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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS
ACS Fellow Since 1980

Jeffrey Michael Schwartz, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Surgery

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

Orthopaedic Surgery

415 Clarkson Ave

C-3202

Brooklyn, NY 11203

United States

Contact Information

Biography

I am currently the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, a major trauma center and primary affiliate of Downstate Medical Center. I am currently a Governor Representative from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons to the American College of Surgeons, and the current chairman of the Orthopedic Advisory Council to the ACS. Previously I had been in private practice in New York City with hospital affiliations at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and Hospital for Joint Diseases, where I was an Attending in Orthopedic Surgery. I am currently active on the Trauma Multidisciplinary Committee at Kings County, and supervise orthopedic residents and medical students who are on rotation from SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Foot, Ankle, Disorders/Procedures

  • ankle arthritis
  • ankle replacement
  • arthroscopy ankle
  • arthroscopy- knee
  • claw toe
  • cruciate ligament tear
  • foot and ankle fracture
  • meniscal tear

General Orthopaedics

  • broken collarbone
  • fractures
  • ligament injuries
  • tears and instability

Knee Leg Disorders/Procedures

  • knee cap injury
  • knee pain
  • knee surgery
  • leg fractures
  • meniscal tear

Arthritis

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • arthroscopy
  • bone marrow aspiration/biopsy
  • minimally invasive surgery
  • osteochonal grafting
  • viscosupplementation treatment

Orthopedics other

Pediatric Orthopaedics

  • fractures
  • slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Shoulder & Arm Disease/Injury

  • arm fracture
  • arthritis of the shoulder
  • arthroscopic shoulder surgery
  • carpel tunnel syndrome
  • elbow fracture
  • rotator cuff tears
  • shoulder problems
  • shoulder separation
  • shoulder surgery

Spine and Neck Disorders/Procedures

  • back problems
  • herniated disc
  • laminectomy
  • lumbar disc disease
  • lumbar spine surgery
  • spinal stenosis surgery
  • spine surgery

Sports Medicine

  • ACL injury
  • athletic knee problems
  • hip pain
  • ligament injuries
  • throwing injuries

Joint Replacement - Hip and Knee

  • ankle replacement
  • hip replacement
  • hip revision
  • knee replacement
  • knee revision
  • minimally invasive hip replacement
  • shoulder joint replacement

Orthopedic Trauma

  • reconstructive surgery
  • shoulder reconstruction

Hospital Appointments

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York,NY,

Attending

Lenox Hill Hospital

New York,NY,

Attending

Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn, NY

Chief

04/2016—Present

Academic Appointments

Lect Mt Sinai(NYC)

Assistant Professor

Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Stony Brook, NY

Assistant Professor

Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

New York, NY

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Stony Brook, NY

Assistant Professor

SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Brooklyn, NY

Clinical Assistant Professor

01/2017—Present