Brian Schwartz, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

He previously served as the Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship at UCSF and the Course Director for the Pathogens and Host Defense block in the School of Medicine. He was the inaugural Chair of the Medical Education Community of Practice for the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Chair of the Microbiology/Immunology Item Writing Committee for the National Board of Medical Examiners. Between 2014-2019 he held the Gold-Headed Cane Endowed Teaching Chair for Internal Medicine. He also serves as a contributing editor to the Sanford Guide of Antimicrobial Therapy.

• Response to Letter: Clinician Educator and Clinician Researcher Collaborations.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Chang A, Schwartz BS, Fernandez A
• How do internal medicine subspecialty societies support clinician-educator careers? A qualitative exploratory study.
  BMC medical education 2022 Santhosh L, Abdoler E, O'Brien BC, Schwartz B
• Evaluation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America's Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum for Infectious Diseases Fellows.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Spicer JO, Armstrong WS, Schwartz BS, Abbo LM, Advani SD, Barsoumian AE, Beeler C, Bennani K, Holubar M, Huang M, Ince D, Justo JA, Lee MSL, Logan A, MacDougall C, Nori P, Ohl C, Patel PK, Pottinger …
• A single center evaluation of applicant experiences in virtual interviews across eight internal medicine subspecialty fellowship programs.
  Medical education online 2021 Huppert LA, Hsu G, Elnachef N, Flint L, Frank JA, Gensler LS, Hsiao EC, Khanna RR, Qasim A, Schwartz BS, Widera E, Zapata C, Babik JM
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus Training Pathways in Residency: A National Survey of Curricula and Outcomes.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Budak JZ, Sears DA, Wood BR, Spach DH, Armstrong WS, Dhanireddy S, Teherani A, Schwartz BS
• Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: a Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Chang A, Schwartz BS, Harleman E, Johnson M, Walter LC, Fernandez A
• Virtual Interviews at Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: Determining Evidence-Based Best Practices.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020 Huppert LA, Hsiao EC, Cho KC, Marquez C, Chaudhry RI, Frank J, Goglin SE, Hsu G, Kathpalia P, Khanna R, Kompala T, Rao MN, Bower BA, Trafas V, Santhosh L, Schwartz BS, Babik JM
• Following the Script: An Exploratory Study of the Therapeutic Reasoning Underlying Physicians' Choice of Antimicrobial Therapy.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020 Abdoler EA, O'Brien BC, Schwartz BS
• Clinical outcomes and serologic response in solid organ transplant recipients with COVID-19: A case series from the United States.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Fung M, Chiu CY, DeVoe C, Doernberg SB, Schwartz BS, Langelier C, Henrich TJ, Yokoe D, Davis J, Hays SR, Chandran S, Kukreja J, Ng D, Prostko J, Taylor R, Reyes K, Bainbridge E, Bond A, Chin-Hong P, …
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Preterm Pregnant Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 Blauvelt CA, Chiu C, Donovan AL, Prahl M, Shimotake TK, George RB, Schwartz BS, Farooqi NA, Ali SS, Cassidy A, Gonzalez JM, Gaw SL
• Response to: Is Burnout Infectious? Understanding Drivers of Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Infectious Diseases Physicians.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Budak JZ, Brickman CE, Abdoler EA, Wallender EK, Mulliken JS, Kerkhoff AD, Lampiris H, Babik JM, Koss CA, Schwartz BS
• A Multi-Institution Collaboration to Define Core Content and Design Flexible Curricular Components for a Foundational Medical School Course: Implications for National Curriculum Reform.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019 Chen SF, Deitz J, Batten JN, DeCoste-Lopez J, Adam M, Alspaugh JA, Amieva MR, Becker P, Boslett B, Carline J, Chin-Hong P, Engle DL, Hayward KN, Nevins A, Porwal A, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Smith S,…
• Management and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation in patients with pre-transplant Mycobacterium abscessus infection: A single center experience.
  Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2019 Perez AA, Singer JP, Schwartz BS, Chin-Hong P, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Gao Y, Venado A, Leard LE, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Hays SR
• Pharmacodynamic Study of Miransertib in Individuals with Proteus Syndrome.
  American journal of human genetics 2019 Keppler-Noreuil KM, Sapp JC, Lindhurst MJ, Darling TN, Burton-Akright J, Bagheri M, Dombi E, Gruber A, Jarosinski PF, Martin S, Nathan N, Paul SM, Savage RE, Wolters PL, Schwartz B, Widemann BC, …
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Training for Infectious Diseases Fellows: Program Directors Identify a Curriculum Need.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018 Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Abbo LM, Advani S, Armstrong WS, Barsoumian AE, Beeler CB, Bystritsky R, Cherabuddi K, Cohen S, Hamilton KW, Ince D, Justo JA, Logan A, Lynch JB, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, …
• Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Infections on Isavuconazole Prophylaxis and Treatment: What Is Happening in the Real-World Setting?
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018 Fung M, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Langelier C, Lo M, Graff L, Tan M, Logan AC, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM
• Rat Lungworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease - Eight U.S. States, January 2011-January 2017.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2018 Liu EW, Schwartz BS, Hysmith ND, DeVincenzo JP, Larson DT, Maves RC, Palazzi DL, Meyer C, Custodio HT, Braza MM, Al Hammoud R, Rao S, Qvarnstrom Y, Yabsley MJ, Bradbury RS, Montgomery SP
• Rethinking the Educator Portfolio: An Innovative Criteria-Based Model.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018 Shinkai K, Chen CA, Schwartz BS, Loeser H, Ashe C, Irby DM
• Clinical Utility of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Spinal Infections.
  Clinical neuroradiology 2018 Dumont RA, Keen NN, Bloomer CW, Schwartz BS, Talbott J, Clark AJ, Wilson DM, Chin CT
• Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Recommendations for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Donors.
  Transplantation 2018 Clemente WT, Mourão PHO, Lopez-Medrano F, Schwartz BS, García-Donoso C, Torre-Cisneros J
• A Call to Action: Infectious Diseases Medical Educators Needed.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2017 Schwartz BS, Chin-Hong PV
• Candida auris: An emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen.
  International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2017 Sears D, Schwartz BS
• Chronic Helicobacter cinaedi cellulitis diagnosed by microbial polymerase chain reaction.
  JAAD case reports 2017 Matsumoto A, Yeh I, Schwartz B, Rosenblum M, Schmidt TH
• An Interprofessional Curriculum on Antimicrobial Stewardship Improves Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Appropriate Antimicrobial Use and Collaboration.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2017 MacDougall C, Schwartz BS, Kim L, Nanamori M, Shekarchian S, Chin-Hong PV
• Respiratory Failure in a Woman 8 Months After an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant.
  JAMA oncology 2016 Chou J, Wallender E, Schwartz BS
• Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2016 Baxi SM, Robinson ML, Grill MF, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Liu C
• Is It Time for a Coordinated and Longitudinal Approach to Antibiotic Stewardship Education?
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016 Shekarchian S, Schwartz BS, Teherani A, Irby D, Chin-Hong PV
• A Comprehensive Survey of Preclinical Microbiology Curricula Among US Medical Schools.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016 Melber DJ, Teherani A, Schwartz BS
• Immunocompromised Travelers: Demographic Characteristics, Travel Destinations, and Pretravel Health Care from the U.S. Global TravEpiNet Consortium.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2015 Schwartz BS, Rosen J, Han PV, Hynes NA, Hagmann SH, Rao SR, Jentes ES, Ryan ET, LaRocque RC
• Create Allies, IDSA Stewardship Commitments Should Prioritize Health Professions Learners.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015 Schwartz BS, Armstrong WS, Ohl CA, Luther VP
• Opinion and special articles: An interdisciplinary neuroinfectious diseases clinic to improve patient care and training.
  Neurology 2015 Chow FC, Schwartz BS, Josephson SA
• Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections following cosmetic laser procedures: a case report and review of the literature.
  Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD 2015 Berliner JG, Aldabagh B, Mully T, Yu SS, Schwartz BS, Berger TG
• Sweet heart: A case of pregnancy-associated acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis with myopericarditis.
  JAAD case reports 2014 Yu WY, Manrriquez E, Bhutani T, Chaganti RK, Ruben BS, Schwartz BS, Fox LP
• Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a traveler returning from a pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago.
  Journal of travel medicine 2014 Watkins ER, Shamasunder S, Cascino T, White KL, Katrak S, Bern C, Schwartz BS
• Management of deep postoperative shoulder infections: is there a role for open biopsy during staged treatment?
  Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2014 Zhang AL, Feeley BT, Schwartz BS, Chung TT, Ma CB
• Considerations for screening live kidney donors for endemic infections: a viewpoint on the UNOS policy.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2014 Levi ME, Kumar D, Green M, Ison MG, Kaul D, Michaels MG, Morris MI, Schwartz BS, Echenique IA, Blumberg EA, AST ID Community of Practice
• A therapeutic trial of antituberculous therapy for suspected lupus vulgaris: How long does it take to see clinical improvement?
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2013 Kanada KN, Schwartz BS, Pincus LB, Berger TG, Jacobs RA, Shinkai K
• Fatal transplant-associated west nile virus encephalitis and public health investigation-california, 2010.
  Transplantation 2013 Rabe IB, Schwartz BS, Farnon EC, Josephson SA, Webber AB, Roberts JP, de Mattos AM, Gallay BJ, van Slyck S, Messenger SL, Yen CJ, Bloch EM, Drew CP, Fischer M, Glaser CA, WNV Transplant Investigation …
• Parasitic infections in solid organ transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2013 Schwartz BS, Mawhorter SD, AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
• Scedosporium prolificans pericarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm in a lung transplant recipient receiving voriconazole prophylaxis.
  Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2013 Sayah DM, Schwartz BS, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Golden JA, Leard LE
• Rasamsonia argillacea pulmonary and aortic graft infection in an immune-competent patient.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2012 Doyon JB, Sutton DA, Theodore P, Dhillon G, Jones KD, Thompson EH, Fu J, Wickes BL, Koehler JE, Schwartz BS
• Assessment of cytomegalovirus-specific cell-mediated immunity for the prediction of cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk solid-organ transplant recipients: a multicenter cohort study.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012 Manuel O, Husain S, Kumar D, Zayas C, Mawhorter S, Levi ME, Kalpoe J, Lisboa L, Ely L, Kaul DR, Schwartz BS, Morris MI, Ison MG, Yen-Lieberman B, Sebastian A, Assi M, Humar A
• Diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in transplant donors: a donor-derived infections consensus conference report.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2012 Morris MI, Daly JS, Blumberg E, Kumar D, Sester M, Schluger N, Kim SH, Schwartz BS, Ison MG, Humar A, Singh N, Michaels M, Orlowski JP, Delmonico F, Pruett T, John GT, Kotton CN
• Concurrent epidemics of skin and soft tissue infection and bloodstream infection due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012 Tattevin P, Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Volinski J, Bhukhen A, Bhukhen A, Mai TT, Vo NH, Dang DN, Phan TH, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF, Diep BA
• In the clinic. Travel medicine.
  Annals of internal medicine 2012 Schwartz BS, Larocque RC, Ryan ET
• Global TravEpiNet: a national consortium of clinics providing care to international travelers--analysis of demographic characteristics, travel destinations, and pretravel healthcare of high-risk US international travelers, 2009-2011.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011 LaRocque RC, Rao SR, Lee J, Ansdell V, Yates JA, Schwartz BS, Knouse M, Cahill J, Hagmann S, Vinetz J, Connor BA, Goad JA, Oladele A, Alvarez S, Stauffer W, Walker P, Kozarsky P, Franco-Paredes C, …
• Experience with use of Zostavax(®) in patients with hematologic malignancy and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.
  American journal of hematology 2011 Naidus E, Damon L, Schwartz BS, Breed C, Liu C
• Expansion of a unique CD57⁺NKG2Chi natural killer cell subset during acute human cytomegalovirus infection.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011 Lopez-Vergès S, Milush JM, Schwartz BS, Pando MJ, Jarjoura J, York VA, Houchins JP, Miller S, Kang SM, Norris PJ, Nixon DF, Lanier LL
• Coccidioidomycosis during pregnancy: a review and recommendations for management.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011 Bercovitch RS, Catanzaro A, Schwartz BS, Pappagianis D, Watts DH, Ampel NM
• Organ donor screening practices for Trypanosoma cruzi infection among US Organ Procurement Organizations.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011 Schwartz BS, Paster M, Ison MG, Chin-Hong PV
• Screening and treatment of chagas disease in organ transplant recipients in the United States: recommendations from the chagas in transplant working group.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011 Chin-Hong PV, Schwartz BS, Bern C, Montgomery SP, Kontak S, Kubak B, Morris MI, Nowicki M, Wright C, Ison MG
• Interleukin-12 receptor β1 deficiency predisposing to disseminated Coccidioidomycosis.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011 Vinh DC, Schwartz B, Hsu AP, Miranda DJ, Valdez PA, Fink D, Lau KP, Long-Priel D, Kuhns DB, Uzel G, Pittaluga S, Hoover S, Galgiani JN, Holland SM
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in patients with hematologic malignancy.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2010 Liu C, Schwartz BS, Vallabhaneni S, Nixon M, Chin-Hong PV, Miller SA, Chiu C, Damon L, Drew WL
• Cytologic evaluation can predict microbial culture results for infectious causes of pulmonary nodules in patients undergoing fine needle aspiration biopsy.
  Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2010 Miller SA, van Zante A, Schwartz BS
• Possible neuropsychiatric reaction to high-dose oseltamivir during acute 2009 H1N1 influenza A infection.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010 Nakamura K, Schwartz BS, Lindegårdh N, Keh C, Guglielmo BJ
• Thoracic CT findings of novel influenza A (H1N1) infection in immunocompromised patients.
  Emergency radiology 2010 Elicker BM, Schwartz BS, Liu C, Chen EC, Miller SA, Chiu CY, Webb WR
• Development of daptomycin-susceptible, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia during high-dose daptomycin therapy.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Koplowicz YB, Schwartz BS, Guglielmo BJ
• Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in a scar after treatment with intralesional corticosteroid injections.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2009 Pincus LB, Schwartz BS, Cunningham G, Saeed S, Berger TG
• Doxycycline, not minocycline, induces its own resistance in multidrug-resistant, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Diep BA, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF
• A population-based study of the incidence and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in San Francisco, 2004-2005.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008 Liu C, Graber CJ, Karr M, Diep BA, Basuino L, Schwartz BS, Enright MC, O'Hanlon SJ, Thomas JC, Perdreau-Remington F, Gordon S, Gunthorpe H, Jacobs R, Jensen P, Leoung G, Rumack JS, Chambers HF
• Failure of decolonization in patients with infections due to mupirocin-resistant strains of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
  Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2008 Graber CJ, Schwartz BS
• Daptomycin treatment failure for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infective endocarditis: impact of protein binding?
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2008 Schwartz BS, Ngo PD, Guglielmo BJ
• Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006 Schwartz BS, Harris JB, Khan AI, Larocque RC, Sack DA, Malek MA, Faruque AS, Qadri F, Calderwood SB, Luby SP, Ryan ET