Margaret L. Schwarze, MD Print Friendly Page
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthDr. Schwarze specializes in vascular and endovascular surgery, clinical medical ethics and health services research. Her UW Health practice comprises all aspects of peripheral vascular health and she is particularly interested in preventive vascular care. Her specific surgical interests include aortic aneurysm, carotid surgery, peripheral artery disease (PAD), endovascular therapy for vascular disease and minimally-invasive surgery.
Specialties
Cosmetic Surgery (Transformations)
UW Health Clinics
Other Locations
Hospital Affiliation(s)
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (primary)
Languages Spoken
| English |
| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Department of Surgery |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
General Surgery
Vascular Surgery |
| Fellowship |
University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
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 |
| Residency |
Massachusetts General Hospital
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| Internship |
Massachusetts General Hospital
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| Medical School |
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1995
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Awards/Honors
Procedures
Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Arm Angioplasty
- Balloon Angioplasty
- Carotid Artery Surgery
- Dialysis Access Surgery
- Endovascular Graft Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Endovascular Graft Repair for Aortic Aneurysm
- Laser Therapy for Veins
- Limb Salvage Surgery
- Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery
- Minimal Incision Phlebectomy
- Minimally Invasive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Minimally Invasive Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Peripheral Bypass Surgery
- Radiofrequency Ablation for Vein Conditions
- Sclerotherapy for Veins
- Treatment for Spider Veins or Varicose Veins
- Visceral Angioplasty
Programs & Conditions
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Arteriorvenous Fistula
- Atherosclerosis
- Brachiocephalic Artery Disease
- Carotid Disease
- Carotid Stenosis
- Claudication
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Foot Ulcers
- Gangrene
- Limb Salvage
- Mesenteric Artery Disease
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Renal Artery Disease
- Subclavian Artery Disease
- Subclavian Vein Occlusion
- Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Vein Clinic
- Venous Stasis Disease
| Research |
Dr. Schwarze’s research interests include clinical medical ethics and decision-making for surgical patients. |
PubMed Articles
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Schwarze ML Redmann AJ Alexander GC Brasel KJ .
Surgeons expect patients to buy-in to postoperative life support preoperatively: results of a national survey. Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan;41(1):1-8
[PubMed ID: 23222269]
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Paul Olson TJ Brasel KJ Redmann AJ Alexander GC Schwarze ML .
Surgeon-reported conflict with intensivists about postoperative goals of care. JAMA Surg. 2013 Jan;148(1):29-35
[PubMed ID: 23324837]
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Dale W Hemmerich J Moliski E Schwarze ML Tung A .
Effect of specialty and recent experience on perioperative decision-making for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Oct;60(10):1889-94
[PubMed ID: 23016733]
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Schwarze ML Redmann AJ Brasel KJ Alexander GC .
The role of surgeon error in withdrawal of postoperative life support. Ann Surg. 2012 Jul;256(1):10-5
[PubMed ID: 22584696]
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Hemmerich JA Elstein AS Schwarze ML Moliski EG Dale W .
Risk as feelings in the effect of patient outcomes on physicians' future treatment decisions: a randomized trial and manipulation validation. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Jul;75(2):367-76
[PubMed ID: 22571890]
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Redmann AJ Brasel KJ Alexander CG Schwarze ML .
Use of advance directives for high-risk operations: a national survey of surgeons. Ann Surg. 2012 Mar;255(3):418-23
[PubMed ID: 22167006]
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Minter RM Angelos P Coimbra R Dale P de Vera ME Hardacre J Hawkins W Kirkwood K Matthews JB McLoughlin J Peralta E Schmidt M Zhou W Schwarze ML .
Ethical management of conflict of interest: proposed standards for academic surgical societies. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Nov;213(5):677-82
[PubMed ID: 21880513]
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O'Connor ES Schwarze ML Kodner IJ Keune JD .
Surrogate decision making: a woman in fulminant liver failure after an acetaminophen overdose. Surgery. 2011 Nov;150(5):1006-10
[PubMed ID: 22132422]
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Suwanabol PA Tefera G Schwarze ML .
Syndromes associated with the deep veins: phlegmasia cerulea dolens, May-Thurner syndrome, and nutcracker syndrome. Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther. 2010 Dec;22(4):223-30
[PubMed ID: 21411461]
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Bradley CT Brasel KJ Schwarze ML .
Physician attitudes regarding advance directives for high-risk surgical patients: a qualitative analysis. Surgery. 2010 Aug;148(2):209-16
[PubMed ID: 20580048]
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Schwarze ML Bradley CT Brasel KJ .
Surgical "buy-in": the contractual relationship between surgeons and patients that influences decisions regarding life-supporting therapy. Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar;38(3):843-8
[PubMed ID: 20048678]
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Schwarze ML .
Conflict of interest with industry and the challenges for surgical education. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Dec;209(6):766-8
[PubMed ID: 19959047]
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Schwarze ML Shen Y Hemmerich J Dale W .
Age-related trends in utilization and outcome of open and endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm in the United States, 2001-2006. J Vasc Surg. 2009 Oct;50(4):722-729.e2
[PubMed ID: 19560313]
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Rowland KJ Kodner IJ Cashen M Schwarze ML .
Surgical futility: "Aggressive" surgery on the severely demented. Surgery. 2009 Apr;145(4):351-354
[PubMed ID: 19317034]
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Kibbe MR Troppmann C Barnett CC Jr Nwomeh BC Olutoye OO Doria C Kim RD Mankani MH Corbett SA Biffl WL Schwarze ML .
Effect of educational debt on career and quality of life among academic surgeons. Ann Surg. 2009 Feb;249(2):342-8
[PubMed ID: 19212192]
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Schwarze ML Sayla MA Alexander GC .
Brief report: do patients with poor outcomes regret having had infrainguinal bypass surgery? J Surg Res. 2009 Jan;151(1):6-9
[PubMed ID: 17644108]
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Hemmerich JA Ghini EA Schwarze ML Dale W .
Vivid bad outcome influences the decisions of older adults about treatment timing: a randomized field experiment with an abdominal aortic aneurysm analog. Transl Res. 2007 Sep;150(3):139-46
[PubMed ID: 17761364]
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Schwarze ML .
The process of informed consent: neither the time nor the place for disclosure of surgeon-specific outcomes. Ann Surg. 2007 Apr;245(4):514-5
[PubMed ID: 17414596]
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Schwarze ML Sayla MA Alexander GC .
A comparison of patient and physician beliefs about infrainguinal bypass operation: what role should surgical optimism play? Surgery. 2007 Feb;141(2):239-44
[PubMed ID: 17263981]
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Dale W Hemmerich J Ghini EA Schwarze ML .
Can induced anxiety from a negative earlier experience influence vascular surgeons' statistical decision-making? A randomized field experiment with an abdominal aortic aneurysm analog. J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Nov;203(5):642-52
[PubMed ID: 17084325]
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Mell M Tefera G Schwarze M Carr S Acher C Hoch J Turnipseed W .
Absence of buttock claudication following stent-graft coverage of the hypogastric artery without coil embolization in endovascular aneurysm repair. J Endovasc Ther. 2006 Jun;13(3):415-9
[PubMed ID: 16784331]
