Stanley A. Schwartz M.D., Ph.D.

Stanley Schwartz

Stanley A. Schwartz
M.D., Ph.D.

UB Distinguished Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics; Division Chief; Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

Department of Medicine

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences


Specialty/Research Focus

Allergy and Immunology; Antibody-Drug Conjugates; Asthma; Blood-Brain Barrier and Brain Delivery; Blood-Brain Barrier and Drug Delivery; Brain Research; Cancer Treatment and Prevention; Clinical Research; Drug Delivery; Drug Design; Drug Formulation; Drug Targeting; Gene Therapy; HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Immunogenicity; Immunology; Immunology; Immunotherapy; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Monoclonal Antibodies; Nanoparticles; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Neurobiology; Neuroimmunology; Neuroimmunology; Neuropharmacology; Proteomics; Rhinology; Sinus Disorders; Targeted Drug Delivery; Viral Pathogenesis; Virology

Contact Information
Clinical and Translational Research Center
875 Ellicott St., Rm 6076
Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-859-2985
Fax: 716-229-3732
sasimmun@buffalo.edu


Patient Care

This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.

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Education and Training:

  • Fellowship, Medical Informatics, Marine Biological Laboratory (2009)
  • Fellowship, Clinical Immunology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1976)
  • Residency, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1974)
  • Internship, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1973)
  • MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1972)
  • Fellowship, Biology, University of California, San Diego (1969)
  • PhD, Cellular Biology, University of California, San Diego (1968)
  • MS, Microbiology, Rutgers University (1965)
  • BA, Biological Sciences, Rutgers College (1963)

Employment:

  • Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (1992-present)
  • Attending Physician, VA of Western NY (1996-present)
  • Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, University at Buffalo (1994-present)
  • Attending Physician, Kaleida Health Systems (1992-present)
  • Professor of Medicine, Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1992-present)
  • Chief, Department of Medicine, Kaleida Health (2007–2016)
  • Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1994–2015)
  • Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center (1996–2010)
  • Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Michigan (1984–1992)
  • Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics, The University of Michigan The University of Michigan (1978–1992)
  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College (1977–1978)
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Awards and Honors:

  • UB Distinguished Professor (2011)
  • Stockton Kimball Award (2003)
  • Sustained Academic Achievement Award (2002)
  • American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Scholarship (Albert Einstein College)
  • Clinical Research Fellowship (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
  • Listed in Best Doctors in the U.S.®
  • Listed in Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council
  • Meller Award for Outstanding Research (Memorial Sloan-Kettering)
  • NIH Research Career Development Award

Research Expertise:

  • Allergy and Immunology: Asthma, allergic rhinitis, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, cutaneous vasculitis, primary immunodeficiency, hereditary angioedema
  • Immunology: Pathogenesis of HIV Encephalopathy Role of Angiogenesis in Cancer Mechanisms of Airway Remodeling in Asthma

Grants and Sponsored Research:

  • January 2022–December 2025
    A Multimodal Hierarchical Theranostic Nanoparticle for Castration Resistant Prostate Cance
    Department of Veterans Affairs
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • July 2009–June 2011
    Integration of Clinical, Genomic and Proteomic Data using Bioinformatic Approach
    National Institute of Health
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • July 1999–June 2009
    Cocaine in the Immuno- and Neuropathogenesis of HIV Infections
    NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse
    Role: Co-Investigator
  • August 2006
    Endowment for the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatolgoy
    Kaleida Health Foundation
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • January 2001
    Development of a Center of Excellence in Tumor Immunology: Regulation of Angiogenesis in Prostate Cancer
    Margaret Duffy and Robert Cameron Troup Memorial Fund
    Role: Principal Investigator

Patents:

  • Method of Using Gold Nonorods-SiRNA Complexes #8, 035, 016 (2011)

Journal Articles:

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Books and Book Chapters:

  • Mahajan SD, You Y, Aalinkeel R, Reynolds JL, Nair, Bindukumar B, Mammen MJ, Ignatowski TA, Cheng, Chong, Schwartz SA. (2016) Biodegradable Nanoparticle-Based Antiretroviral Therapy across the Blood-Brain Barrier.
  • Mahajan SD, Aalinkeel R, Reynolds JL, Nair BB, Mammen MJ, Dai L, Prasad PN, Schwartz SA. (2015) Nanotechnology in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis of Infectious Diseases. Elsevier.
  • Nair, M.P.N., Schwartz, S.A., Kronfol, Z.A., Pottathil, R., Heimer, E.P., and Greden, J.F. (1991) Suppressive effect of alcohol on normal lymphocyte proliferative responses to HIV antigens. In: Psychiatry and Biological Factors. Plenum Publishing Corp., 269-273.
  • Schwartz, S.A. and Rao, K.M.K. (1981) Natural control over immune responses. In: Comprehensive Immunology: Immunodermatology. Plenum, New York, 129-140.
  • Choi, Y.S. and Schwartz, S.A. (1979) Synthesis and secretion of immunoglobulins. In: Neonatatal Hepatitis and Biliary Atresia. DHEW Publications No. (NIH) 79-1296. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C, 105-117.

Abstracts:

  • Parikh NU, Aalinkeel R, Reynolds JL, Quaye E, Cwiklinski K, Sykes DE, Mammen MJ, Sharijkova, A, Khmaladze A, Schwartz SA, Mahajan SD. (2017) Methamphetamine (METH) and HIV-tat mediated oxidative stress contributes to Mitochondrial dysfunction in microglia. JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNE PHARMACOLOGY, (Apr)
  • Parikh NU, Mammen MJ, Cumella JC, Rockoff JB, Schwartz SA. (2017) Impact of Lung Flute Therapy on Asthma: A Pilot Study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, (Feb)
  • Aalinkeel R, Abou-Jaoude E, Parikh, N, Reynolds JL, Sykes DE, Mammen MJ, Mahajan SD, Schwartz SA. (2016) Galectin-3 in prostate cancer proliferation and metastasis. European Journal of Immunology, (Aug)
  • Parikh NU, Mahajan SD, Aalinkeel R, Reynolds JL, Nair BN, Sykes DE, Mammen MJ, Schwartz SA. (2015) Galectin-1 is Neuroprotectice and Reverses Methamphetamine Induced Blood Brain Barrier Breakdown. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, (May)
  • Kumar M.N., El Solh AA, Nair M.P.N., Schwartz SA, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. (1995) Induction of protooncogenes and apoptosis in uninfected lung alveolar epithelial cells by HIV-1 derived peptides. (abstract). Great Lakes Lung Conference, Ontario, Canada., (Jan)
  • Kumar, N.M., El Solh AA, Schwartz SA, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. (1994) HIV-1 TAT and GP120-derived peptides modulate rat lung alveolar epithelial cell protooncogenes, and cytokine gene expression. (Abstract). Great Lakes Lung Conference, Ontario, Canada, (Jan)

Professional Memberships:

  • American Association of Immunologists
  • American Federation for Clinical Research
  • American Pediatric Society
  • American Society for Clinical Investigation
  • American Society for Microbiology
  • Buffalo Academy of Medicine (Past President)
  • Buffalo Allergy Society
  • Buffalo Collegium of Immunology (Secretary 2004-present)
  • Chilean Society for Allergy and Immunology, Honorary Member
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • Indian Society for Immunology
  • Society for Pediatric Research
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Service Activities:

  • Search Committee for the Chair, Department of Dermatology; Member (2009–2010)
  • Dean‘s Committee to evaluate the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Member (2009–2010)
  • Professional Steering Committee for the Merger of Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center; Member (2008)
  • Medical Executive Committee; Member (2007–2016)
  • Chiefs of Service Committee; Member (2007–present)
  • The Theodore T. Jacobs, MD Institute of Molecular Medicine and Immunlogy, Organizing Committee; Member (1994–1996)
  • Medical Scientist Training Program, Steering and Admissions Committee; Member (1993–2008)
  • Renal Transplant Committee
  • Search Committee for the Chair, Microbiology and Immunology; Member
  • Search Committee for the Chair, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences; Member
  • Dean's Committee to assess merger between Surgery and Otolaryngology; Chair
  • Grants Review Committee; Member
  • Community Awareness and Education; Member

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Contact Information

Clinical and Translational Research Center
875 Ellicott St., Rm 6076
Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-859-2985
Fax: 716-229-3732
sasimmun@buffalo.edu

This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.

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