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Barbara Swartz, MD, Neurology, Grand Rapids, MI

BarbaraESwartzMDPhD, FAAN, FANA

Neurology Grand Rapids, MI

Epilepsy, Hospital/Neurohospitalist, Neurophysiology

Swartz Neurology, LLC, Epileptologist, electroencephalography and Neurohospitalist

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Summary

  • I am a very experienced, surgically trained epileptologist with a great passion for all of epilepsy management issues. I would like to have some research time if possible but primarily I desire a teaching spot to pass on all that I have learned over the years and a chance to improve the lives of patients with intractable epilepsy.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Neurology, 1981 - 1984
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesPh.D., Pharmacology, 1973 - 1979
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1979
  • Chapman College
    Chapman CollegeB.S., Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 1968 - 1972

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2020 - 2026
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1982 - 2026
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
  • WV State Medical License
    WV State Medical License 2017 - 2021
  • NV State Medical License
    NV State Medical License 2013 - 2017
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2011 - 2012
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1999 - 2006
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Practice Fusion EHR, Practice Fusion, Inc., 2012
  • Honors at Entrance Chapman College
  • Full Tuition Honorary Scholarship (Four Years) Chapman College
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Functional characterization of a periventricular heterotopic nodule 1 associated with epileptogenic activity.  
    1. Nolan RL, Brandmeir N, Swartz B, Tucker E, Lewis JW., Epilepsy and Behavior. Mar, 2018., 3/2018
  • The Effect of Guanfacine on Working Memory Performance in Patients with Localization-Related Epilepsy and Healthy Controls  
    Swartz BE, MacDonald C, Patell A, Torgersen D, J Clinical Pharmacology, 10/1/2008
  • Optimal Evaluation of Digital Electroenchephalography  
    Rodin, E, Constantino T, van Orman C, Funke M, Devinsky O, Wong, P, McIntyre H, Swartz BE, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Do Brain Volumes in JME differ from normal controls?
    Sptiz Jon, Swartz BE, ANA meeting, 10/1/2011
  • Abnormal Metabolic ans Structural Changes in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy using MRI Volumetry and 1H MR Spectroscopy
    Hyeon-Man Baik, Swartz B, Vu L, Liu H, Orhan nalcioglu, Min-Yang Su, Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 1/1/2007
  • Voxel Based Morphometry and Statistical Parametric Mapping of Positron Emission Tomography (SPM-PET) in Patients with Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Compared to Normal Controls
    Vu L, Swartz BE, Madelken M, Nalcioglu O, SY M-Y, Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

  • Women’s Issues in Epilepsy (Invited Speaker) 
    1/1/2006
  • Improvement Strategies for Increasing Access to Specialty Care for Children/Youth with Epilepsy 
    Orange County, CA - 1/1/2006
  • The Treatment of epilepsy in Women-special Considerations 
    Irvine, CA - 1/1/2004
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Other

  • Effects of 3’5’ cyclic-guanosine monophosphate at central nervous system synapses (Graduate Thesis) 
    Swartz BE, University of California, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/1979

Press Mentions

  • Metro Health-University of Michigan Health Expands Access with Four New Specialists
    Metro Health-University of Michigan Health Expands Access with Four New SpecialistsSeptember 23rd, 2020
  • Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadski Discusses Advanced Brain Imaging | Hoag Hospital Orange County
    Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadski Discusses Advanced Brain Imaging | Hoag Hospital Orange CountyDecember 15th, 2015