About Jeff Schweitzer, MD, PhD
As a board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Jeff Schweitzer is passionate about improving and restoring quality of life, especially for patients with Parkinson’s, epilepsy and other movement disorders.
Dr. Schweitzer has over 30 years of experience in the field. Previously, he was the Chief of Neurosurgery at Wright State University-Premier Health Partners and he ran the Epilepsy, Movement Disorder and Pituitary Surgery Programs at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center for 13 years.
He has also served as the Director of the Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH. Most recently, he worked at Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego where he was named a top doctor by the San Diego County Medical Society.
In addition to surgery for movement disorders, Dr. Schweitzer is experienced in many areas of surgery of the brain and spine as well as radiosurgery.
Dr. Schweitzer has done extensive research on Parkinson's disease, and he speaks three languages: English, French and Mandarin Chinese.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Brain and spinal cord tumors
- Chiari malformation
- Epilepsy
- Hemifacial spasm
- Meningiomas
- Movement disorders
- Pituitary tumors
- Radiosurgery
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Spinal problems
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Neurosurgery
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 745
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-1799
Fax: 617-726-2424
Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, UCLA Medical Center
- Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine
American Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Schweitzer's current research centers on improved surgical techniques and strategies for the implantation of stem cell derived therapies to treat Parkinson's disease. His work involves both basic scientific approaches and clinical trials.
Publications
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Select publications:
- Schweitzer JS, Kaufman SJ, Dichter MA. Differential expression and modulation of Thy-1 on myoblast clones. Exp Cell Res, 1987, 172: 21-31.
- Schweitzer JS, Patrylo P, Dudek FE. Prolonged field bursts in the dentate gyrus: dependence on low calcium, high potassium and nonsynaptic interactions. J Neurophysiol, 1992, 68: 2016-2025.
- Patrylo PR, Schweitzer JS, Dudek FE. Potassium-dependent prolonged field bursts in the dentate gyrus: Effects of extracellular calcium and amino acid receptor antagonists. Neuroscience, 1994, 61(1):13-19.
- Schweitzer JS, Williamson A. Relationship between synaptic activity and prolonged field bursts in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro. J Neurophysiol, 1995, 74(5):1947-1952.
- Patrylo PR., Copus, AJ, Schweitzer JS and Dudek FE. Multiple-unit recordings during slow field-potential shifts in low-[Ca2+] solutions in rat hippocampal and cortical slices. Neuroscience, 1996, 74:107-118.
- Schweitzer JS, H Wang, Z.Q. Xiong, J.L. Stringer. pH sensitivity of non-synaptic field bursts in the rat dentate gyrus. J Neurophysiol. 2000, 84: 927-933.
- Gurbani S, Chayasirisobhon S, Cahan L, Choi S, Enos B, Hwang J, Lin M, Schweitzer J. Neuromodulation Therapy with Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy: A 2-Year Efficacy Analysis Study in Patients Under 12 Years of Age. Epilepsy Research and Treatment 2016: 1-5.
- Sonntag KC, Song B, Lee N, Jung JH, Cha Y, Leblanc PR, Neff C, Carter B, Schweitzer J, Kim KS. Personalized cell therapy for Parkinson's disease: current status and future prospects. Prog Neurobiol 2018 (in press)
The doctor did a thorough review of my medications and symptoms, explaining the several options for treating TN. This was a valuable overview that I had not grasped. MRI results were explained and whilst very technical, he patiently dealt with my questions.
The staff when we first arrived, and were taken in to get prepared for the surgery, were wonderful.
Dr Schweitzer made me feel very comfortable discussing my medical issue. He was very informative and explained all my options.
He was very knowledgeable and provided information in a clear manner. He seemed to care about my issue. He did NOT treat me like inventory.
He knew my history, explained the procedure, and was very professional.
Dr. Schweitzer has such a reassuring manner. I know I am in good hands.
Dr. Schweitzer was extremely knowledgeable and professional and explained things to me very clearly. I felt he listened to me and provided me with a lot of options without pushing certain ones in particular and then referred me to websites to get more information, which I did, and I followed up and he answered me very quickly. So I appreciated all ... Read More
He was very helpful and explained all options. He is very knowledgeable.
Yes, the provider was extremely competent and did a terrific job of giving the lie the land or the scope of the problem and the alternatives and options therein. Dr. Schweitzer. It went out. Thank you.
Dr. Schweitzer is extremely intelligent and he has a plan for me and I agree with his plan 100%.