Program
Summary
Dr. Schwartz’s
primary interest is the care of patients with diabetes and
its complications, as well as the hope of preventing diabetes
, and pursuing its early detection and treatment.
Current research interests include PKC-Inhibitor evaluation,
Fast CT evaluation of coronary disease in diabetes, use
of home HgA1c monitoring in diabetes, erectile dysfunction
in patients with diabetes, EDIC trial f/u of DCCT patients
and the LOOK AHEAD trial of DM, obesity and CV outcomes
with weight loss.
He is also interested in the use of a Computerized Patient
Record to implement principles of diabetes diease management
in the care of patients with diabetes throughout the Health
system.e.
Publications The Effect of Intensive
Diabetes Treatment on the Development and Progression of
Long-term
Complications in Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus: The
Diabetes Control and Complications
Trial.,The DCCT Research Group,New Enqland Journal of Medicine
1993;329:977-86.
Epidemilogy of Diabetic Interventions and Complications
, The EDIC Research Group, Diabetes Care 1999 1: 99-111.
The Effect of Intensive Diabetes Treatment on Carotid
Artery Wall Thickness in the EDIC Trial. The EDIC Research
Group,Diabetes,1999,48:83-390.
Retinopathy and Neuropathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
4 years After a Trial of Intensive Therapy, The DCCT/ EDIC
Research Groups, NEJM 342,381-389,2000.
Health Care Delivery in the EDIC Trial, submitted to
Diabetes Care.
Beneficial effect of intensive therapy of Diabetes During
Adolescences : Outcomes after the conclusion of the DCCT,
Journal of Pediatrics,2001,139:804-812.
Maschak-Carey,,Shutta,,Schwartz S. et al: Successful
Implementation of a Comprehensive Diabetes Disease Management
Program in an Integrated Academic Health Care System, Disease
Management 2:43, 1999.
Shutta, Schwartz S., Insulin Resistance and Diabetic
Complications: in Preventive Medicine in Managed Care2:,
#1, sup, S3-S19, 2001.
Algazy,Traber,Bellini Schwartz,Asch, "Web-based
electrocardiogram retrieval: Does it reduce orders?"
Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management,8:27,2001.
The Clinical Workstation: Integrating an Academic Heath
Center, Schwartz,Annecharico,Smith, pg 162 in Strategies
and Technologies for Healthcare Information, Theory into
Practice, ed. Ball et al,Springer, 1999.
