Penn Medicine Provider
Trauma Surgery
Charles William Schwab, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
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About me

  • Founding Chief, Senior Consultant, Trauma Network
  • Emeritus Professor CE of Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: State University of New York
  • Residency: Naval Regional Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Naval Regional Medical Center

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Schwab is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Richmond T, Cheney R, Schwab CW. Firearm injury—understanding an international public health problem. , (Abstract) Global Health Council’s 30th Annual Conference: 2003 (Non-Published).


Schwab CW, Reilly PM, Haut E, Gracias VH, Kauder DR. Training In Trauma Surgery: Quantitative And Qualitative Aspects Of A New Paradigm For Fellowship. , Ann Surg. , 238(4): 2003,596-604


Schwab CW, Richmond TS, Cheney RA, Weiner J, Dunfey M Risk factors for violent death in children (letter). , JAMA , 287: 2002,983


MacKenzie EJ, McCarthy ML, Ditunno JF, Forrester-Staz C, Gruen GS, Marion DW, Schwab CW Using the SF-36 for characterizing outcome following multiple trauma involving head injury. , J Trauma , 52: 2002,527


Branas CC, Schwab CW The impact of a repealed motorcycle helmet law in Florida (editorial comment). , J Trauma , 52: 2002,473


Hoey BA, Schwab CW Damage control surgery. , Scandinavian J Surg , 91: 2002,92


Johnson JW. Gracias VH. Gupta R. Guillamondegui O. Reilly PM. Shapiro MB. Kauder DR. Schwab CW. Hepatic angiography in patients undergoing damage control laparotomy. , J Trauma , 52: 2002,1102


Gestring ML, Gracias VH, Feliciano MA, Reilly PM, Shapiro MB, Johnson JW, Klein W, Kauder DR, Schwab CW Evaluation of the lower spine after blunt trauma using abdominal computed tomographic scanning supplemented with lateral scanograms. , J Trauma , 53: 2002,9


Rotondo MF, Schwab CW, McGonigal MD, Phillips GR, Fruchterman TM, Kauder DR, Latenser BA, Angood PB Damage Control: An approach for improved survival in exsanguinating penetrating abdominal injury. , J Trauma , 35: 1993,375


Schwab CW, Frankel HL, Rotondo MF, Gares DA, Robison EA, Haskell RM, Hoff WS, Kauder DR, Thornton J The impact of true partnership between a university level I trauma center and a community level II trauma center on patient transfer practices. , J Trauma , 44: 1998,815