Steven D. Schwaitzberg MD, FACS

Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS is Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Professor of Surgery and Bioinformatics. Dr. Schwaitzberg also serves as the Medical Director, Surgical Program Development, at Great Lakes Health. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Schwaitzberg received his MD from Baylor College of Medicine and a MA (hon) from Harvard in 2014. He completed his surgical residency (1981-86) at the Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, a fellowship in infectious disease (1980-81) at the Methodist Hospital, and in pediatric trauma (1986-87) at the Pediatric Trauma Institute, Floating Hospital for Children.

He previously served as the Chief of Surgery at the Cambridge Health Alliance where he was Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He served (1990-91) with the 365th Evacuation Hospital, US Military Medical Complex in Seeb, Oman. He has held numerous leadership roles at the New England Medical Center including Chairman of the Institutional Review Board, Medical Director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and Director of Surgical Research.

His numerous research projects have been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and industry. He is currently the Principal Investigator on two grants looking at outcomes in biliary tract surgery and a national prospective clinical trial of “natural orifice” versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dr. Schwaitzberg has authored/co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, review articles, book chapters, editorials, and clinical reviews. He holds three US patents. Dr. Schwaitzberg has won numerous awards including the American College of Surgeons 2010 Health Policy Scholar award, Computerworld/National Smithsonian Honors 21st Century Laureate Achievement award (2003), and many awards for teaching excellence. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and currently serves on the Board of Governors.