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Dr Kevin Schwartz

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  • University College Hospital

GMC/GDC number:

7920978

Professional background

  • Bachelor of Arts(BA) 2000 University of Pennsylvania 
  • Doctor of Medicine(MD) 2006 University of Massachusetts 
  • Residency in Pediatrics 2006 - 2009 Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School 
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2010-2013 Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine 

Specialties

Research interests

Dr Schwartz's research interests include capacity-building in pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric oncology care in sub-Saharan Africa. He has multiple peer-reviewed publications on innovative medical training curricula in low-income countries.

His current research interests include global health, drug development and inpatient care quality improvement.

Publications

  • Schwartz KR, Vinci R. Imported pediatric malaria presenting to an urban pediatric emergency department: a case series. Ped Emerg Care 2012; 28(12): 1385-1388 
  • Schwartz KR, Prentiss KA. Simulation in pre-departure training for residents planning clinical work in low income countries. West J Emerg Med 2015; 16(7): 1166-1172 
  • Schwartz KR, Fredricks K, Al Tawil Z, Kandler T, Odenyo SA, Imbamba J, Nelson BD, Burke TF. An innovative safe anesthesia and analgesia package for emergency pediatric procedures and surgeries when no anesthetist is available. Int J Emerg Med 2016; 9(1): 16 
  • Fant CD, Schwartz KR, Patel H, Fredricks K, Nelson BD, Ouma K, Burke TF. Developing and Implementing a Pediatric Emergency Care Curriculum for Providers at District Level Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study in Kenya. Front. Public Health 2017; 5: 322 
  • Patel H, Suarez S, Shaull L, Edwards J, Altawil Z, Owuor J, Rogo D, Schwartz K, Richard L, Burke T. Patient Characteristics from an Emergency Care Center in Rural Western Kenya. J Emerg Med 2019; 56(1): 80-86 
  • Atwiine B, Busingye I, Kyarisiima R, Baluku E, Mbabazi R, Bamwine B, Ankunda S, Libes J, Weinstein H, Schwartz K, Kiwanuka G. “Money was the problem”: Caregivers’ self-reported reasons for abandoning their children’s cancer treatment in southwest Uganda. Pediatr Blood and Cancer 2021; epub ahead of print: https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29311 
  • Schwartz KR, El Saleeby CM, Nimkin K, Friedmann AM, Moon A, Zukerberg LR. Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Case 11-2016: A 12-Year-Old Boy with Malaise, Fevers and Abdominal Pain. New Engl J Med 2016; 374: 1466-1476 
  • Yang Y, Carter LP, Cook RE, Paul E, Schwartz KR. A Case of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: A Cheer for Standardizing Inpatient Management and Prevention. Hospital Pediatrics 2016; 6(12): 753-758 
  • Schwartz KR, Hanson JM, Friedmann AM. Pediatric Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting to the Emergency Department as Refusal to Ambulate. Case Rep Emerg Med 2018 PMID: 3009060 
  • Armstrong-Javors A, Berndtson K, Naureckas Li C, Schwartz K. Focal Neurologic Deficits in a Febrile Adolescent. Clin Pediatr 2018; 57 (13): 1597-1601 
  • Krenz JR, Chary A, Schwartz KR, Hayes BD, O’Brien ME. A case of a pediatric patient after a large ingestion of buspirone. Clin Toxicology 2021: DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2020.1868492 online ahead of print