Dr. Karl Schwarz
MD FRCS (C)
Dr. Karl Schwarz, a native Montrealer, left Canada in 1991 to pursue his education in the United States. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology-chemistry from Skidmore College, where he was also on the varsity hockey and rowing teams. He then completed a Masters in physiology and biophysics at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, DC. In 2001, he graduated from The George Washington University School of Medicine with honors, winning the first prize in surgery. After obtaining his M.D., Dr. Schwarz completed a 6-year residency in plastic surgery at Georgetown University Hospital, one of North America’s premiere training programs. During this time, he published research papers and textbook chapters on breast reconstruction and aesthetic surgery.
In 2007, Dr. Schwarz returned to Montreal after being recruited to join the plastic surgery faculty at McGill University. He spent from 2007-2014 as an Assistant Professor at the McGill University Hospital Centre, teaching and performing a wide variety of reconstructive procedures to treat accident victims and people with birth deformities. His focus, however, always remained reconstruction of breast cancer patients and cosmetic surgery, allowing him to train future plastic surgeons to perform the latest cutting-edge techniques. Over the years, Dr. Schwarz established and grew a successful cosmetic surgery practice. In fact, in 2014 he stepped down from his position at McGill University to dedicate himself to his busy esthetic practice. He now performs breast cancer reconstruction, cosmetic surgery of the face, breast, and body, and medical esthetic procedures like Botox and facial injectables/fillers at Clinique Dr. Karl Schwarz, his state-of-the art private clinic.
