Erika Schwartz

Erika Schwartz
Education SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Website www.drerika.com

Medical career

Field Internal medicine, Hormone therapy, Prevention
Institutions Westchester County Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center

Erika Schwartz is an author and physician who sells and promotes the use of natural hormones despite being accused of spreading misinformation about their alleged benefits.[1][2][3] Schwartz co-founded the Bioidentical Hormone Initiative[4] and founder of Natural Energy Solutions Corporation, a health-related media business focused on promoting dietary supplements and energy "boosters."[5][6]

Early life and education

Schwartz was born in Bucharest, Romania. Her family moved to Rome, where Schwartz graduated from high school, and then to New York City. She received her bachelor's degree with honors from New York University's Washington Square College of Arts and Sciences.

Schwartz graduated cum laude from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine earning her MD degree in 1975. She completed an internship and residency at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, as well as a fellowship in critical care and trauma medicine.

Career

Schwartz became the medical director of the department of emergency medicine at Westchester County Medical Center (WCMC) in Valhalla, New York. At the time, she was the first woman and youngest doctor to hold this position. She obtained accreditation for Westchester County Medical Center as a tertiary trauma center and brought helicopter and ambulance services to the hospital which advanced emergency response.

Schwartz established a private practice in internal medicine and primary care in 1983. Her practice became the largest internal medicine practice in Westchester County, New York. In 1992, she founded Chappaqua Medical, a multi-specialty medical group, which she sold to Montefiore Hospital. In 1994, she joined Montefiore Medical Center where she became director of special projects and produced a weekly educational television show.

In 2007, Schwartz co-founded the Bioidentical Hormone Initiative, a not for profit organization dedicated to training physicians how to treat age-related endocrine dysfunction. She also founded Evolved Science, a membership-based preventive medical practice.

Based on her research in hormone therapy, initially Schwartz created a standardized natural estradiol and micronized progesterone cream as an alternative to the hormone replacement treatments dispensed in pharmacies.[7]

Dr. Schwartz has stated that she does not believe the swine flu is anything more than a common cold and has downplayed the deaths and harm associated with H1N1 infections.[8]

References

  1. Langone, John (June 4, 2002). "Standing Up for Nature". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
  2. Melissa McNamara (November 1, 2006). "Menopause Therapy Sparks Controversy". CBS. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. Fugh-Berman, Adriane; Bythrow, Jenna (7 March 2007). "Bioidentical Hormones for Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Variation on a Theme". Journal of General Internal Medicine 22 (7): 1030–1034. doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0141-4. ISSN 0884-8734.
  4. Schwartz, Erika; Holtorf, Kent; Brownstein, David (March 16, 2009). "The Truth About Hormone Therapy". The Wall Street Journal. Op-Ed. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. Barringer, Felicity (24 May 2002). "Murdoch's Son Assumes Role Of Publisher at New York Post". New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. Colford, Paul (24 May 2002). "Post Publisher Booted". New York Daily News. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. Kazanjian, Dodie (October 2002). "Raging Hormones". Vogue. (subscription required (help)).
  8. Innes, Stephanie (6 September 2009). "A few questioning benefits, safety of swine flu vaccine". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

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