About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Primary Care Internist
- Internal Medicine
Expertise
- Primary Care
Biography
Dr. Lawrence Schwartz obtained his B.A. in 1971 from Brooklyn College. He received his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1975. Both his Internship and Residency were completed at Beth Israel Medical Center where he was Chief Resident from 1978-1979. Dr. Schwartz also completed his fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at Beth Israel in 1981. He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine.Dr. Schwartz was named in the New York "Super Doctors" Listing in 2008 through 2013.
Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine in 2016, Dr. Schwartz was a member of a private practice and was affiliated with Beth Israel Medical Center.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., New York Medical College, 1975
- B.A., Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1971
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- CIGNA
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- GHI - CBP
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass