Dr. Schwab is currently Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. In 1987, Dr. Schwab established a Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center, Surgical Critical Care Service, the PennStar Flight Program and the Communications Center at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Today Dr. Schwabs surgical practice focuses on caring for the severely injured patient and incorporating the most advanced techniques in trauma surgery available. He is one of the first traumatologists to study the effects of trauma in the elderly patient. In addition, Dr. Schwab is extremely active in the field of violence prevention and in developing a program in which trauma surgeons can become leaders in the public health effort to reduce firearm-related injuries. He has recently been awarded a grant to look at the possibilities of reducing firearm injury in small and medium sized cities. Another of his most recent projects is the formation of a trauma network. This involves setting up Level II trauma centers throughout the Delaware Valley to work with Penns Level I trauma center in enhancing the quality of medical care for victims of injury. He has accomplished this at the Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville, PA, and at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA and is currently consulting with other facilities in the hope of sharing the excellence in trauma care that is securely in place here at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.