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Robert Schwab, M.D.

Physician | Author | Speaker

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    After many years of study, learning, and practice, I finally felt like a physician. But I became a healer only when I had lived long enough to acquire a greater measure of compassion, altruism, and empathy.
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    “Schwab is a solid, eloquent writer. Back Side of a Hurricane is… immersive…a hopeful novel about healing a life in disarray…”
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  • “In many ways, Holy Water is a coming of age book, not just for those in the medical professions, but for anyone searching to identify how their talents and passions can best be used in life.”
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    Speaking to an audience is much more than an educational endeavor; it is a performance, an opportunity to use both words and images to touch hearts as well as minds, to provide an emotional as well as an intellectual experience.

home-portraitAbout the Author

Throughout a long and varied career as a physician, teacher, and writer, Dr. Schwab has consistently focused on the importance of humanism in medicine, and the ways in which a study of the humanities can benefit those who are pursuing a career in healthcare. FULL BIO

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What A Week It Was

Last weekend, I departed on a trip that combined work with play, although the use of the word "work" is a stretch. I was returning to my alma mater, the University of Virginia, to deliver two … READ MORE

Medicine & The Humanities

Hanging on the wall of my office is a quote from the great German philosopher and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that serves as my personal creed: “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day, in order that worldly cares should not obliterate the sense of the beautiful that God has implanted in the human soul.” READ MORE

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