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}} Theodore H. Schwartz (born in New York City) is an American medical scientist, academic physician and neurosurgeon. Schwartz specializes in surgery for brain tumors, pituitary tumors and epilepsy. He is particularly known for developing and expanding the field of minimally-invasive endonasal endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery and for his research on neurovascular coupling and propagation of epilepsy. Dr. Schwartz is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology & Neuroscience〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Theodore H. Schwartz, MD - Biography )〕 and the Director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology, Epilepsy & Pituitary Surgery〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Weill Cornell Brain & Spine Center-Epilepsy Surgery Team )〕 at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital. In 2014, Dr. Schwartz received the first endowed professorship in the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College being named the ''David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery.'' He is the Director of the Institute for Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery Program 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Institute of Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery )〕 and the Director of the Epilepsy Research Laboratory 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Weill Cornell Brain & Spine Center - Epilepsy Research Laboratory )〕 in The Department of Neurosurgery 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Weill Cornell Brain & Spine Center - About Neurosurgery )〕 investigating brain mapping, neurovascular coupling 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American Epilepsy Society - Neurovascular Coupling and Eplilepsy )〕 and other novel techniques 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Weill Cornell Brain & Spine Center - NIH Grant Epilepsy Treatment Research )〕 for imaging and treating epilepsy. This epilepsy research laboratory, which is now part of the newly developed Brain and Mind Research Institute 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Weill Cornell Medical College - Brain and Mind Research Institute )〕 at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been funded with K08, R21 and R01 grants 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American Association of Neurological Surgeons - Grants and Fellowships )〕 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - a research institute of the National Institutes of Health - and several private organizations. Schwartz has served as a standing member of the NINDS NSD-C Grant Review Committee 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Institutes of Health - Office of Extramural Research )〕 and also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery. == Biography == Theodore Schwartz graduated magna cum laude with dual undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and English from Harvard University in 1987. While in attendance at Harvard, he received the John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement from 1985-1987 and was awarded the prestigious Hoopes Prize for his senior thesis. Schwartz then went on to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard University Medical School in 1990. After completing his residency and chief residency in neurosurgery at the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University Medical Center, Schwartz completed advanced fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Hospital in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy. He was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Van Wagenen Fellowship named after William P. Van Wagenen, a charter member of the Harvey Cushing Society. He was further recognized by the German government when he was awarded the Von Humboldt Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Awards from the Humboldt Foundation are considered to be among the most prestigious and generous awards in Germany. Schwartz has provided extensive commentary to the media on his neurosurgical expertise. This has included the broadcast news organizations of ABC,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brain Surgery Through the Nose )〕 NBC 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beauty queen had piece of skull stored in stomach )〕 and CBS.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= News: 3D in the Operating Room )〕 He has also been a guest on the ''Larry King Live''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Is There a Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer )〕 television show. His expertise has also been sought through interviews - quoted and published - in the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Post'', ''The New York Daily News'', and ''Crain's New York Business''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Healthcare Report Brainiacs - Theodore Schwartz, Weill Cornell Medical College )〕 Schwartz lectures and presents his surgical techniques to other neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons around the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theodore H. Schwartz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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