Marvin I. Schwarz, MD
Marvin I. Schwarz, MD, is the James C. Campbell Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and the head of the Division of Pulmonary Sciences
and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the
area of pulmonology and more specifically, in the area of pulmonary fibrosis. He has authored a myriad of pulmonary-focused publications,
including various peer-reviewed papers, monographs, editorials, books, chapters, and abstracts. As evidence of his ongoing quest to
further medical research for effective therapies for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, he is currently working as the principal
investigator for trials involving the role of interferon gamma-1b, on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant studying the
immunopathology of interstitial lung disease, and on a linkage study of familial pulmonary fibrosis.
He is an active member of the American Thoracic Society, Society of Colorado Pulmonary Physicians, Association of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Program Directors, American Heart Association, European Respiratory Association, Society for the Advancement of Science,
and American Association of Respiratory Care. Dr. Schwarz is also a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American
College of Chest Physicians. Additional notable contributions include participation in the NIH Working Group for Future Research
Directions in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and a consultancy to the American College of Chest Physicians' Interstitial and Diffuse
Lung Disease Network.
Dr. Schwarz received his undergraduate degree from Bard College in New York and obtained his medical degree from Tulane
University's School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1964. Since graduating from medical school, Dr. Schwarz has served in a
number of different clinical capacities, including a three-year stint as the chief of a pulmonary function lab for the U.S. Army,
a military consultancy in pulmonary disease, as well as a medical staff position at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
in Denver.
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