Penn Medicine Provider
Sleep Medicine
Richard J. Schwab, MD, DABSM
4.9
(254)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Sleep Center Market Street
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Schedule onlineCall 215-662-7772

About me

  • Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine
  • Professor of Medicine (Sleep Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

257 reviews

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April 2025
5.0
5.0
kind and considerate
April 2025
5.0
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all around very good.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
i have been a patient of dr. schwab's for many years. he is respectful, personable and always takes time for my questions
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr schwab is the best

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Schwab is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Dennison JB, Langham MC, Wiemken AS, Xu J, Schwab RJ, Detre JA, Wehrli FW Concurrent evaluation of cerebral oxygen metabolism and upper airway architecture via temporally resolved MRI , J Cereb Blood Flow Metab: 2025

Pack A, Grunstein R, Mokhlesi B, Ryan S, Schwab R, Gozal D What will the impact be of use of tirzepatide in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)? , Sleep: 2025

Lee R, Larson O, Dhaliwal S, Moon K, Gerardy B, de Chazal P, Cistulli PA, Chen NH, Han F, Li QY, Maislin G, McArdle N, Penzel T, Schwab RJ, Tufik S, Magalang UJ, Singh B, Gislason T, Pack AI, Keenan BT, Younes M, Gehrman P Comparative analysis of sleep physiology using qualitative and quantitative criteria for insomnia symptoms , Sleep: 2025

Romeo DJ, George AM, Sussman JH, Banala M, Wiemken A, Wu M, Ng JJ, Taylor JA, Schwab RJ, Cielo CM, Kalish JM Morphometric measurements of intraoral anatomy in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: a novel approach , Orphanet J Rare Dis: 2024

Nance RM, Fohner AE, McClelland RL, Redline S, Nick Bryan R, Desiderio L, Habes M, Longstreth WT Jr, Schwab RJ, Wiemken AS, Heckbert SR The Association of Upper Airway Anatomy with Brain Structure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis , Brain Imaging Behav: 2024

Malhotra A, Grunstein RR, Fietze I, Weaver TE, Redline S, Azarbarzin A, Sands SA, Schwab RJ, Dunn JP, Chakladar S, Bunck MC, Bednarik J; SURMOUNT-OSA Investigators Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity , N Engl J Med: 2024

Thuler ER, Parekh MH, Rodin JG, Seay EG, Wiemken A, Keenan BT, Schwab RJ, Schwartz AR, Dedhia RC Association Between Soft Tissue Measures From Computed Tomography and Upper Airway Collapsibility on Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy , Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg: 2024

Xu J, Wiemken A, Langham MC, Rao H, Nabbout M, Caporale AS, Schwab RJ, Detre JA, Wehrli FW Sleep-stage-dependent alterations in cerebral oxygen metabolism quantified by magnetic resonance , J Neurosci Res: 2024

Malhotra A, Bednarik J, Chakladar S, Dunn JP, Weaver T, Grunstein R, Fietze I, Redline S, Azarbarzin A, Sands SA, Schwab RJ, Bunck MC Tirzepatide for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: Rationale, design, and sample baseline characteristics of the SURMOUNT -OSA phase 3 trial , Contemp Clin Trials: 2024

Schwab RJ, Lin TC, Wiemken A, Dedhia RC, Wehrli FW, Keenan BT State-Dependent Biomechanical Behavior of Oropharyngeal Structures in Apneics and Controls: A Proof-of-Concept Study , Ann Am Thorac Soc: 2024