Dr. Schwinder’s passions are medicine, anesthesia and mental health. Keeping patients safe and comfortable is most on his mind. He has years of experience in pain relief, tailored patient intervention, and hemodynamic monitoring, as well as administration of ketamine. He has specialty training in ketamine infusions for a multitude of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, PTSD and suicidal ideation. 

Dr. Schwinder did his training at Hartford Hospital, a world-class Level I trauma center. In addition to his practice at ReYou, Avi administers anesthesia at a number of local hospitals including Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Community Medical Center and Hudson Regional Hospital where has performed thousands of anesthesia cases with a focus on treating patients and families with professionalism, respect and empathy.