Robert Schwab

Robert Schwab (Col ’79, Med ’83 CM) will publish his third novel, Eddie’s Boy, in February 2021. The novel is a sequel to his first, Holy Water. Dr. Schwab serves as chief medical officer for a hospital in the Texas Health Resources health system based in the Dallas-Forth Worth Metroplex. He also teaches an undergraduate seminar on the healing power of stories at the University of Texas at Dallas. He returns to UVA regularly to serve as a guest lecturer in the post-baccalaureate premedical program in the School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies.

Robert Schwab (Col ’79, Med ’83) will have his second novel, Back Side of a Hurricane, published on June 28, 2017. In the book, a man travels to South Carolina, racing the approach of Hurricane Hugo, searching for a memory of his father.  The man he most needs help from turns out to the one man who wants his search to fail. The book explores the relationship between fathers and their children, and the wisdom of sitting still when chaos swirls around you. The author is a physician executive in the DFW metroplex. He travels and speaks about the role of the humanities in the professional development of physicians, and also teaches premedical students at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Robert Schwab (Col ’79, Med ’83 L/M) is a physician executive in Dallas who lectures, writes and sings about the convergence of the humanities and medicine. He recently published his first novel, Holy Water, a medical coming-of-age story about the impact of the French Quarter on a physician in training.