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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donald F. Schwarz,
M.D., M.P.H. M.B.A., vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at The
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, deputy physician-in-chief at
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and chief, Craig-Dalsimer Division
of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital was named today Deputy Mayor
of Health and Opportunity and Health Commissioner for the City of
Philadelphia.
"Throughout his career Dr. Schwarz has been committed to the well-being
of children and at-risk youth" said Steven M. Altschuler, M.D., president
and chief executive officer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"His expertise and commitment to public health will be beneficial in this
important position."
In these roles, Dr. Schwarz will lead a collaborative effort with the
Commissioner of the Department of Human Services and the Director of
Community Behavioral Health to coordinate the development policy and
allocation of resources affecting the delivery of health and social
services.
Dr. Schwarz, a 1977 graduate of Brown University, received his M.D. and
M.P.H. degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1982. He completed his
residency training in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 1985. Dr.
Schwarz was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1985 to 1987, and he
received an MBA from The Wharton School in 1987. He joined Children's
Hospital as a fellow in 1987.
A pioneer in the field of adolescent medicine, he is recognized
nationally and internationally in this field. Dr. Schwarz has served on
numerous review committees for child health at the National Institutes of
Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other funding organizations.
He has made extraordinary contributions to the field of adolescent
medicine, adolescent health, community relations for youth, and
community-level interventions. Dr. Schwarz has received both public and
private funding for work that has examined the issues of injury and its
prevention in urban minority communities, public policy approaches to
adolescent violence, and physician- and nurse-practice-based interventions
to improve outcomes for adolescent mothers.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Schwarz has served on numerous committees
serving the City of Philadelphia, including the Board of Directors for
Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth (serving as president for four
years), the Mayor's Philadelphia Children's Network Advisory Board, the
School District of Philadelphia Advisory Committees for Children's Issues,
the Child Health Advisory Board, and the PULSE Advisory Board of the
University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has served as Advisor to the
Mayor's Cabinet for Children and the Youth Violence Task Force. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Healthier Babies, Healthier Mothers
Program, a public and private collaboration to improve birth outcomes in
the Philadelphia area, and was also a member of the Child Welfare Advisory
Board for the City of Philadelphia.
SOURCE The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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