Gordon Schwartz, M.D., M.B.A., to Lead Jefferson Breast Care Center
Gordon Schwartz, M.D., M.B.A., has been appointed director of the Jefferson Breast Care Center
at the Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC), and will also return to the
full-time faculty as a professor in Jefferson’s Department of Surgery.
With more than 40 years of clinical and educational experience, Dr.
Schwartz is an internationally renowned expert in breast diseases.
Dr.
Schwartz has been associated with Thomas Jefferson University and
Hospital since 1970 when he was appointed an assistant professor in the
Department of Surgery. Ultimately, he rose to the rank of full
professor in 1978 and during his tenure here has been the director of
Surgical Academic Programs (1970-80); the director of the Surgical
Residency Program (1970-79); and the director of the Fellowship in
Breast Diseases (since 2003). He has been an Attending Physician at
Jefferson since 1970 and has dedicated his practice to treating
patients with breast diseases, both benign and malignant.
Dr.
Schwartz earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and
received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. His
postgraduate training began as a surgical intern at the New York
Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. His surgical training was interrupted
by military service as a surgeon in the United States Army’s 24th
Infantry Division Artillery in Munich, Germany attaining the rank of
Captain. After his Honorable Discharge, he completed a residency in
surgery at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City,
where he served as Chief Resident Surgeon his final year; and he then
served a one year fellowship as a U.S. Public Health Service Cancer
Control Senior Trainee at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1990 he
earned a master of business administration degree (MBA) from The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr.
Schwartz is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). He was
awarded the AOA Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching from Jefferson
in 1974. He has received numerous citations from Best Doctors in America and is included in numerous editions of Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation honored him with their “Race for the Cure” Award in 1996. Dr. Schwartz has
served on the editorial boards of such noted journals as CANCER, Seminars in Breast Disease and The Breast Journal,
among others; and is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology,
American College of Surgeons, American Society for Clinical Oncology,
the American Society of Breast Surgeons, and the American Society of
Breast Disease (Past President). He has had more than 225 research
studies published, most in the areas of breast diseases and breast
cancer, during his career.
Kristin
Brill, M.D. an instructor in the Department of Surgery and member of
the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, will join Dr. Schwartz as a
second full-time faculty member whose surgical practice is dedicated to
patients with breast diseases.
Jefferson Breast Care Center Receives Full Accreditation
The
Jefferson Breast Care Center recently received a full, three-year
accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast
Centers (NAPBC). Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those
centers that have voluntarily committed to provide the highest level of
quality breast care and that undergo a rigorous evaluation process and
review of their performance. The center must demonstrate compliance
with the standards established by the NAPBC for treating women who are
diagnosed with the full spectrum of breast disease. These standards
include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical
management, research, community outreach, professional education, and
quality improvement.
The
NAPBC represents a consortium of national, professional organizations
dedicated to the improvement of the quality of care and monitoring of
outcomes of patients with diseases of the breast. This mission is
pursued through standard-setting, scientific validation and patient and
professional education. The NAPBC Board has worked diligently to assure
multidisciplinary leadership representation and has sanctioned its
program structure and standards, which include nationally recognized
breast cancer quality performance measures that will serve as an
initial platform for measuring quality improvement.
Media Only Contact:
Ed Federico
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Phone: (215) 955-6300
Published: 10/8/2009