Scott Swanson, MD
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgeon
Lobectomy Pleurectomy with Decortication (P/D) Thoracoscopy Thoracotomy
Dr. Swanson is the director of thoracic surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, having completed the courses of Harvard Medical School in 1985. Going on to complete his residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Swanson specializes in the surgical treatment of cancers affecting the chest area, such as mesothelioma. Dr. Swanson is a professor of surgery at Harvard and has three board certifications, in general surgery, surgical oncology and thoracic surgery. Dr. Scott Swanson is one of the doctors specializing and developing minimally invasive interventions with the assistance of direct feed video.
Harvard Medical School - 1985
Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Residency
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Fellowship
American Board of Internal Medicine - Oncology
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Languages: English/Spanish
(617) 726-5130
55 Fruit St
Read MoreMinimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Results of a Prospective Phase II Multicenter Trial-the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (E2202) Study.
Luketich JD1, Pennathur A, Franchetti Y, Catalano PJ, Swanson S, Sugarbaker DJ, De Hoyos A, Maddaus MA, Nguyen NT, Benson AB, Fernando HC.
See more >>VATS Lobectomy Has Better Perioperative Outcomes Than Open Lobectomy: CALGB 31001, an Ancillary Analysis of CALGB 140202 (Alliance).
Nwogu CE1, D'Cunha J2, Pang H3, Gu L3, Wang X3, Richards WG4, Veit LJ5, Demmy TL6, Sugarbaker DJ4, Kohman LJ5, Swanson SJ4; Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.
See more >>Lobectomy vs. segmentectomy for NSCLC (T<2 cm).
Villamizar, N.,Swanson, S. J.; Ann Cardiothorac Surg.
See more >>Current costs of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy.
Lacin, T.,Swanson, S.; J Thorac Dis.
See more >>American College of Chest Physicians
American Medical Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology