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Roderich Schwarz, MD, PhD
Endowed Title: Mark and Jane Gibson Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
roderich.schwarz@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Dr. Roderich Schwarz joined the Department of Surgery at the UT Southwestern Medical School and the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in the middle of 2007, to serve as Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Division of Surgical Oncology. A native of Germany, he completed his medical training at the Medical School in Hannover, Germany, in 1984, and presented his dissertation with a thesis in experimental hepatopathology in 1985. Until 1989, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, and subsequently underwent residency training in General Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1994, he started a two-year fellowship training in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he has received specialty training for gastrointestinal cancer with Drs. Murray F. Brennan, Alfred M. Cohen, and Leslie H. Blumgart. From 1996 to 2001, he served as Section Head of Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreatobiliary Surgery at the City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles, California. Subsequently, he led the Pancreatic Cancer Program at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, from 2001 to 2007. Dr. Schwarz has a special interest in upper gastrointestinal malignancies, including pancreatic, hepatobiliary, and gastric cancer. He has presented numerous talks at national and international meetings, and has authored more than eighty peer reviewed journal articles and several book chapters. His research interests focus on experimental combination therapy for pancreatic and gastric cancer, novel locoregional therapies for liver and bile duct lesions, and minimizing morbidity after major visceral resections. Dr. Schwarz has taken an active role in the design and implementation of experimental multidisciplinary treatment protocols for gastrointestinal cancer at UTSW. Of major interest are: 1. adjuvant combination treatment strategies that incorporate molecular-targeted drugs for growth inhibition and antiangiogenesis with conventional cytotoxic therapy; 2. intraperitoneal treatment with or without surgical cytoreduction; 3. regional intrahepatic chemotherapy after resection / radiofrequency ablation of hepatic metastases. Dr. Schwarz seeks to create a cooperative and productive relationship with physicians who diagnose and treat gastrointestinal cancer. He is available for clinical consultations or direct physician contact at any time.
Education
| Fellowship | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, Surgical Oncology (1996) |
| Residency | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Medical Education, General Surgery (1994) |
| Medical School | Medical School of Hannover L.S. Germany (1984) |
Publications
Schwarz, R.E., Smith, D.D. , Ann. Surg. Oncol. , February 2007; (14(2)):317-328
Schwarz, R.E. , HPB J. Internat. Hepato Pancreato Biliary Assoc. , 2003; (5(1)):27-32
Schwarz, R.E., Smith, D.D., Keny, H., Ikle, D.N., Shibata, S.I., Chu, D.Z.J., Pezner, R.D. , Am. J. Clin. Oncol. , 2003; (26 (1)):16-21
Schwarz, R.E., Zagala-Nevarez, K. , Ann. Surg. Oncol. , 2002; (9(4)):394-400
Schwarz, R.E., Harrison, L.E., Conlon, K.C., Klimstra, D.S., Brennan, M.F. , J. Am. Coll. Surg. , 1999; (188):516-521
Schwarz, R.E. , World J. Surg. Oncol. , March 2007; (5(1)):32
Konduri, S., Schwarz, R.E. , J. Surg. Res. , June 2007; (140(1)):55-66
Verma, V., Schwarz, R.E. , J. Surg. Res. , July 2007; (141 (1)):97-104
Schwarz, R.E., Smith, D.D. , J. Gastrointest. Surg. , February 2007; (11(2)):158-65
Schwarz, R.E., Smith, D.D. , J. Gastrointest. Surgery , 2007; ((in press))
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Honors/Awards
Residents’ Theodor Kocher Teaching Award (2006)
Traveller’s Grant Award to the 101st Annual Congress, Sendai, Japan (2001)
City of Hope National Medical Center (2001)
48th Annual Cancer Symposium: Poster Presentation Award (1995)
International Research Training Award (1989)