Robert A. Swendiman,
MD, MPP, MSCE
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Languages Spoken: English
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Visiting Instructor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Surgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery) |
Academic Locations
Primary Children's Hospital
801-662-1000
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Visiting Instructor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Surgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery) |
Education History
| Chief Resident | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania General Surgery Chief Resident, 2021 |
| Residency | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania General Surgery Resident, 2020 |
| Graduate Training | Harvard Kennedy School Public Policy M.P.P., 2014 |
| Professional Medical | University of North Carolina School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2014 |
| Undergraduate | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chemistry and Political Science B.A., 2008 |
| Fellowship | University of Utah School of Medicine Pediatric General Surgery Fellow, |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Acker R, Swendiman RA, Luks VL, Hanna AN, Lee MK, Williams NN, Kelz RR, Lynn J, Aarons CB (2022). Pulling back from the brink: a multi-pronged approach to address general surgery resident clinical work hour adherence.2022:S1931-7204(22)00119-2. J Surg Educ.
- Taylor MA, Lewis AE, Swendiman RA, Fenton SJ, Russell KW (2021). Interest in improving access to pediatric trauma care through telemedicine. J Med Syst, 45(12), 108.
- Swendiman RA, Abramov A, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Nance ML, Nace GW Jr, Iii MA (2021). Use of angioembolization in pediatric polytrauma patients with blunt splenic injury. J Pediatr Surg, 56(11), 2045-2051.
- Swendiman RA, Jones RE, Blinman TA, Krummel T (2020). Disrupting the fellowship match: COVID-19 and the applicant arms race. J Surg Educ, 78(4), 1069-1072.
- Abdallah HO, Zhao C, Kaufman E, Hatchimonji J, Swendiman RA, Kaplan LJ, Seamon M, Schwab CW, Pascual JL (2020). Increased firearm injury during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hidden urban burden. J Am Coll Surg, 232(2), 159-168.e3.
- Swendiman RA, Luks VL, Hatchimonji JS, Nayyar MG, Goldshore MA, Nace GW Jr, Nance ML, Allukian M 3rd (2020). Mortality after adolescent firearm injury: effect of trauma center designation. J Adolesc Health, 68(5), 978-984.
- Hatchimonji JS, Swendiman RA, Seamon MJ, Nance ML (2020). Trauma does not quarantine: violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann Surg, 272(2), e53-e54.
- Hatchimonji JS, Swendiman RA, Kaufman EJ, Scantling D, Passman JE, Yang W, Kit Delgado M, Holena DN (2020). Multiple complications in emergency surgery : Identifying risk factors for failure-to-rescue. Am Surg, 86(7), 787-795.
- Swendiman RA, Goldshore MA, Fenton SJ, Nance ML (2019). Defining the role of angioembolization in pediatric isolated blunt solid organ injury. J Pediatr Surg, 55(4), 688-692.
- Hatchimonji JS, Swendiman RA, Goldshore MA, Blinman TA, Nance ML, Allukian M 3rd, Nace GW Jr (2020). Pediatric firearm mortality in the United States, 2010 to 2016: A national trauma data bank analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 88(3), 402-407.
- Song Y, Swendiman RA, Shannon AB, Torres-Landa S, Khan FN, Williams NN, Dumon KR, Brooks AD, DeMatteo RP, Aarons CB (2020). Can we coach resilience? An evaluation of professional resilience coaching as a well-being initiative for surgical interns. J Surg Educ, 77(6), 1481-1489.
- Swendiman RA, Sharoky CE, Russell KW, Goldshore MA, Blinman TA, Nance ML (2019). Life-saving interventions in pediatric trauma: A national trauma data bank experience. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 87(6), 1321-1327.
- Swendiman RA, Coons BE, Alter CA, Bamba V, Nance ML, Vogiatzi MG (2019). Histrelin implantation and growth outcomes in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: an institutional experience. J Endocr Soc, 4(2), bvz004.
- Owei L, Swendiman RA, Torres-Landa S, Dempsey DT, Dumon KR (2019). Impact of body mass index on minimally invasive ventral hernia repair: an ACS-NSQIP analysis. Hernia, 23(5), 899-907.
- Swendiman RA, Goldshore MA, Blinman TA, Nance ML (2019). Laparoscopic management of pediatric abdominal trauma: A national trauma data bank experience. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 29(8), 1052-1059.
- Swendiman RA, Marcaccio CL, Han J, Hoffman DI, Weiner TM, Nance ML, Chou CM (2019). Attitudes and habits of highly humanistic surgeons: A single-institution, mixed-methods study. Acad Med, 94(7), 1027-1032.
- Swendiman RA, Vogiatzi MG, Alter CA, Nance ML (2018). Histrelin implantation in the pediatric population: A 10-year institutional experience. J Pediatr Surg, 54(7), 1457-1461.
- Swendiman RA, Edmondson AC, Mahmoud NN (2018). Burnout in surgery viewed through the lens of psychological safety. Ann Surg, 269(2), 234-235.
- Swendiman RA, Hoffman DI, Bruce AN, Blinman TA, Nance ML, Chou CM (2019). Qualities and methods of highly effective surgical educators: A grounded theory model. J Surg Educ, 76(5), 1293-1302.
- Landa ST, Cohen JB, Swendiman RA, Wirtalla C, Dempsey DT, Dumon KR (2018). The association of body mass index with postoperative outcomes after elective paraesophageal hernia repair. J Gastrointest Surg, 22(12), 2029-2036.
- Owei L, Swendiman RA, Kelz RR, Dempsey DT, Dumon KR (2017). Impact of body mass index on open ventral hernia repair: A retrospective review. Surgery, 162(6), 1320-1329.
- Latessa RA, Swendiman RA, Parlier AB, Galvin SL, Hirsh DA (2017). Graduates' perceptions of learning affordances in longitudinal integrated clerkships: A dual-institution, mixed-methods study. Acad Med, 92(9), 1313-1319.
- Swendiman RA (2017). Cognitive dissonance in training: A view from the middle. Ann Surg, 265(6), 1062-1063.
- Swendiman RA (2015). The Clock on the Wall. J Grad Med Educ, 7(2), 306.
- Weber AL, Swendiman RA (2014). Talk to me. Med Teach, 36(11), 1005-6.
- Swendiman RA (2014). We the living. J Am Geriatr Soc, 62(8), 1594.
- Swendiman RA (2014). Deep listening. Acad Med, 89(6), 950.
- Swendiman RA (2014). See what you cannot see. Acad Med, 89(4), 631.
- Swendiman RA (2014). Drowning. JAMA Pediatr, 168(3), 203.
- Swendiman RA (2014). Students need exposure to the joys of rural surgery. Bull Am Coll Surg, 99(1), 46-7.
- Swendiman RA, Latessa RA (2013). Medicine and the arts. Between a rock and a hard place: [excerpt] by Robert A. Swendiman. Commentary. Acad Med, 88(6), 778-9.
- Salom C, Salom-Grosjean E, Park KD, Morieux P, Swendiman R, DeMarco E, Stables JP, Kohn H (2010). Synthesis and anticonvulsant activities of (R)-N-(4'-substituted)benzyl 2-acetamido-3-methoxypropionamides. J Med Chem, 53(3), 1288-305.
Editorial
Letter
- Swendiman RA, Goldshore MA, Allukian M 3rd, Nace GW Jr, Nance ML (2021). In reply to "Abdominal angiography is associated with reduced in-hospital mortality among pediatric patients with blunt splenic and hepatic injury: A propensity-score-matching study from the national trauma registry in Japan". [Letter to the editor]. J Pediatr Surg.
- Hoffman DI, Swendiman RA, Chou CM (2020). In reply to Schattner. [Letter to the editor]. Acad Med, 95(3), 327-328.