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Karl W. Swann, M.D.
Diplomate American Board of Neurosurgical Surgeons

OFFICE ADDRESS:

4410 Medical Drive, Suite 610
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 614-2453
Fax: (210) 477-5753

 

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts
EDUCATION: University of Michigan, 1976

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Doctor of Medicine
University of Michigan, 1979

INTERNSHIP:

General Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
July 1979 - June 1980

RESIDENCY:

Neurosurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
July 1980 - January 1986

FELLOWSHIP:

Neurosurgical Intensive Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
July 1982 - June 1983

LICENSURE:

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, 1986

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Neurological Surgery
September 1988, #8870


PRIVATE PRACTICE:

Neurosurgical Associates of San Antonio, P.A.
1986 to present

STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant in Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
January 1986 - June 1986

Chairman, Neurosurgery Section
Department of Surgery
Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
January 1992 - 1997


ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
1986 to present

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

Methodist Hospital
Methodist Transplant & Specialty Hospital
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital
The Spine Hospital of South Texas

HONORARY SOCIETIES:

Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha of Michigan, 1976

Alpha Omega Alpha
University of Michigan Medical School, 1979

HONORARY AWARDS:

C. Gardner Child III Award
Department of Surgery
University of Michigan Medical School, 1979

Upjohn Award of Medical Student
Graduating with best academic record

 

SPECIAL TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS:

Leksell Gamma Knife, November, 1998
CyberKnife, January 2005

MEDICAL SOCIETIES:

Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgical Alumni
Association, President
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Medical Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
Southern Medical Society
AANS/CNS Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerves
North American Spine Society
Southern Neurosurgical Society
American Association of Spine Physicians
Texas Association of Neurological surgeons
American Academy of Spine Physicians
AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care
Bexar County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association


APPOINTMENTS:

Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Medical Advisory Board
1998 to present

Texas Health Care Information Council
Appointed by The Honorable George W. Bush
Governor of the State of Texas May 2000

 

RESEARCH:

National Research Service Award
United States Public Health Service
July 1983 - June 1984

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Swann KW: ICU Management of Severe Head Injury,
Chap 14, Neurological-Neurosurgical Intensive Care,
Ropper A, Kennedy S, Zervas N (eds) University Park Press, Baltimore, 1983

Swann KW, Ropper AH, Zervas NT: Initial results of a
clinical trial of Flousol-DA 20% in acute cerebral ischemia,
Advances in Blood Substitute Research, Bolin RB,
Geyer, RP, Nemo GJ (eds) Alan R. Liss, Co., New York,
1983

Swann KW, Cosman ER: Modification of the Richmond
subarachnoid screw for monitoring intracranial pressure.
Technical Note, J. Neurosurgery 60: 1102-1103, 1984


Swann KW, Zervas NT: Modified crossed leg raising test
for Sciatica. Neurosurgery 15: 175-177, 1984

Swann KW: Intracranial pressure monitoring devices.
Seminars in Neurology 4:412-416, 1984

Swann KW, Ropper AH, New JPF, Poletti CE:
Spontaneous spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage and subdural
hematoma. Two patients. J. Neurosurgery 61:975-980, 1984

Swann KW, Black PM: Deep vein thrombosis and
pulmonary embolism in neurosurgical patients. A review,
J. Neurosurgery 61: 1055-1062, 1984

Swann KW, Heros RC: Accessory nerve palsy following
carotid endarterectomy. J. Neurosurgery 63: 630-632, 1985

Black PM, Swann KW: Management of severe head
injuries, Chap 14, Trauma Management, Burke J, Boyd R, McCabe C (eds) Yearbook Meidcal Publishers,
Chicago, 1985

Swann KW: Intracranial pressure monitoring, Post- Surgical Intensive Care Procedures at the Massachusetts
General Hospital. Levy J, Kafka A, Quill T (eds) Little
Brown and Co., Boston, 1986, pp 277-281

Swann KW, Heros RC, Debrun G: Middle cerebral artery
embolism by a detachable balloon. Management by
microsurgical embolectomy. Case report. J. Neurosurgery
64: 309-312, 1986

Ojeman RG, Swann KW: Meningiomas of the anterior
cranial base, Tumors of the Cranial Base: Diagnosis and
Treatment, Sekhar L. Schram V (eds) Futura, Mt. Kisko,
NY, 1987, pp 279-294


Carter JE, Merrin MD, Swann KW: Preoperative diagnosis of Lhermitte-Duclos Disease by Magnetic Resonance
Imagining. J. Neurosurgery 70 (1) 135-138, 1989

Ojemann RG, Swann KW: Alternate Surgical Approaches
to Frontobasal Tumors. Surgical Management of Olfactory
Groove, Seprasellar, and Medial Sphenoid wing
Meningiomas, Meningiomas and Their Surgical
Management. Schmidek HH (ed). Philadelphia, WB
Saunders, 1991, 242-259

Ojeman RG, Swann KW: Surgical management of
Olfactory groove, suprasellar and medial sphenoid wing
meningiomas, Operative Neurosurgical Techniques:
Indications, Methods and Results; ed 2, Vol 1, Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1988: 531. Schmidek HH,
Sweet WH (eds), Grune and Stratton

 

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