Donald Schwartz

About Donald Schwartz

Dr Schwartz began his career as an optometrist where he received his first degrees from UC Berkeley. At that time his class standing allowed him to take and pass a special Master’s qualifying examination and in addition complete his work for the OD degree. He felt that the provision of Eyecare would be different in the future and felt large clinical practices would be the way care would be offered. He obtained an MPA in Health Services from USC. He practiced optometry for six years but was frustrated with his limits in patient care. He applied to Medical School, but at that time age restrictions in the US forced him to attend medical school in Mexico. He returned and was selected into a competitive program to allow him to finish his clinical rotations at the University of California at Irvine. He did his Ophthalmology residency through the Hollywood Presbyterian program, part of USC Doheny at that time. His background in both Optometry and Ophthalmology led to his serving the American Academy of Ophthalmology in various positions finally as Chair of the Board of Councillors and as a Trustee of the Academy and President of the California Academy of Eye Physicians. After serving a number of years as an examiner for the Oral Boards of the American Board of Ophthalmology he was selected to be a Director of the American Board of Ophthalmology. During these years he had performed thousands of cataract surgeries and taught cataract surgery through the USC department of Ophthalmology. His work and research led him to the conclusion that the decrease in intraocular pressure occurring at the time of cataract surgery was at least partially due to the use of intraocular ultrasound. He carried through independent research to determine the proper parameters for a device to treat glaucoma using low power focused ultrasound. He has numerous patents for this instrument and technique and is working towards commercialization of this instrument (TUG) Therapeutic Ultrasound for Glaucoma.

Experience

1. Physician

   Eyesonix

   Aug 2022 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   I have retired from seeing patients at the Seibel Vision and Surgery. Although the time spent there was worthwhile I have now devoted all of my efforts to getting the EyeSonix treatment (TULIP) to market

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  OD, M.Opt, Optometry

  1964 — 1967

• University of Southern California

  MPA, Health Care Services

  1967 — 1968

• Universidad autonoma de Guadalajara

  MD, Medicine

  1973 — 1977

Skills

• Clinical Research
• Clinical Trials
• Medical Devices
• Surgery
• Medicine
• Product Launch
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Healthcare
• Start-Ups
• Strategic Planning