulmonary nodules in patients undergoing fine needle aspiration biopsy. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2010. PMID: 20955918


  93. Nakamura K, Schwartz BS, Lindegårdh N, Keh C, Guglielmo BJ. Possible neuropsychiatric reaction to high-dose oseltamivir during acute 2009 H1N1 influenza A infection. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010. PMID: 20192728


  94. Elicker BM, Schwartz BS, Liu C, Chen EC, Miller SA, Chiu CY, Webb WR. Thoracic CT findings of novel influenza A (H1N1) infection in immunocompromised patients. Volume 17 of Issue 4. Emergency radiology 2010. PMID: 20111882


  95. Koplowicz YB, Schwartz BS, Guglielmo BJ. Development of daptomycin-susceptible, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia during high-dose daptomycin therapy. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009. PMID: 19780665


  96. Pincus LB, Schwartz BS, Cunningham G, Saeed S, Berger TG. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in a scar after treatment with intralesional corticosteroid injections. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2009. PMID: 19700025


  97. Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Diep BA, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF. Doxycycline, not minocycline, induces its own resistance in multidrug-resistant, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300. Volume 48 of Issue 10. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009. PMID: 19374563


  98. Liu C, Graber CJ, Karr M, Diep BA, Basuino L, Schwartz BS, Enright MC, O'Hanlon SJ, Thomas JC, Perdreau-Remington F, Gordon S, Gunthorpe H, Jacobs R, Jensen P, Leoung G, Rumack JS, Chambers HF. A population-based study of the incidence and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in San Francisco, 2004-2005. Volume 46 of Issue 11. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008. PMID: 18433335


  99. Graber CJ, Schwartz BS. Failure of decolonization in patients with infections due to mupirocin-resistant strains of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2008. PMID: 18257694


  100. Schwartz BS, Ngo PD, Guglielmo BJ. Daptomycin treatment failure for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infective endocarditis: impact of protein binding? The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2008. PMID: 18172014


  101. Schwartz BS, Harris JB, Khan AI, Larocque RC, Sack DA, Malek MA, Faruque AS, Qadri F, Calderwood SB, Luby SP, Ryan ET. Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006. PMID: 16760521


  102. Bealka N, Schwartz B. Enhanced ocular hypotensive response to epinephrine with prior dexamethasone treatment. Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1991. PMID: 2003792