Dr. Ernst von Schwarz

Professor Dr. Ernst von Schwarz MD, Ph.D., FESC, FACC, FSCAI is a US-based world-renowned triple board-certified Clinical and Academic Cardiologist and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

About Dr. Ernst Von Schwarz

Professor Dr. Ernst von Schwarz MD, Ph.D., FESC, FACC, FSCAI is a US-based world-renowned triple board-certified Clinical and Academic Cardiologist and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA. He joined Cedars Sinai Medical Center and UCLA as Director of the Cardiac Device Program in 2006, he was appointed Director of Cardiology at the Heart Institute Of Southern California Hospital Culver City in 2015 and chairman of Pacific Heart Medical Group. He has published over 150 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed Medical Journals as well as several books and book chapters. He is a sought after expert witness in several high profile cases and a regular contributor to TV and Radio. Dr von Schwarz is a prolific speaker lecturing worldwide at International scientific conferences including American Heart Association, American College Of Cardiology, European Society Of Cardiology to name but a few.

World-renowned cardiovascular cardiologist

Dr Schwarz is considered a world expert in the fields of hibernating myocardium, a condition where the heart shows a reduction in strength and in myocardium, a condition where the heart shows a reduction in strength and in myocardial bridges for which he created a scientific nomenclature based on years of intensive invasive studies using micro transfuses in the heart which is a congenital abnormality of the arteries of the heart.

Areas of Research Interest

Acute and chronic myocardial ischemia, cardioprotection, interventional cardiology, interventional therapy in end-stage heart failure, cardiac transplantation, sexual function, and cardiac disease.  Also, Dr. Von Schwarz has a clinical interest in the areas of interventional cardiology, acute and chronic myocardial ischemia, heart failure, sexual function and cardiac disease, cardiac transplantation.