Frederic Schwartz, MD received his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine, and completed his internship and neurosurgery residency at The George Washington University Medical Center. Dr. Schwartz was commissioned as a Major in the US Army Medical Corps and rose quickly to serve as Chief of Neurosurgery at The Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia. After his military service, Dr. Schwartz turned toward private practice and teaching, with professorships at both The George Washington University and Georgetown University. Dr. Schwartz has published articles on brain tumors and spinal disorders in the most prestigious peer-reviewed scholarly journals, and has also been a contributor to the medical ethics literature. He is consistently listed among Washingtonian magazine's Top Docs and in The Best Doctors in America for neurosurgery and spine surgery. He is also one of America's Top Surgeons as determined by the Consumer's Research Council of America. Dr. Schwartz is board certified in Neurological Surgery.