Professor and Chairman
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Dr. Brad Schwartz is the inaugural and current Frank and Linda Vala Endowed Professor and Chairman of Urology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and Director of Urologic Minimally Invasive Surgery and Endourology. He is the Immediate Past-President of the North Central Section and the Associate Director of the Endourological Society.
Dr. Schwartz completed his Urology residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington and completed fellowship training in endourology and laparoscopy at the University of California at San Francisco. Prior to joining the faculty of SIU, he served as the Director of Endourology and Laparoscopy at Tripler Regional Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii and the Director of the North Texas Center for Laparoscopy and Endourology. He retired as a Colonel in the United States Army in May 2021.
Dr. Schwartz has received numerous regional and national awards for research, education and scientific presentations. He has authored over 100 original scientific publications and numerous textbook chapters. He is the Editor of two textbooks. He has presented more than 500 scientific papers at national and international meetings. He was recently selected as the Outstanding Educator for the SIU School of Medicine and the University level Teaching Excellence Award for the entire Southern Illinois University system. He has taught over 200 surgical simulation and skills lab courses nationally and internationally and has been a mentor to thousands of mentees in various minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Dr. Schwartz is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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