Daniel R. Schwartz, MD

Cardiology

4.9 with 51 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Director, Heart Failure Program, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Dr. Schwartz is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Arterial Insufficiency
Beriberi
Cardiac Amyloidosis
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
CardioMEMS
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Chronic Inotropic Therapy
Circulatory Assist Devices
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Cor Pulmonale (Pulmonary Heart Disease)
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
End Stage Heart Disease
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Genetic Cardiomyopathy
Giant Cell Myocarditis
Heart Biopsy
Heart Failure
Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Home Inotropes
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Infiltrative Disorders of the Heart
Left Ventricular Assist Device
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Myocarditis (Heart Tissue Inflammation)
Pulmonary Edema
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Right-Sided Heart Failure
Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Ventricular Aneurysm
Viral Cardiomyopathy

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Schwartz is part of these programs:

Penn Heart Failure Program

Board Certification

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2016

Education and Training

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Penn Heart and Vascular Center

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Map Call 215-615-4949

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Eberly LA, Tennison A, Mays D, Hsu CY, Yang CT, Benally E, Beyuka H, Feliciano B, Norman CJ, Brueckner MY, Bowannie C, Schwartz DR, Lindsey E, Freidman S, Ketner E, Detsoi-Smiley P, Shyr Y, Shin S, Merino M: Telephone-Based Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Optimization in Navajo Nation: The Hozho Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Internal Medicine : 2024.

Compher C, Henstenburg JA, Aloupis M, Sun A, Quinn R, Emery E, Thomas J, Crafford AG, Schwartz DR: The Nutritional Impact of 7 versus 21 Home-delivered Medically Tailored Meals in Patients with Heart Failure and Malnutrition Risk: A Random Order Crossover Feeding Trail (MEDIMEALS) BMC Nutrition : 2024.

1. Joanna Catalano, Lauren Monaco, John Clark, Xiaofeng Zhao, Meredith Brisco, Eman Hamad, Daniel Schwartz, Rene Alvarez: Complete Heart Block and Syncope: A Rare Presentation of Mixed Lymphocytic and Giant Cell Myocarditis Journal of Cardiac Failure 24 (8S): 2018.

Riegel B, Dickson VV, Lee, CS, Daus M, Hill J, Lee, S, Wald JW, Moelter ST, Rathman L, Streur M, Irani E, Baah F, Ruppert L, Schwartz DR, Bove: A Mixed Methods Study of Reasons for Treatment Seeking Delay in Patients with Heart Failure. Heart Lung 47 (2): 107-114,2018.

L. Kaplan, K. Lin, D. Schwartz, D. Karras, R. Sullivan, B. Buttaro, G. Sterling: Using Small Group Facilitation to Enhance Basic Science-Clinical Science Integration. North East Group on Educational Affairs Meeting Associate of American Medical Colleges, Zucker School of Medicine/ Hofstra : 2018.

J. Kumar, J. Plamenac, C. Dillane, D. Schwartz.: The Mortality of Cardiogenic Shock in Patients Admitted with Acute Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation : 2017.

R. Sullivan, D. Karras, D. Schwartz, G. Sterling: The Clinical Reasoning Conference: A Flipped Classroom, Case-Based Approach to Teaching and Learning in the Pre-Clerkship Medical Curriculum American Physiological Society Experimental Biology : 2017.

J. Gomez-Abraham, G. Sunagawa, S. Brann, K. Minakata, S. Keshavamurthy, D. Schwartz, L. Punnoose, E. Hamad, R. Alvarez, Y. Toyoda: Heart Transplantation after Bridge to Transplant with Novel Approach to Mechanical Circulatory Support in a Patient with d-Transposition of the Great Arteries Journal of Cardiac Failure 22 (8): S119–S120 ,2016.

C. Dillane, A. Bove, H. Cohen, R. Bashir, B. O’Murchu, B. O’Neill, J. Gomez-Abraham, A. Shiose, D. Schwartz, D. Dries, L. Punnoose, Y. Toyoda, R. Alavrez, E. Hamad: A Shock Team Improves Survival in Cardiogenic Shock by Decreasing Time to Intervention. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation : 2016.

A. Mirza. F. Raza, A. Shiose, D. Schwartz, Y. Toyoda, R. Alvarez, E. Hamad: Single Center Experience with Successful Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation Following Myocardial Recovery International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation : 2016.

Academic Contact Information

Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center
3900 Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Cardiology, National
Heart Failure Society of America, National
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant, International