Margaret "Gretchen" Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS
Associate Professor
- Endowed Professor, Morgridge Professorship in Vascular Surgery
- Division of Vascular Surgery
schwarze@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 265-4420
600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53792-3284
Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1995
- MPP, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, 1995
- Residency in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1996-2002
- Research Fellowship, Transplantation Biology Research Center, Boston, MA, 1998-2000
- Fellowship in Vascular Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, 2002-2004
- Fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, 2003-2004
Clinical Specialties
Dr. Schwarze specializes in vascular and endovascular surgery. She is board certified in both general surgery and vascular surgery.
Dr. Schwarze provides a wide range of services including Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair – Endovascular, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair – Open, Amputation, Angioplasty With Stent Placement, Carotid Endartecotomy, Carotid Stenting, Extended Efforts in Limb Salvage, Peripheral Artery Bypass, Varicose Vein Treatment.
Research Interests
Dr. Schwarze is a board-certified vascular surgeon and medical ethicist. She is a nationally recognized expert in surgical decision making, informed consent, advance directives and end-of-life care.
Her research focuses on improving communication between older patients and their surgeons so that patients can avoid unwanted treatment and make decisions that align with their values, preferences and goals.
Recent Publications
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- "Like a Normal Person Again": A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Headache Surgery.
- Afifi AM, Schwarze ML, Stilp EK, Orne J, Smith JP, Abd-Elsayed AA, Anderson BM, Salem A, Macdonald CL, Israel JS
- Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2019 Oct; 144(4): 956-964
- [PubMed ID: 31568311]
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- Surgery Hurts: Characterizing the Experience of Pain in Surgical Patients as Witnessed by Medical Students.
- Zens TJ, Kopecky KE, Schwarze ML, Suwanabol PA
- J Surg Educ 2019 May 03;
- [PubMed ID: 31060970]
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- Patient and Family Engagement During Treatment Decisions in an ICU: A Discourse Analysis of the Electronic Health Record.
- Kruser JM, Benjamin BT, Gordon EJ, Michelson KN, Wunderink RG, Holl JL, Schwarze ML
- Crit. Care Med. 2019 Jun; 47(6): 784-791
- [PubMed ID: 30896465]
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- Lower Extremity Amputation and Health Care Utilization in the Last Year of Life among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD.
- Butler CR, Schwarze ML, Katz R, Hailpern SM, Kreuter W, Hall YN, Montez Rath ME, O'Hare AM
- J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2019 Feb 19;
- [PubMed ID: 30782596]
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- Family and transplant professionals' views of organ recovery before circulatory death for imminently dying patients: A qualitative study using semistructured interviews and focus groups.
- Zimmermann CJ, Baggett ND, Taylor LJ, Buffington A, Scalea J, Fost N, Croes KD, Mezrich JD, Schwarze ML
- Am. J. Transplant. 2019 Aug; 19(8): 2232-2240
- [PubMed ID: 30768840]