6/21/2023 0 Comments Steven m schwartz md![]() "Steve was a force to be reckoned with and he will be so missed by the entire vascular biology community. ![]() ![]() He's made great contributions to vascular biology, as a scientist, as a mentor and as an organizer. Both immediately questioned me about the progress of my PhD project. Steve introduced me at the station to Earl Benditt. On one occasion, I think it was in 1991, we met at the central station in Munich (en route to a Ringberg Meeting that Werner Risau had hosted). I vividly recall most remarkable meetings with him, mostly during my time as a PhD student in the US. "It is with great sadness to learn that Steve Schwartz has passed away. Steve was an intellectual force who shaped our field of vascular biology for many years, and importantly mentored countless young people in academic medicine." "Steve was one of a kind-brilliant, creative, passionate about science-I'll never forget the evening he had me (visiting UW) and his colleagues, including Mike Rosenfeld, over for dinner at his house (take out Indian food of course)-utterly stimulating. My deepest condolences to his family and loved ones." To this day, when I am nervous before giving a presentation, I think back fondly at this trial by fire, and remember things could always be worse. He then proceeded to ask me questions about my results. Schwartz advised me to summarize my talk. Schwartz, the computer crashed, and the AV support was unable to remedy the problem. As I stood at the podium in a session moderated by Dr. I was so nervous I took a shot of Jack Daniels in the washroom before the session. I still vividly recall my first presentation at a meeting he co-hosted with my PhD mentor, Dr. Schwartz contributed immensely to the field of vascular biology in ways I am not qualified to even begin to summarize. He will be deeply missed as a mentor, colleague, and friend." We trainees always like to meet and reminisce about Steve’s peculiar traits and our funny and formative experiences with him and his beautiful family Barbara, Hillel, and Havi. Through his own research and that of his trainees, as well as his leadership role in forming NAVBO with Mike Gimbrone, Steve had an immense impact on the Vascular Biology Field. All speakers were former trainees and the symposium was as good or better than most international scientific meetings I have attended. Indeed Steve’s list of highly successful former trainees is truly impressive as was evidenced in the Scientific Symposium organized by the UW group to celebrate his 65th birthday. Once you earned his respect, he was your lifelong advocate. He had insatiable appetite (pun intended) for acquiring and retaining new knowledge and instilled in his trainees a passion for doing high impact innovative research. Rather he constantly challenged us to take full ownership of our projects, and we all can recall an unpleasant meeting with him when we were not adequately prepared. He did not coddle his trainees - far from it. "I was a post-doc with Steve from 1979-1982 and owe much of my success to Steve’s extraordinary talents as a mentor albeit his unconventional methods. Though Steve’s many peculiarities will be remembered, so will his brilliance and his direct and indirect major contributions to the field, as well as his mentorship of many, including me.īest wishes to Barbara and other family members." ![]() This news really brings home the impact of COVID-19 on a very personal level. "I was a postdoc at UW with Russell Ross and in an informal way with Steve. Thanks for the memories and your never ending inspirations." He will be sorely missed by generations of vascular biologists and pathologists. His list of former postdocs reads like a who’s who in vascular biology – including Mark Majesky, Bradford Berk, Paul DiCorleto, Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Gary Owens, just to name a few. He remained involved with NAVBO throughout our entire 25 years. He also served on the Meritorious Awards and Education Committees and co-organized the 1996 IVBM in Seattle with the late Russell Ross. Then in 2001, he was named the recipient of that award. He was instrumental in establishing the Earl P. He also was the creator of Vasculata, NAVBO’s flagship summer course. Those that knew him well, will have several stories to share that I’m sure will bring a smile to everyone.Īlong with Michael Gimbrone, Steve was a co-founder of NAVBO and its second President. "To say that Steve was one of a kind is an understatement. Please share a memory about Steve and it will be posted to this page.Īdditional information from the University of Washington's NewsletterĬlick here to watch the Tribute by Michael Gimbrone (please note, due to web crawlers, we're going to moderate the submissions and post them as quickly as possible) ![]() We know that Steve touched so many lives. The NAVBO community has suffered a great loss. By now you may have heard of Steve's passing. ![]()
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