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
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 Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery University City
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.
Qualifications and experience
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- American Board of Surgery, National
- American Burn Association, National
- American College of Emergency Physicians, National
- American College of Surgeons,
- American College of Surgeons, National
- American Medical Association,
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition,
- American Surgical Association,
- American Trauma Society, National
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia,
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Local
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, International
- European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, International
- International Society of Surgeons-International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, International
- National Board of Medical Examiners,
- New Jersey State Committee on Trauma, Local
- Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma, Local
- Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local
- Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, Local
- Philadelphia Academy of Surgery,
- Physicians for Social Responsibility,
- Royal College of Surgeons in Glasgow, International
- Royal College of Surgeons of England,
- Shock Society,
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons,
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
- Society of University Surgeons,
- Southeastern Surgical Congress,
- United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National
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