C. William Schwab, MD, FACS, FRCS

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Emeritus Professor CE of Surgery
Physician-in-Chief, PennSTAR Flight, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Active Staff Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery/Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, PA
Department: Surgery

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Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Medicine \
51 N. 39th Street, Suite 120
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-9425
Fax: 215-243-4679
Education:
B.A. (Chemistry)
Ithaca College, 1968.
M.D.
State University of New York, 1972.
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Selected Publications

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): 596-604, October 2003.

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

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: 527, 2002.

Branas CC, Schwab CW: The impact of a repealed motorcycle helmet law in Florida (editorial comment).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

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

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: 1102, 2002.

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: 9, 2002.

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: 375, 1993.

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: 815, 1998.

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