Robert Schwartz

Dr. Schwartz grew up in Boulder, Colorado, enjoying and thriving in the academic community surrounding the University of Colorado. He is driven by a lifelong passion of understanding how things work and developing new technologies for medical application. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

He entered medical school with the goal to combine basic science, medical device technology, and clinical Cardiovascular practice. He completed post graduate medical residencies and Fellowships in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. After serving four years as a US Air Force Flight Surgeon, he accepted a Staff position in Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic, and established the Mayo Center for Applied Vascular Biology and Coronary Interventions. While in this role he was honored with the prestigious, Andreas Gruentzig Basic Research Award, given by the European Society of Cardiology.

To expand his involvement with the medtech/biotech community, he joined the Minneapolis Heart Institute in 2002 as clinician and Researcher, and founded the Minnesota Cardiovascular Research Institute. This institute is dedicated to novel technology and its medical applications. He currently practices Clinical Cardiology and is passionate about its interface with technology.

Dr. Schwartz has authored or co-authored more than 500 scientific publications and abstracts. He lectures extensively (Nationally and internationally), and is a named inventor on more than 60 patents in medical devices and technology. He has co-founded several successful medical device companies, and enjoys consulting in the Medical Device Industry, Venture Capital, and the FDA.