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William Schwartz (physician) William Benjamin Schwartz (May 16, 1922 – March 15, 2009) was a pioneering nephrologist who identified rising costs of health care as an incipient problem as early as the 1980s. [1][2] Schwartz attended Duke University after serving in the Army in World War II, earning undergraduate and medical degrees.
May 16, 2009 · William B Schwartz. Pioneering nephrologist and health economist who studied health-care rationing. Born on May 16, 1922, in Montgomery, AL, USA, he died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles, CA, USA, on March 15, 2009, aged 86 years. Throughout his career, first in nephrology and then health-care economics, William Schwartz ...
- Alison Snyder
- 2009
Jun 2, 2009 · William B. Schwartz, one of the golden boys of the golden age of nephrology, died on 15 March 2009 at the age of 86. WBS, as he was known to those of us who worked closely with him, will be long remembered not only for his remarkable contributions to our understanding of the kidney, but also for his pioneering work in decision analysis and, most recently, for his prescient insights into the ...
- Jordan J. Cohen
- 2009
Apr 27, 2009 · William B. Schwartz, MD. William B. Schwartz, MD died on March 15, 2009 in Los Angeles after a remarkable career that spanned more than 5 decades and encompassed multiple disparate disciplines including acid-base and electrolyte research, decision analysis, artificial intelligence, and health policy. Born in Montgomery, Alabama and educated at ...
- Jerome P. Kassirer
- 2009
Mar 15, 2009 · William Benjamin Schwartz (May 16, 1922 – March 15, 2009) was a pioneering nephrologist who identified rising costs of health care as an incipient problem as early as the 1980s. Schwartz attended Duke University after serving in the Army in World War II, earning undergraduate and medical degrees. His pioneering observation that the antibiotic ...
Mar 30, 2009 · The founder of the Division of Nephrology at what is now Tufts Medical Center in Boston in 1950, Schwartz served as its chief until 1971. He then became the medical center’s Chairman of Medicine ...
Apr 4, 2009 · April 3, 2009. Dr. William B. Schwartz, a leading health economist whose studies of the effects of market forces on medicine led him to predict that unbridled costs could lead to a rationing of ...
