Overview
Dr. Lauren Schwartz is a highly rated, leading Ivy league trained New York gastroenterologist with a special interest in general gastroenterology as well as Women’s health, colon cancer screening, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease / Ulcerative Colitis), IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and is also one a select few gastroenterologists certified in clinical nutrition. Dr. Schwartz has also been consistently voted by her peers among the prestigious group of Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors as well as NY metro area top doctors yearly from 2017-2021. She was also cited among the list of exceptional Women in Medicine in 2019 and 2020. Dr. Schwartz is a renowned NYC gastroenterologist with a strong passion for patient care.
Dr. Schwartz received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in biology. She then obtained her medical degree from Weill-Cornell Medical College and completed her internal medicine residency at the affiliated Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Driven by an interest in the nutritional aspects of gastrointestinal disease, she completed a clinical nutrition fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is one of a handful of physicians certified in clinical nutrition. Dr. Schwartz then completed her gastroenterology fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.
Dr. Schwartz is a member of American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), as well as the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Dr. Schwartz has been extensively published in medical literature and has presented various abstracts and other oral presentations in her field.
Dr. Schwartz is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malabsorption, Viral Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea, and Hemorrhoidectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
55 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Schwartz has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
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Areas of Expertise
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- Short Bowel SyndromeDr. Schwartz isAdvanced. Learn about Short Bowel Syndrome.
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- ColitisDr. Schwartz isExperienced. Learn about Colitis.
- DiarrheaDr. Schwartz isExperienced. Learn about Diarrhea.
- MalabsorptionDr. Schwartz isExperienced. Learn about Malabsorption.
- Small Bowel Bacterial OvergrowthDr. Schwartz isExperienced. Learn about Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth.
- Viral GastroenteritisDr. Schwartz isExperienced. Learn about Viral Gastroenteritis.