Robert A. Schwartz

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Robert A. Schwartz
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Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Assumed office
March 14, 2019

A partial list of Schwartz's honors and awards.

Decorations

Orders and awards

Award or decorationCountryDatePlaceNoteRef
Hieronymus Fracastorus MedalFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Capri Awarded at the 31st Italian National Congress. [2]
Academia Medica Wratislaviensis Polonia MedalFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Wrocław The highest award bestowed by Wrocław Medical University. [2]
Stefan G. Nicolau MedalFlag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest The highest award given by the Romanian Society of Dermatology. [2]
International Corresponding Membership in the Amazonian Academy of MedicineFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Manaus [19]
Amazonian Academy of Medicine MedalFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Manaus The highest award given by the Amazonian Academy of Medicine. [19]

Honorary

Honorary doctorates

InstitutionDegreeLocationDateNoteRef
Tbilisi Medical Academy Doctor of Science Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi, Georgia "for his important contributions to the field of medicine, including original work in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Kaposi's sarcoma." [20]
China Medical University hon. prof. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenyang, China Conferred by the CMU president in an official ceremony. [21]

Personal life

In 1984, Schwartz married Camila Krysicka, a dermatologist and academic. Their son Edmund Janniger was an advisor to Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz for a short period of time in 2015. [22]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acanthosis nigricans</span> Medical condition

Acanthosis nigricans is a medical sign characterised by brown-to-black, poorly defined, velvety hyperpigmentation of the skin. It is usually found in body folds, such as the posterior and lateral folds of the neck, the armpits, groin, navel, forehead and other areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus</span> Species of virus

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the ninth known human herpesvirus; its formal name according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is Human gammaherpesvirus 8, or HHV-8 in short. Like other herpesviruses, its informal names are used interchangeably with its formal ICTV name. This virus causes Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer commonly occurring in AIDS patients, as well as primary effusion lymphoma, HHV-8-associated multicentric Castleman's disease and KSHV inflammatory cytokine syndrome. It is one of seven currently known human cancer viruses, or oncoviruses. Even after many years since the discovery of KSHV/HHV8, there is no known cure for KSHV associated tumorigenesis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moritz Kaposi</span> Hungarian physician and dermatologist

Moritz Kaposi was a physician and dermatologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who discovered the skin tumor that received his name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leser–Trélat sign</span> Onset of multiple seborrheic keratoses

The Leser–Trélat sign is the explosive onset of multiple seborrheic keratoses, often with an inflammatory base. This can be a sign of internal malignancy as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. In addition to the development of new lesions, preexisting ones frequently increase in size and become symptomatic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrick S. Moore</span> Irish and American virologist and epidemiologist

Patrick S. Moore is an Irish and American virologist and epidemiologist who co-discovered together with his wife, Yuan Chang, two different human viruses causing the AIDS-related cancer Kaposi's sarcoma and the skin cancer Merkel cell carcinoma. The couple met while in medical school together and were married in 1989 while they pursued fellowships at different universities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yuan Chang</span> American virologist and pathologist

Yuan Chang is a Taiwanese-American virologist and pathologist who co-discovered together with her husband, Patrick S. Moore, the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Merkel cell polyomavirus, two of the seven known human oncoviruses.

New Jersey Medical School (NJMS)—also known as Rutgers New Jersey Medical School—is a medical school of Rutgers University, a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It has been part of the Rutgers Division of Biomedical and Health Sciences since the 2013 dissolution of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Founded in 1954, NJMS is the oldest school of medicine in New Jersey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcus Conant</span> American dermatologist

Marcus Augustine Conant is an American dermatologist and one of the first physicians to diagnose and treat Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1981. He helped create one of the largest private AIDS clinics, was a founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and his work contributed to development of some of today's top HIV medications. He has written over 70 publications on the treatment of AIDS.

<i>Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management</i> Skin cancer

Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management is a clinical reference by Robert A. Schwartz covering skin and accessible mucosal disorders, premalignant and malignant cutaneous disorders, including melanoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and other sarcomas, cutaneous lymphoma, cutaneous metastatic disease and cutaneous markers of internal malignancy. It emphasizes skin cancer prevention, as well as recent advances in diagnosis and management. It has a chapter exploring dermoscopic evaluation of skin cancer and a chapter on oral cancer.

Florid cutaneous papillomatosis (FCP), is an obligate paraneoplastic syndrome.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaposi's sarcoma</span> Cancer of the skin, integumentary lymph nodes, or other organs

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a type of cancer that can form masses in the skin, in lymph nodes, in the mouth, or in other organs. The skin lesions are usually painless, purple and may be flat or raised. Lesions can occur singly, multiply in a limited area, or may be widespread. Depending on the sub-type of disease and level of immune suppression, KS may worsen either gradually or quickly. Except for Classical KS where there is generally no immune suppression, KS is caused by a combination of immune suppression and infection by Human herpesvirus 8.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pomalidomide</span> Chemical compound

Pomalidomide, sold under the brand names Pomalyst and Imnovid, is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of multiple myeloma and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma.

Arnold William Klein was an American dermatologist.

Tripe palms, also known as acanthosis palmaris, is a medical sign characterized by thick ridged velvety palms, typically as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. It resembles the lining of the stomach of some animals (tripe). Other signs that may be noted at the same time include most frequently acanthosis nigricans (AN), and less commonly finger clubbing and Leser-Trélat sign.

Michael Stuart Gottlieb is an American physician and immunologist known for his 1981 identification of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease, and for his HIV/AIDS research, HIV/AIDS activism, and philanthropic efforts associated with HIV/AIDS treatment.

Professor Charles Mark Lwanga Olweny, MBChB, MMed, MD, FRACP, is a Ugandan physician, oncologist, academic and medical researcher. Currently he is a professor of medicine and Immediate past vice-chancellor at Uganda Martyrs University, based at Nkozi, Mpigi District, in Central Uganda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Linda Laubenstein</span> American medical researcher (born 1947)

Linda Jane Laubenstein was an American physician and early HIV/AIDS researcher. She was among the first doctors in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic of the early 1980s; she co-authored the first article linking AIDS with Kaposi's sarcoma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dean H. Kedes</span> American scientist

Dean Hamilton Kedes is an American scientist in the field of virology and current director of the medical scientist training program at the University of Virginia school of medicine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miguel A. Sanchez</span> Spanish-American pathologist

Miguel A. Sanchez is a board-certified pathologist who specializes in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and cytopathology. Sanchez is chief of pathology and medical director of The Leslie Simon Breast Care and Cytodiagnosis Center at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey. He is best known for his contribution in setting the standards of diagnosis and treatment of breast and thyroid disease praised by the United States Congress in 1994.

Stephen Porter is Director of UCL Eastman Dental Institute where he has been Professor of Oral Medicine since 1997. He is a consultant in Oral Medicine at University College Hospital, London and a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons. Porter has published more than 450 scholarly works, including the scientific journals The BMJ, The British Dental Journal and The Journal of the American Dental Association.

References

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  3. "Leadership & Staff". World Health Academy. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  4. Borkovic, SP.; Schwartz, RA. (Dec 1981). "Kaposi's sarcoma presenting in the homosexual man -- a new and striking phenomenon!". Ariz Med. 38 (12): 902–4. PMID   7332494.
  5. Hausen, Harald Zur (2006). "Rhadinoviruses". Infections Causing Human Cancer. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH.
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  7. Christine Curry (2008). Notch Signaling and Mitotic Catastrophe in Kaposi's Sarcoma Tumor Cells. p. 6. ISBN   978-1-109-90113-9.
  8. Snyder, RA.; Schwartz, RA. (Dec 1982). "Telangiectatic Kaposi's sarcoma. Occurrence in a patient with thymoma and myasthenia gravis receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy". Arch Dermatol. 118 (12): 1020–1. doi:10.1001/archderm.118.12.1020. PMID   7149746.
  9. Schwartz, RA.; Kardashian, JF.; McNutt, NS.; Crain, WR.; Welch, KL.; Choy, SH. (Feb 1983). "Cutaneous angiosarcoma resembling anaplastic Kaposi's sarcoma in a homosexual man". Cancer. 51 (4): 721–6. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19830215)51:4<721::aid-cncr2820510428>3.0.co;2-2. PMID   6681594. S2CID   35324084.
  10. Schwartz, RA.; Spicer, MS.; Thomas, I.; Janniger, CK.; Lambert, WC. (Aug 1995). "Ecchymotic Kaposi's sarcoma". Cutis. 56 (2): 104–6. PMID   8536490.
  11. Schwartz, RA.; Spicer, MS.; Janniger, CK.; Cohen, PJ.; Melczer, MM.; Lambert, WC. (1994). "Keloidal Kaposi's sarcoma: report of three patients". Dermatology. 189 (3): 271–4. doi:10.1159/000246858. PMID   7949482.
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  13. Walter H.C. Burgdorf; Otto Braun-Falco; Gerd Plewig; H. H. Wolff; Michael Landthaler (12 December 2008). Braun-Falco ́s Dermatology. Springer. pp. 1340–1347. ISBN   978-3-540-29312-5.
  14. Schwartz, RA. (Feb 2007). "Acral acanthosis nigricans (acral acanthotic anomaly)". J Am Acad Dermatol. 56 (2): 349–50. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.09.027 . PMID   17224380.
  15. Schwartz, RA. (Sep 1981). "Acral acanthotic anomaly (AAA)". J Am Acad Dermatol. 5 (3): 345–6. doi: 10.1016/S0190-9622(81)80155-7 . PMID   7263979.
  16. Ophelia E. Dadzie; Antoine Petit; Andrew F. Alexis (2 January 2013). Ethnic Dermatology: Principles and Practice. John Wiley & Sons. p. 94. ISBN   978-1-118-49784-5.
  17. S. Sacchidanand; Shilpa K. (30 June 2013). Snapshots in Dermatology. JP Medical Ltd. p. 1. ISBN   978-93-5090-459-6.
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  19. 1 2 Pecher, Simão (2011). "Médico estrangeiro é homenageado em Manaus". Jornal da Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. 15 (1).
  20. "Rutgers Professor Robert A. Schwartz Receives Honorary Doctorate from TMA". Tbilisi Medical Academy. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  21. Gao, Xing-Hua; Chen, Hong-Duo (2013). "Professor Robert A. Schwartz Awarded Title of Honorary Professor, China Medical University, Shenyang, November 20, 2012". International Journal of Dermatology. 52 (2): 262. doi:10.1111/ijd.12131_2. ISSN   0011-9059. S2CID   73381269.
  22. 20-letni Edmund Janniger doradcą Macierewicza w MON. Kim jest? - Wiadomości

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Asha Samant
Member of the Rutgers University Board of Trustees
2014–present
Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by
Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
2019–present
Incumbent