Heads American Hospital Association’s Behavioral Health Governing Council
Newswise — New York City, NY (April 10, 2012) – Bruce Schwartz, MD, Deputy Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center, and a Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has been named Chair of the American Hospital Association’s Section for Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Services. The section’s governing council represents 1,300 behavioral health providers across the country. During his one-year term, Dr. Schwartz and the 16-member governing council will work with the AHA to identify ways to define and focus AHA policy, advocacy and member resources to improve the quality, efficiency and delivery of psychiatric and substance abuse services.
Dr. Schwartz is also Clinical Director of Psychiatry at Montefiore, and Deputy Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences at Einstein. Additionally, he helped create a behavioral management services organization, University Behavioral Associates, in 1995, for which he serves as President, CEO and Medical Director. Montefiore’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences provides comprehensive care for a full spectrum of general and specialty inpatient and outpatient services, and has one of the most advanced neuropsychiatric centers and emergency and crisis intervention programs. Expert psychiatric consultation services for inpatient or outpatient needs are available 24/7.
Noting this prestigious role for Dr. Schwartz, T. Byram Karasu, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Montefiore and University Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Einstein, said, “The Department is proud of this recent appointment of Bruce, recognizing his leadership in many national organizations.” Dr. Schwartz’s commitment to creating integrated delivery systems is demonstrated by his services on committees of many organizations, including The Greater New York Hospital Association’s PPS Psychiatry Advisory Workgroup and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services Committee, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s NYPD- Emergency Department Task Force, the New York Academy of Medicine’s Committee on Membership and Admission and the AHA’s 2005-2007 Behavioral Health Task F orce. Additionally, he serves as Chair of the Mental Health Association of New York City’s Professional Advisory Board and on its Strategic Planning Committee and Board of Directors. Dr. Schwartz is also a consultant and Past Chairman on the American Psychiatry Association’s Council of Healthcare Systems and Financing and served as the AHA’s liaison to the committees of the American Psychiatry Association. Dr. Schwartz has been named a “Best Doctor” by both Castle Connolly and New York Magazine.
A graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York, Dr. Schwartz earned his medical degree from the State University of New York’s Downstate Medical College in Brooklyn. He resides with his family in Ardsley, New York.
About Montefiore Medical Center As the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is a premier academic medical center nationally renowned for its clinical excellence, scientific discovery and commitment to its community. Recognized among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report, Montefiore provides compassionate, patient- and family-centered care and educates the healthcare professionals of tomorrow. The Children's Hospital at Montefiore is consistently named in U.S. News' "America's Best Children's Hospitals," and is second among those in the New York metro area. With four hospitals, 1,491 beds and 93,000 annual hospital discharges, Montefiore is an integrated health system seamlessly linked by advanced technology. State-of-the-art primary and specialty care is provided through a network of nearly 100 locations across the region, including the largest school health program in the nation and a home health program. Montefiore's partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. The medical center derives its inspiration for excellence from its patients and community, and continues to be on the frontlines of developing innovative approaches to care. For more information please visit www.montefiore.org and www.montekids.org and follow us on Twitter @MontefioreNews.
About Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University is one of the nation’s premier centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. During the 2011-2012 academic year, Einstein is home to 724 M.D. students, 248 Ph.D. students, 117 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and 368 postdoctoral research fellows. The College of Medicine has 2,522 full time faculty members located on the main campus and at its clinical affiliates. In 2011, Einstein received nearly $170 million in awards from the NIH. This includes the funding of major research centers at Einstein in diabetes, cancer, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas where the College of Medicine is concentrating its efforts include developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. Its partnership with Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. Through its extensive affiliation network involving Montefiore and four other medical centers in the Bronx, Manhattan and Long Island runs one of the largest post-graduate medical training programs in the United States, offering approximately 155 residency programs to more than 2,200 physicians in training. For more information, please visit www.einstein.yu.edu and follow us on Twitter @EinsteinMed.
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