Eliezer (Eli) Schwartz (Hebrew: אליעזר שוורץ; born in Jerusalem, Israel) MD, DTMH is an Israeli physician, known for his specialty in tropical diseases and travel medicine. He is a founding member of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) and served as chair of its Professional Education Committee.Short biography at ISTM website Schwartz is currently president of the Asia Pacific Travel Health Society (APTHS) as well as the Israel Society for Parasitology, Protozoology and Tropical Diseases (ISPPTD).APTHS website At clinical practice, he is head of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at the Sheba Medical Center.The Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at the Sheba Medical Center website He is also a professor at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.Eli Schwartz's page at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Biography Born in Jerusalem, Israel, he completed his MD at the Tel Aviv University. He later traveled to London to receive a DTMH at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Schwartz specialises in tropical diseases and travel medicine since 1980. He has lived in Nepal for two years and worked in the CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center in Kathmandu, and travels to many countries in Asia and Africa, thus gaining much expertise.Research Articles page on the CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center website He is a professor at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, where he guides doctoral student, among others.List of MD Theses guided by Prof. Eli Schwartz, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Library website He has published over 200 scientific papers in his scientific field.
In 1999 he was awarded the Vincenzo Marcolongo Memorial Lectureship.
Professional organizations Schwartz is a founding member of the International Society of Travel Medicine, has been part of its executive committee (2003–2007) and served as chair of its Professional Education Committee.Past Officers page on the ISTM website He is currently member of the Continuing Professional Development Committee and the Examination Committee.ISTM Continuing Professional Development Committee pageISTM Examination Committee page Schwartz is member of the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine , Journal of Travel Medicine webpage, Wiley In the GeoSentinel global surveillance network of the ITSM and the CDC, he is the Israeli site director.GeoSentinel site director
He is also president of the Asia Pacific Travel Health Society (APTHS). In Israel he is president of the Israel Society for Parasitology, Protozoology and Tropical Diseases (ITPPTD).
Other activities Schwartz is a consultant for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as various governments in tropical countries.Eli Schwartz at the Sheba Medical Center website In this position, he has treated UN troops in Angola, as well as the leader of Eritrea, thus serving Israel's diplomatic relations as well as his patients.Diplomatic Doctor by Tavor, Naomi, Shalom Magazine, Issue no. 2, 1996. Government of Israel - Ministry of Foreign Affairs He has also worked at the Cambodian refugee camps in 1980, and served as a consultant to the Government of Zanzibar (1994) and worked in Ethiopia (1991, 1999) and Senegal (2001).
Publications Tropical Diseases in Travelers (Eli Schwartz ed). John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2009. 504 pages. Travel Medicine: Tales Behind the Science (Advances in Tourism Research) (Annelies Wilder-Smith, Eli Schwartz, Marc Shaw ed). Elsevier Science, NY, 2008. 333 pages. A Hidden Traveler: Narratives of travelers with tropical diseases. By: Eli Schwartz, Orna Schatz-Oppenheimer. Ramot Publishing, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 2009. 248 pages. The ISBN even at the publisher (978-965-274-448-4) is bad, causing a checksum error.
References
External links Eli Schwartz's Short CV (2012)