Howard Steinbach Memorial Lecture: "The Top 30 Most Common Mistakes Scientific Authors Make”

Dr. Schweitzer, a medical scholar, educator and experienced hospital administrator, is the Chair of the Department of Radiology at Stony Brook Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI).

Prior to serving as Chair of Stony Brook Department of Radiology, Dr. Schweitzer was Chief of Diagnostic Imaging and Chair of Radiology at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Schweitzer received his bachelor of science degree from Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at the City University of New York. He earned his medical degree from State University of New York at Buffalo, and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at Nassau County Medical Center (now Nassau University Medical Center), as part of Stony Brook’s program, serving as Associate Chief Resident. He performed a fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology at University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Schweitzer has reviewed more than two dozen scholarly journals, served on numerous expert advisory panels, including NIH study sections and FDA panels, and has received numerous teaching, mentoring and research awards for his University and continuing medical educational activities. He has participated as Principal investigator or co-Principal Investigator on more than 30 grants, including NIH R01 awards, and many clinical trials of the effectiveness of novel contrast agents. He has been published in 325 scholarly journal publications, three books and 60 book chapters or syllabi, spanning a range of imaging disciplines from clinical to basic research.

Dr. Schweitzer is certified by the American Board of Radiology and has served as Presiding Officer of the Radiological Society of North America, as well as the International Skeletal Society. Cited as a perennial “Best Doctor" by New York and Philadelphia magazines, he has served as consultant for many professional sports teams, including the New York Mets, New York Islanders, New York Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Eagles. He has also consulted for numerous college teams, the Pennsylvania Ballet Company, and the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in British Columbia.