Robert is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC and is in solo private practice. Robert has a boutique solo private practice on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where he practices his specialty of Cosmetic and Reconstructive Oculofacial Plastic Surgery. He has over 50 peer reviewed medical publications in his field and regularly lectures on an international circuit. He has been chosen by his peers in NY Magazine Best Doctors List for the past 12 years straight along with Castle Connolly Best Doctors. Robert is on the board of American College of Facial Cosmetic Surgeons. He is also the inventor of a few surgical instruments and the owner and inventor of Orvos Skin Science, a plant-based clean skin care line. Dr. Schwarcz is the past chief of Oculofacial Plastic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and currently at Jacobi Medical Center. Rob graduated from Tottenville HS in Staten Island NY and attended the CUNY 7-Year BS/MD accelerated program and earned his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington DC. He then completed his Ophthalmology residency at SUNY Downstate and completed his plastic surgery fellowship at UCLA Medical Center followed by a Facial Cosmetic Surgery fellowship in Beverly Hills, CA. He lives with his wife Monica, daughter Lily, who attended Camp Rising Sun in 2022, and his son Leo, in Westchester.

ROB'S CRS STORY 

I attended CRS in 1987 and then as a second-year camper in 1988. Camp was a transformative experience for me at a very influential time of my life. I was able to get to know boys from a diverse background and discuss cultural and political differences and learn how impactful this was of my own understanding and beliefs. I learned to lead others in an encouraging and stimulative environment. Accepting differences and finding similarities can translate into a broad spectrum of understanding and acceptance. It also brought an early concept of cultural awareness which was valuable in the pre-internet time. Seeing my daughter experience Camp made it clear Camp Rising Sun is just as relevant today and just as needed.

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