Dr. Schwartz followed in his father's footsteps and graduated from the Southern California College of Optometry, Magna Cum Laude. He performed internships at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration in Sierra Vista Arizona, Cedars-Sinai Medical Group in Beverly Hills California, and with the Indian Health Service at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital in Sacatan Arizona.
These internships concentrated in the diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease, including diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. He also worked heavily in contact lens fitting, including specialty fits for orthokeratology, kerataconus and pelucid marginal degeneration.