Brian Schwartz , M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Clinical Services
Director, UCSF Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic
Course Director, Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity
brian.schwartz@ucsf.edu

Mailing Address:
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Infectious Diseases
513 Parnassus Avenue Room S380
San Francisco, CA 94143

Research Interests:
Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection, MRSA, infections in solid organ transplant recipients, tropical medicine, travel medicine

Select Publications:

Schwartz BS, Ngo PD, Guglielmo BJ.  Daptomycin Treatment Failure for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Infective Endocarditis: Impact of Protein Binding? Ann Pharmacother. 2008 Feb 42; 289.

Schwartz BS, Graber CJ, Diep BA, Basuino L, Perdreau-Remington F, Chambers HF. Doxycycline, not minocycline, induces its own resistance in multidrug-resistant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusClone USA300.  Clin Infect Dis. 2009 May 15; 48(10):1483-4.

Koplowicz YB, Schwartz BS, Guglielmo BJ. Development of Daptomycin-susceptible Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia during High-Dose Daptomycin Therapy.  Clin Infect Dis. 2009. Oct 15;49(8):1286-7.

Elicker B, Schwartz BS, Liu C, Miller S, Chiu C, Webb R. Thoracic CT Findings of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Infection in Immunocompromised Patients. Emerg Radiol.  2010 Jul;17(4):299-307

Nakamura K, Schwartz BS, Lindegårdh, N, Keh C, Guglielmo BJ. Possible Neuropsychiatric Reaction to High-dose Oseltamivir during Acute H1N1 Influenza A Infection.  Clin Infect Dis. 2010. Apr 1;50(7):e47-9.

Liu C, Schwartz BS, Vallabhaneni S, Nixon M, Chin-Hong PV, Miller S, Chiu C, Damon L, Drew W. Clinical outcomes of pandemic influenza A (2009 H1N1) in patients with hematologic malignancy. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec;16(12):1910-7

Vinh DC, Schwartz BS, Hsu AP, Hsu P, Miranda DJ, Valdez PA, Fink D, Lau KP, Long‐Priel D, Kuhns DB, Uzel G, Pittaluga S, Hoover S, Galgiani JN, Holland SM. Interleukin‐12 receptor β1 deficiency predisposing to disseminated coccidioidomycosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases.  Feb;52(4):e99-e102

Schwartz BS, Paster M, Ison M, Chin-Hong PV.  Organ Donor Screening Practices for Trypanosoma cruzi Infection among U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations American Journal of Transplantation. In press.

Education and Training:

M.D., Rush Medical College, 1997-2001

Internal Medicine Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2001-2004

Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 2006-2008

Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship University of California, San Francisco, 2007-2008