Herbert S. Schwartz, M.D. is professor of orthopaedics, rehabilitation, pathology, microbiology and immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is the past chair and program director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. His research and clinical interests include surgery on tumors of the musculoskeletal system, metabolic bone disease, bone metastasis, sarcomas (coagulation biology, proteomics), limb salvage surgery and tissue engineering.