Dr. Robert J. Schwartzman is professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at Drexel University College of Medicine. Schwartzman came to the College of Medicine in 1995 from Thomas Jefferson University, where he chaired the Department of Neurology.
Schwartzman received a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard College and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He interned and completed his internal medicine training at Duke University Hospital. He trained in neurology at the University of Pennsylvania under the tutelage of Dr. L.P. Rowland and spent two years in medical neurology at the National Institutes of Health with Dr. W.K. Engel. Dr. Schwartzman is board certified in internal medicine, neurology and psychiatry.
He was an associate professor of neurology at the University of Miami from 1971 through 1978, and then professor of neurology, chief of the Division of Neurology and program director at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, from 1978 to 1982. He was appointed chairman of the Department of Neurology at Jefferson University in 1982, where he served until 1995 when he became chairman of the Department of Neurology at MCP Hahnemann University, which is now Drexel University College of Medicine.
Schwartzman is nationally and internationally known for his work in chronic regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) and has published extensively on the topic. Schwartzman was honored with a Humanitarian Award from the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Coalition of New England and the National RSD Society. He is a founding member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America. He established the first RSDS clinic in the United States and has won major teaching awards from all of the universities he has served. He has received a grant from the Tilly Family Foundation working to better understand RSD, its cause, progression and mechanisms. He currently has several clinical trials underway working with doctors here and abroad in developing revolutionary treatment options for this disease.
Schwartzman has trained over 240 residents during his career. Thirty have become professors of neurology and six have gone on to become chairmen of neurology departments.
Recent Publications:
- Becerra L, Schwartzman RJ, Kiefer RT, Rohr P, Moulton EA, Wallin D, Pendse G, Morris S, Borsook D. CNS Measures of Pain Responses Pre and Post Anesthetic Ketamine in a Patient with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Pain Med 2009 Feb 25.
- Schwartzman RJ, Grothusen JR. Brachial plexus traction injury: quantification of sensory abnormalities. Pain Med. 2008 9(7):950-7.
- Goldberg ME, Schwartzman RJ, Domsky R, Sabia M, Torjman MC. Deep cervical plexus block for the treatment of cervicogenic headache. Pain Physician. 2008 11(6):849-54.
- Schwartzman RJ, Simpkins N, Alexander G, Reichenberger E, Ward K, Lindenberg N, Topolsky D, Crilley P. High-dose cyclophosphamide in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics 2009 15:118-127.
- DelValle L, Schwartzman RJ, Alexander G. Spinal cord histopathology alterations in a patient with longstanding CRPS. Brain Behav Immun 2009 23(1):85-91.
- Schwartzman RJ, Patel M, Grothusen JR, Alexander GM. Efficacy of five day continuous lidocaine infusion for the treatment of refractory complex regional pain syndrome. Pain Med 2009 10(2)::401-412.
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