Erin Schwarz Email & Phone Number

Lake Forest, Ca, Us

Erin is the Founder and CEO/Principal Consultant of Vivacity Consulting. During her career, Erin has consistently worked to improve medical education programs, meet ACCME and CMA compliance, and facilitate the development of CME leadership and champions.Prior to founding Vivacity Consulting, she worked with the prestigious association management firm, BSC Management. She served as Executive Director of both the American Head & Neck Society (AHNS) and the Association for Academic Surgery from 2003-2006. Erin also served as the CME Manager for SAGES from 1999-2006.Since 2006, Erin has consulted with associations, hospitals, healthcare systems, medical schools, medical groups, and medical education companies. In this role, she has facilitated multiple ACCME reaccreditation efforts, including Accreditation with Commendation for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), among others. She has helped with successful initial accreditation efforts for Hippo Education and Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, among others.Erin has shared her knowledge and expertise at the local and national level since 2003, including presentations at the Alliance for CE in the Health Professions and during CMEPalooza. She has also contributed to publications in peer reviewed education and surgery journals.Erin is currently the Chair of the editorial board of the Almanac, a publication of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions.

Consultant for continuing medical education activities.Erin has drafted policies and facilitated committee activities to ensure her clients were in compliance with the ACCME regarding continuing medical education (CME). Under Erin's leadership, her clients achieved ACCME Reaccreditation 8 times, with Reaccreditation with Commendation for SAGES in 2014 and Reaccreditation for AHNS in 2015.She provides consulting services to the following organizations: Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (www.sages.org) and the American Head & Neck Society (www.ahns.info).Publications:"Ongoing evolution of practice gaps in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery: 2014 report from the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Continuing Education Committee."​ McLemore EC, Paige JT, Bergman S, Hori Y, Schwarz E, Farrell TM. Surg Endosc. 2015 Sep 3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26335080 "A comprehensive process for disclosing and managing conflicts of interest on perceived bias at the SAGES annual meeting," Steven C. Stain, Erin Schwarz, Phillip P. Shadduck, Paresh C. Shah, Sharona B. Ross, Yumi Hori, Patricia Sylla, Surgical Endoscopy, May 2014. “Evolution of practice gaps in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery: 2012 report from the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Continuing Education Committee,” John T. Paige, Timothy M. Farrell, Simon Bergman, Niazy Selim, Alan E. Harzman, Erin Schwarz, Yumi Hori, Jason Levine, Daniel J. Scott, Surgical Endoscopy, December 2013, Volume 27, Issue 12, pp 4429-4438. “Practice gaps in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery (2011): a report from the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Continuing Education Committee,” Timothy M. Farrell, Simon Bergman, Niazy Selim, John T. Paige, Alan E. Harzman, Erin Schwarz, Yumi Hori, Jason Levine, Daniel J. Scott, Surgical Endoscopy, December 2012, Volume 26, Issue 12, pp 3367-3381.

Account manager for two large professional associations; Conference and meeting Planner