"Modeling Human Diseases Using Bioengineered Tissues"

Speaker:

Robert Schwartz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Weill Cornell Medicine

About Robert Schwartz:

Originally from new York, Dr. Schwartz holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Cooper Union. He earned his medical degree and his doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He then completed internal medicine residency training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, followed by fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Schwartz's clinical interests include viral hepatitis, autoimmune causes of liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and metabolic causes of liver disease.

An active physician-scientist, Dr. Schwartz focuses on developing and building models of human liver disease in vitro. He uses stem cell biology, hepatocyte biology, and incorporates engineering techniques to better understand human liver disease with the goal of improving clinical therapy.