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Karen Schwab, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS

Associate Professor/Clinical

Director of Pediatric Services- Wellness 360

As a full-time faculty, Dr. Schwab is the Director of Pediatric Services at SON’s Wellness 360 which consists of six clinics and a mobile medical unit providing pediatric primary care services. She was instrumental in obtaining the designation of Foster Care Center of Excellence for this practice whose main clinic is located on the UT Health SA Long Campus. Dr. Schwab collaborates with state and community leaders in the child welfare field and court system to remove barriers to and gaps in care for this underserved population. She has been awarded a $4 million HRSA grant supporting the expansion of general pediatric and foster health care services in rural settings while also increasing clinical learning sites in rural settings for graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Schwab has procured private contracts with community partners to expand health care services for children in foster care at five off-campus clinics which provide on-site care in underserved settings. Her responsibilities for these clinics include overseeing operations, hiring and supervision of clinic staff, coordination of provider services, writing policy and procedures, ongoing collaboration with partnering organization’s executive leadership, and providing direct patient care in her nurse practitioner role.  Dr. Schwab created and continues to serve as an advisor to a core of volunteers in the pediatric clinic named PIVOT. The volunteers are undergraduate nursing students who in return for their time receive hands-on experience in pediatric care. They also contribute to patient and parent education as well as quality improvement projects. Dr. Schwab continues to guest lecture throughout the academic year in relevant courses such as advance health assessment, pediatric psychotropic medications, and primary care services.