As a national leader in the field of oncoplastic breast surgery (Oncoplastic surgery integrates an aggressive oncological resection with immediate reconstruction using plastic surgery principles to avoid deformities and sometimes even improve the appearance of the breast), dr. Schwartz is exclusively dedicated to breast cancer surgery and reconstruction. He has developed and described numerous surgical techniques in reconstructive surgery that have benefited his patients and others all over the world. He has described one of the most innovative ways to save a woman’s breast, avoiding mastectomy surgery and the prolonged course of reconstructive surgeries often required afterwards. He has innovated the outpatient mastectomy and reconstruction and described the largest series to date in 2020. He performs nearly all his bilateral mastectomy and implant reconstruction surgeries without hospital admission.

There is no breast surgical oncologist in the United States that offers his patients the same variety of oncoplastic options after cancer surgery nor has contributed more to the field of breast reconstruction surgery after both partial and total mastectomy than Dr. Schwartz.
As a cancer survivor, Dr. Schwartz has a special dedication to taking care of patients diagnosed with breast cancer. He understands and sympathizes with his patients who require surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for treatment. During his MD/PhD studies he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and went through a prolonged course of chemotherapy and radiation but still persevered to complete his studies without delay and even managed to win the Julius Marmar Fellowship, awarded to the graduate student for outstanding PhD studies. In addition to his interest in taking care of cancer patients, Dr. Schwartz has developed a special interest in reconstructive surgery. He takes special pride in restoring a woman’s femininity after cancer surgery by providing her with the most advanced and innovative surgical techniques available anywhere in the world. Many of these approaches were developed and first described by Dr. Schwartz.