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Lee Schwamm

Neurology

Lee Schwamm, MD

Associate Dean for Digital Strategy and Transformation, Yale School of Medicine; Professor in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science and Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine; Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Health Officer, Yale New Haven Health System

New Haven, CT

Lee H. Schwamm, MD, is an internationally recognized expert in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), with a subspecialty focus in vascular neurology. He specializes in stroke in the young and cryptogenic strokes—those without apparent cause—and has led major clinical trials shaping stroke measurement, treatment guidelines, and hospital administration of therapies. Previously at Massachusetts General Hospital, he directed the Compr

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35+

Years in Practice

Credentials

Board Certifications

  • Neurology (ABPN)

Education & Training

  • Harvard Medical School — M.D.
  • Harvard University — B.A., Philosophy
  • Massachusetts General Hospital — Internship, Neurology
  • Massachusetts General Hospital — Fellowship, Neurocritical Care
  • Massachusetts General Hospital — Fellowship, Vascular Neurology

Peer Recognition

  • American Heart AssociationChairman's Award

    2023

Clinical Focus

Subspecialties

Vascular Neurology & StrokeNeurocritical Care

Conditions & Treatments

StrokeCerebrovascular DiseaseTransient Ischemic Attack

Practice Details

Hospital Affiliations

  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  • Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

Languages

English

Experience

35+ years in practice