He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin before obtaining his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Washington University in Saint Louis before matriculating to Dallas, TX to complete a medical toxicology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine. After completing his fellowship, Dr. Schwarz moved back to Saint Louis where he is the director of the resident rotation and the medical school selective in medical toxicology. Recently, he was named the Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director.