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Erika T Schwartz MD

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Erika T. Schwartz, MD is a leading national expert in the field of bioidentical hormone therapies, wellness and true disease prevention. She has authored four best- selling books, is an Extra Lifechanger, bylined in the Wall Street Journal, international speaker and TV personality.

A cum laude graduate, AOA honor society member, as well as treasurer and trustee of SUNY- Downstate College of Medicine, Dr. Erika trained at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY in Internal Medicine and Critical Care.

Upon completion of her postgraduate training, at the age of 28, Dr. Erika became the first woman and youngest doctor to be named Director of Emergency Medicine at Westchester County Medical Center- New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY.

Since the start of her distinguished career, Dr. Erika has been committed to empowering patients and teaching physicians compassion along with scientific and clinical information.

Dr. Erika has lectured at Harvard, authored a seminal article on the use of hormones in wellness and disease prevention in the prestigious peer reviewed publication Medical Clinics. She is frequently quoted in all media from national TV, NY times, WSJ, Oprah publications and radio, and has bylined articles in the Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post and many others

As a bioidentical hormone doctor, Dr. Erika is a founding director of the Bioidentical Hormone Initiative, a senior faculty member of the Bioidentical Hormone Institute, and leader of www.drerika.com.

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