RichardSSwansonMD

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

director, program in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer,division of surgical oncology, BWH, DFCI

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Office
75 Fraincis St Asb II 3rd FL
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-8818

University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1989
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1986
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1980

PubMed

135 citations
The 90-day mortality after pancreatectomy for cancer is double the 30-day mortality: more than 20,000 resections from the national cancer data base.
Richard Swanson, Christopher M. Pezzi, Katherine Mallin, Ashley Loomis, David P. Winchester
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2014-09-05
6 citations
Investigating Transitional Care to Decrease Post-pancreatectomy 30-Day Hospital Readmissions for Dehydration or Failure to Thrive
Dimitrios Xourafas, Akweley Ablorh, Thomas E. Clancy, Richard Swanson, Stanley W. Ashley
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2016-03-08
66 citations
Protecting Patients From an Unsafe System: The Etiology and Recovery of Intraoperative Deviations in Care
Yue Yung Hu, Alexander F. Arriaga, Emilie M. Roth, Sarah E. Peyre, Katherine A. Corso
Annals of Surgery. 2012-08-01

Journal Articles

Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Metastasectomy for Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Christopher Pezzi, Jiping Wang, Akhil Chawla, Thomas Clancy, Stanley Ashley, Richard Swanson, Journal of Surgical Oncology

Other

Cancer of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei
Swanson R, Meyerhardt JA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/cancer-of-the-appendix-and-pseudomyxoma-peritonei
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-22
Surgical management of gallbladder cancer
Swanson R, Mehrotra B
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/surgical-management-of-gallbladder-cancer
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-25