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Board Certification
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Surgery -Primary Academic Divisions Pediatric Surgery
Board Certification American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)Education history
Fellowship Pediatric General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow General Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Chief Resident Diploma University of Pennsylvania M.S.C.E General Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Resident Graduate Training Public Policy - Harvard Kennedy School M.P.P. Medicine - University of North Carolina School of Medicine M.D. Undergraduate Chemistry and Political Science - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Swendiman RA, Russell KW, Larsen K, Eyre M, Fenton SJ (2024). USE OF A STATEWIDE SOLID ORGAN INJURY PROCOTCOL TO OPTIMIZE TRIAGE, TREATMENT, AND TRANSFER FOR PEDIATRIC ABDOMINAL TRAUMA. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. (Read full article)
- Russell KW, Iantorno SE, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Smith KM, Polukoff NE, Larsen KE, Barnes KL, Bell TM, Fenton SJ, Inaba K, Swendiman RA (2023). Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A 10-year Evaluation of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA, Scaife JH, Barnes KL, Bell TM, Roach CM, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Russell KW (2023). Hanging and Strangulation Injuries: An Institutional Review From a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. J Pediatr Surg. (Read full article)
- Iantorno SE, Swendiman RA, Bucher BT, Russell KW (2023). Surge in Pediatric Firearm Injuries Presenting to US Children's Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Pediatr, 177(2), 204-206. (Read full article)
- Fenton SJ, Swendiman RA, Eyre M, Larsen K, Russell KW (2023). The Utah Pediatric Trauma Network, a statewide pediatric trauma collaborative can safely help non-pediatric hospitals admit children with mild traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. (Read full article)
- Eldredge RS, Moore Z, Smit J, Barnes K, Norton SP, Larsen K, Padilla BE, Swendiman RA, Fenton SJ, Russell KW (2023). A Pediatric Teletrauma Program Pilot Project: Improves Access to Pediatric Trauma Care and Timely Assessment of Pediatric Traumas. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. (Read full article)
- Hobson BJ, Lett E, Hawkins LA, Swendiman RA, Nance ML, Dowshen NL (2022). Transgender Youth Experiences with Implantable GnRH Agonists for Puberty Suppression. Transgend Health, 7(4), 364-368. (Read full 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. (Read full article)
- Hatchimonji JS, Luks VL, Swendiman RA, Allukian M 3rd, Nance ML, Nace GW Jr (2022). Settling the Score: Injury Severity Score Fails to Capture Nuances in Pediatric Trauma. Pediatr Emerg Care, 38(2), e828-e832. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA, Edmondson AC, Mahmoud NN (2018). Burnout in surgery viewed through the lens of psychological safety. Ann Surg, 269(2), 234-235. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2017). Cognitive dissonance in training: A view from the middle. Ann Surg, 265(6), 1062-1063. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2015). The Clock on the Wall. J Grad Med Educ, 7(2), 306. (Read full article)
- Weber AL, Swendiman RA (2014). Talk to me. Med Teach, 36(11), 1005-6. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2014). We the living. J Am Geriatr Soc, 62(8), 1594. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2014). Deep listening. Acad Med, 89(6), 950. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2014). See what you cannot see. Acad Med, 89(4), 631. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2014). Drowning. JAMA Pediatr, 168(3), 203. (Read full article)
- Swendiman RA (2014). Students need exposure to the joys of rural surgery. Bull Am Coll Surg, 99(1), 46-7. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
- 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. (Read full article)
Editorial
- Swendiman RA, Hatchimonji JS, Allukian M 3rd, Blinman TA, Nance ML, Nace GW (2020). Pediatric firearm injuries: Anatomy of an epidemic. Surgery, 168(3), 381-384. (Read full article)
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. (Read full article)
- Hoffman DI, Swendiman RA, Chou CM (2020). In reply to Schattner. [Letter to the editor]. Acad Med, 95(3), 327-328. (Read full article)
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