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Robert Schilz, DO

Robert Schilz, DO

  • Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, UH Cleveland Medical Center
  • Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Specialty: Pulmonary Disease
  • Location:
    UH Cleveland Medical Center Bolwell Health Center
    11100 Euclid Ave
    Cleveland, OH 44106

Biography: Robert Schilz, DO

Expertise

  • Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Disease
  • Critical Care
  • Diaphragm Pacing Surgery
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Lung Volume Reduction
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Certifications & Memberships

  • Critical Care Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

Fellowship | Pulmonary/Critical Care
Pulmonary/Critical Care - Yale University School Of Medicine (1993 - 1996)

Residency | Internal Medicine/Chief Resident
Internal Medicine/Chief Resident - Cleveland Clinic (1992 - 1993)

Residency | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cleveland Clinic (1989 - 1992)

Internship | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - Sparrow Hospital (1988 - 1989)

Medical Education
Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine (1988)

Undergraduate
University Of Wisconsin-Madison (1979)

About

Dr. Robert Schilz is director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. He is also an Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Schilz earned Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the Michigan State University Medical Scientist Training program. He then completed a Residency and Chief Residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He also completed Pulmonary & Critical Care and Research fellowships at Yale University. Prior to joining University Hospitals, Dr. Schilz was on staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

For over 25 years, Dr. Schilz has participated in clinical and basic research in the areas of advanced lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension, with numerous publications in the areas of pulmonary hypertension, lung transplantation and advanced lung disease.

Dr. Schilz serves or has served as an advisor or committee member for a number of state, national and international organizations, including the International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation, American College of Chest Physicians, Pulmonary Hypertension Association and the Ohio State Board of Hospitals. He is a past Associate Editor of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension and reviewer for a number of international journals. He has been consistently named as “One of America’s Best Doctors” since 2005.

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