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CURRICULUM VITAE

DATE: 2016 February

NAME: Maria Divina Gracia Torres Schwab, MD, MPH

PRESENT TITLE: Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark, New Jersey 07103

HOME ADDRESS: 26 Water’s Edge Kinnelon, New Jersey 07405

OFFICE ADDRESS: 183 South Orange Avenue BHSB F Level Newark, NJ 07101

TELEPHONE NUMBER/E-MAIL ADDRESS:

(973) 972-3817 [email protected]

CITIZENSHIP: USA

EDUCATION:

A. Undergraduate and Professional

University of the Philippines Quezon City, Philippines BS (Biology) April 1985

B. Graduate and Professional

University of the Philippines College of Medicine Manila, Philippines MD April 1990

UMDNJ - School of Public Health Newark, New Jersey MPH (Epidemiology) 2003

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

A. Internships and Residencies

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Children’s Hospital of New Jersey Chief Resident in Pediatrics Newark, New Jersey 07103 1994-1995

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Children’s Hospital of New Jersey Newark, New Jersey 07103 Internship & Residency in General Pediatrics 1991 – 1994

B. Fellowships

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School Institute of Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Newark, New Jersey 07103 Fellowship program in Clinical Genetics July 2006 - June 2008

Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical Medicine and Preventive Medicine University of Alabama and Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander van Humbolt” Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1998

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:

Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark, New Jersey 07103 2005 - present

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Department of Pediatrics Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey Staff Physician November 2015 – present

Department of Pediatrics JFK Medical Center Edison, NJ 08818 Consulting Clinical Geneticist March 2011 – January 2016

University Hospital Newark, New Jersey Attending Physician 2005-present

OTHER EMPLOYMENT OR MAJOR VISITING APPOINTMENTS: UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School Department of Psychiatry Pediatric Residency Training on Tobacco Research Assistant 2000- 2002

Association of Medical Doctors of Asia – Philippines Manila, Philippines Volunteer Physician 1998

Philippine Women’s University Manila, Philippines School Physician 1997 – 1998

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Children’s Hospital of New Jersey Newark, New Jersey Attending Physician 1997

United Hospitals Children’s Hospital of New Jersey Newark, New Jersey Attending Physician 1995 – 1997

LICENSURE: Medicine and Surgery New Jersey Medical License #MA061205 Expires: June 30, 2017

DRUG LICENSURE: CDS number: D06666900 Expires: October 31, 2015

DEA number: BT4511867 Expires: November 30, 2015

CERTIFICATION: American Board of Pediatrics Certified: October 1994 Meeting requirements for Maintenance of Certification

American Board of Medical Genetics Certified: August 2009 Expires: 2019

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow 1994

Human Genetics Association of New Jersey Member 2011

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Bernard D. Goldstein Award for Academic Excellence UMDNJ – School of Public Health July 2003

CLINICAL RESPONISIBILITIES:

Examine, diagnose and treat patients with genetic disorders, autism spectrum disorders, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities

PUBLICATIONS:

A. Refereed Original Article in Journal Hymowitz, N., Schwab, M., McNerney, C., Schwab, J., Eckholdt, H., and Haddock, K. Postpartum relapse prevention to cigarette smoking in inner city women. Journal of the National Medical Association, 2003, 95:461-474.

B. Abstracts Schwab, M., Wallerstein, R., Wolf, R. and Liebling, M. Unique phenotype associated with SHOX gene deletion. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Genetics, Nice, France, June 2007.

Schwab, M., Rosenthal, S., Sharer, L., Lee, D., Percy, S. and Wallerstein, R. Puerto Rican infant hypotonia syndrome variant: A case report. Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics, Phoenix, Arizona, March 2008.

Schwab, M. Overlap of Coffin-Siris Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 2012.

PRESENTATIONS:

Lecture: “Genetics: Basics to the Clinics” Presented at the Pre-Medical Honors Program 2016 February 10, 2016

Lecture: “Genetics: Behavior Phenotypes” Presented at the Pre-Medical Honors Program 2014 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School November 5, 2014

Lectures: “Recognizing Common Genetic Syndromes, “ and “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders” Presented at the II Curso Internacional: Temas Selectos en Medicina Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru Huancayo, Peru January 15 – 17, 2014

Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Do You Have Your Genetic Bases Covered? When to Refer” JFK Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics Edison, New Jersey November 2011

Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Genetics Update: An Overview of Current Therapies” University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey June 6, 2008