AlanRichardSchwartzMD

Pulmonology • Baltimore, MD

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Office
601 N. Caroline St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-3467

Fax+1 410-550-2612
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2021 - 2025
TN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1985 - 2025
NE State Medical License 2022 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014

Clinical Trials

The Sleep, Liver Evaluation and Effective Pressure Study Start of enrollment: 2011 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2
Study of Nasal Airflow Pressure Optimization to Resolve Excessive Snoring Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Efficacy of High Flow Therapy in COPD At Home Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 15
Terminated
Metabolic Impact of Intermittent CPAP Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 10
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Changes in tongue morphology predict responses in pharyngeal patency to selective hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
Thomaz Fleury Curado, Luu Pham, Tamas Otvos, Tracy Klopfer, Carla Freire, Mateus R Amorim, Yoichi Nishimura, Luiz Ubirajara Sennes, Kevin J Psoter, Mohamed Abdelwahab,...> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2023 May 1
6 citations
Influence of apnea vs hypopnea predominance in predicting mean therapeutic positive airway pressures among patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Jason L. Yu, Yifan Liu, Akshay Tangutur, Monique Arnold, Everett G Seay, Alan R. Schwartz, Raj C. Dedhia> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
11 citations
Beyond VOTE: The New Frontier of Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy.
Raj C. Dedhia, Everett G Seay, Alan R. Schwartz> ;ORL; Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Its Related Specialties. 2021 Sep 27
3 citations
Ansa cervicalis stimulation increases pharyngeal patency in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
David T Kent, William C. Scott, David L. Zealear, Alan R. Schwartz> ;Journal of Applied Physiology. 2021 Aug 1
4 citations
Transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation improves central sleep apnea, sleep quality, and quality of life regardless of prior positive airway pressure treatment
Alan R. Schwartz, Lee R. Goldberg, Scott McKane, Timothy I. Morgenthaler> ;Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2021 Mar 20
4 citations
Acute Altitude Acclimatization in Young Healthy Volunteers: Nocturnal Oxygenation Increases Over Time, Whereas Periodic Breathing Persists.
Jia Der Ju, Cristian Zhang, Francis P. Sgambati, Lidia M. López, Luu V. Pham, Alan R. Schwartz, Roberto A. Accinelli> ;High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 2021 Mar 29
16 citations
Leptin receptor expression in the dorsomedial hypothalamus stimulates breathing during NREM sleep in db/db mice.
Huy Pho, Slava Berger, Carla Freire, Lenise Jihe Kim, Mi Kyung Shin, Stone R Streeter, Nishitha Hosamane, Meaghan E Cabassa, Frederick Anokye-Danso, Olga Dergacheva, M...> ;Sleep. 2021 Jun 11
Ansa Cervicalis and Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in a Patient With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
David T Kent, David L. Zealear, Alan R. Schwartz> ;Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 Jan 26
3 citations
Association of sleep apnoea risk and aortic enlargement in Marfan syndrome.
Mudiaga Sowho, Gretchen MacCarrick, Harry C. Dietz, Jonathan C. Jun, Alan R. Schwartz, Enid Neptune> ;BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2021 Jan 1
2 citations
Ultrasound Localization and Percutaneous Electrical Stimulation of the Hypoglossal Nerve and Ansa Cervicalis.
David T Kent, Alan R. Schwartz, David L. Zealear> ;Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 Jan 1
13 citations
Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs Approach to Treatment of Sleep-disordered Breathing
Thomaz Fleury Curado, Huy Pho, Carla Freire, Mateus R. Amorim, Jordi Bonaventura, Lenise Jihe Kim, Rachel Lee, Meaghan E Cabassa, Stone R Streeter, Luiz G.S. Branco, L...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Jan 1
14 citations
Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity on Morphine Pharmacokinetics in Children.
Nicholas M. Dalesio, Carlton K. K. Lee, Craig W. Hendrix, Nikole Kerns, Aaron Hsu, William Clarke, Joseph M. Collaco, Sharon A. McGrath-Morrow, Myron Yaster, Robert H....> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020 Sep 1
8 citations
Brief digital sleep questionnaire powered by machine learning prediction models identifies common sleep disorders.
Alan R. Schwartz, Mairav Cohen-Zion, Luu V. Pham, Amit Gal, Mudiaga Sowho, Francis P. Sgambati, Tracy Klopfer, Michelle A. Guzman, Erin M. Hawks, Tamar Etzioni, Laura ...> ;Sleep Medicine. 2020 Jul 1
40 citations
Snoring: a source of noise pollution and sleep apnea predictor
Mudiaga Sowho, Francis P. Sgambati, Michelle A. Guzman, Hartmut Schneider, Alan R. Schwartz> ;Sleep. 2020 Jun 15
18 citations
Evaluation of Therapeutic Positive Airway Pressure as a Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Predictor in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Everett G Seay, Brendan T. Keenan, Alan R. Schwartz, Raj C. Dedhia> ;JAMA Otolaryngology-- Head & Neck Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
6 citations
Novel phrenic nerve stimulator treats Cheyne-Stokes respiration: polysomnographic insights.
Alan R. Schwartz, Francis P. Sgambati, Kristofer J. James, Todd P. Goblish, Seamus E. Jackson, Nikhil Samtani, Ronald D. Berger> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2020 May 15
24 citations
A comparison of automated and manual sleep staging and respiratory event recognition in a portable sleep diagnostic device with in-lab sleep study
Zhigang Zhang, Mudiaga Sowho, Tamas Otvos, Larissa Sanglard Sperandio, Joshua East, Frank Sgambati, Alan R. Schwartz, Hartmut Schneider> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2020 Apr 15
7 citations
Relationship between the activity of the genioglossus, other peri-pharyngeal muscles and flow mechanics during wakefulness and sleep in patients with OSA and healthy s...
Ron Oliven, Guy Cohen, Mostafa Somri, Alan R. Schwartz, Arie Oliven> ;Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 2020 Mar 1
1 citations
Electrical stimulation of the whole hypoglossal nerve in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Arie Oliven, Yaniv Dotan, T Golibroda, Mostafa Somri, Ron Oliven, Alan R. Schwartz> ;Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2020 Jan 6
4 citations
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Airway Dimensions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
A.L. Koch, Robert H. Brown, H. Woo, Alli C. Brooker, Laura M. Paulin, Hartmut Schneider, Alan R. Schwartz, Gregory B. Diette, Robert A. Wise, Nadia N. Hansel, Nirupama...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2020 Jan 1
1 citations
Upright posture increases oxyhemoglobin saturation in Peruvian highlanders.
Rafael S. Arias, Branden Etienne, Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, William Checkley, Alan R. Schwartz, Luu V. Pham> ;Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 2019 May 24
10 citations
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy improves ventilatory drive through a leptin-dependent mechanism.
Deanna M. Arble, Alan R. Schwartz, Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, Darleen A. Sandoval, Randy J. Seeley> ;JCI Insight. 2019 Jan 10
36 citations
Leptin acts in the carotid bodies to increase minute ventilation during wakefulness and sleep and augment the hypoxic ventilatory response
Candela Caballero-Eraso, Mi Kyung Shin, Huy Pho, Lenise Jihe Kim, Luis E. Pichard, Zhi-Juan Wu, Chenjuan Gu, Slava Berger, Luu Pham, Ho-Yee Bonnie Yeung, Machiko Shira...> ;The Journal of Physiology. 2019 Jan 1
2 citations
A Novel Non-invasive Approach for Measuring Upper Airway Collapsibility in Mice.
Yoichi Nishimura, Rafael S. Arias, Huy Pho, Luu Van Pham, Thomaz Fleury Curado, Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, Alan R. Schwartz> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2018 Nov 20
29 citations
Neurostimulation Treatment of OSA
Thomaz Fleury Curado, Arie Oliven, Luiz Ubirajara Sennes, Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, David W. Eisele, Alan R. Schwartz> ;Chest. 2018 Dec 1
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