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Kevin Schwartz

MD, MSc, FRCPC, DTM&H

Investigator, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute

Tel: 416-530-6000 Ex: 4921
Email: kevin.schwartz@unityhealth.to
Twitter: @DrKevinSchwartz

Biography

Kevin Schwartz is an infectious disease physician. He is the division head for infectious diseases at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto and co-medical director for antimicrobial stewardship at Unity Health Toronto. He is an academic infection control and antimicrobial stewardship physician at Public Health Ontario, an assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and an adjunct scientist at ICES.

His clinical area of interest is adult and pediatric infectious diseases and tropical medicine. His research interests include vaccine preventable diseases and antimicrobial stewardship with a particular focus on improving community antibiotic use to slow the emergence of drug resistant infections.

Recent Publications

  1. Ong, SWX, Luo, J, Fridman, DJ, Lee, SM, Johnstone, J, Schwartz, KL et al.. Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024; :. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae211. PubMed PMID:38958258 .
  2. Liu, CW, Jeyakumar, N, McArthur, E, Sontrop, JM, Myran, DT, Schwartz, KL et al.. COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Ontario physicians: a descriptive population-based retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2024;14 (6):e080461. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080461. PubMed PMID:38858148 PubMed Central PMC11168153.
  3. Schwartz, KL, Shuldiner, J, Langford, BJ, Brown, KA, Schultz, SE, Leung, V et al.. Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2024;385 :e079329. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079329. PubMed PMID:38839101 PubMed Central PMC11151833.
  4. Ong, SWX, Luo, J, Fridman, DJ, Lee, SM, Johnstone, J, Schwartz, KL et al.. Association between infectious diseases consultation and mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024; :. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae282. PubMed PMID:38758977 .
  5. Jorgensen, SCJ, Brown, K, Clarke, AE, Schwartz, KL, Maxwell, C, Daneman, N et al.. The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination on Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in Older Adults: A Self-Controlled Risk-Interval Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024; :. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae182. PubMed PMID:38700036 .
  6. Michalsen, BO, Xu, AXT, Alderson, SL, Bjerrum, L, Brehaut, J, Bucher, HC et al.. Regional and national antimicrobial stewardship activities: a survey from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance-Primary Care Antibiotic Audit and Feedback Network (JPIAMR-PAAN). JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2023;5 (2):dlad048. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlad048. PubMed PMID:38659427 PubMed Central PMC10123362.
  7. Ong, SWX, Luo, J, Fridman, DJ, Lee, SM, Johnstone, J, Schwartz, KL et al.. Follow-up blood cultures do not reduce mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024;30 (7):890-898. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.03.025. PubMed PMID:38552794 .
  8. Naveed, Z, Chu, C, Tadrous, M, Veroniki, AA, Li, J, Rouleau, I et al.. A multiprovincial retrospective analysis of the incidence of myocarditis or pericarditis after mRNA vaccination compared to the incidence after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Heliyon. 2024;10 (5):e26551. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26551. PubMed PMID:38439866 PubMed Central PMC10909657.
  9. Chung, H, Campitelli, MA, Buchan, SA, Campigotto, A, Crowcroft, NS, Gubbay, JB et al.. Measuring waning protection from seasonal influenza vaccination during nine influenza seasons, Ontario, Canada, 2010/11 to 2018/19. Euro Surveill. 2024;29 (8):. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.8.2300239. PubMed PMID:38390652 PubMed Central PMC10899815.
  10. Kazmi, K, Krueger, C, Wong, W, Baertschiger, RM, Hui, C, Nagy, A et al.. A Canadian children's hospital's experience with cystic echinococcosis over 30 years: A case series. J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can. 2024;8 (4):262-271. doi: 10.3138/jammi-2022-0041. PubMed PMID:38250618 PubMed Central PMC10797762.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Public Health Ontario
  • Adjunct Scientist ICES
  • Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto