He is Psychiatric Director of an alcohol/addiction training program for NY area physicians-in training. He previously served on the Medical Review Board of the NY State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities. Schwartz serves as Chairman of the Medical Review Board for the NY State Justice Center, reviewing deaths, focusing on the quality of medical and psychiatric care provided to patients with mental illness and disabilities. Schwartz works with several not-for-profit homeless providers in New York City, including some work as an internist in an alcohol/drug detoxification program.ĭr. In doing direct clinical work in collaboration with providers from other specialties and disciplines, Dr. He has a have a deep interest in the development of integrated care programs providing care for the complex patient, and in integrating and improving medical and mental health care for patients with substance abuse. He has expertise in a number of areas, including addiction medicine, HIV, palliative care, psychosomatic and behavioral medicine, bioethics. Charles Schwartz is an internist and psychiatrist providing clinical care for people who are homeless. He was also on the Boards of the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area, Touro Foundation, and Metairie Park Country Day School.Įxcerpts taken from the memorial to Judge Schwartz published in The Advocate, Winter Edition 2013, Vol.
For over twenty years, he volunteered at Tulane Law School, where he was an Adjunct Professor teaching federal civil procedure.
He served on the Boards and was President and Treasurer of the Greater New Orleans Area Unit of the American Cancer Society the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans and the United Cancer Counsel of America. Judge Schwartz was also involved with many charitable, civic, and educational organizations. In 1991, Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Judge Schwartz to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C., where he oversaw requests for surveillance warrants against suspected foreign intelligence agents operating inside the United States. In 1976, President Gerald Ford appointed Judge Schwartz to the bench of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he served until his retainment in 2001. During his time in private practice, he represented many individuals and commercial clients and served as district counsel for the Gulf Coast District of the United States Maritime Administration.
He began his legal career at Guste, Barnett & Redmann, and in 1969 he co-founded the firm Little, Schwartz & Dussom. Judge Schwartz was in private practice from 1947 until 1976. Judge Schwartz continued his military service in the United States Army Reserves until 1966, when he retired, having attained the rank of Major. Judge Schwartz graduated from Tulane Law School in 1947, with the distinction of Order of the Coif. After the war, he attended Tulane Law School, where he served on the law review. During World War II, Judge Schwartz served in the Philippines as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. In 1943, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. Judge Schwartz was born in New Orleans and graduated from Fortier High School. He died on November 3, 2012, at the age of 90. Charles Schwartz, Jr., who was appointment to the federal bench by President Gerald Ford in 1976, served as a United States District Judge until he retired from the bench in 2001.
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