GarthRSwansonMD

Gastroenterology • Charleston, SC

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Professor, Division Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina

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Office
30 Courtenay Drive
Suite: 249
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone+1 843-792-2301
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Education & Training

Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2005 - 2008
Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2005
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 2023 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2001 - 2023
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

Clinical Trials

Effect of Sleep on the Recovery of Patients Admitted to the ICU Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 27
Completed
Not Applicable
Chronotherapy of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid in Ulcerative Colitis Start of enrollment: 2021 Jul 09
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Increased Intestinal Permeability and Decreased Resiliency of the Intestinal Barrier in Alcoholic Liver Disease.
Swanson, G., Garg, K., Shaikh, M., Keshavarzian, A.> ;Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 2024 Feb 9
Colon epithelial cell-specific Bmal1 deletion impairs bone formation in mice.
Frank C Ko, Sarah B Jochum, Brittany M Wilson, Amal Adra, Nikhil Patel, Hoomin Lee, Sherry Wilber, Maliha Shaikh, Christopher Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian, Garth R Swanso...> ;Bone. 2023 Mar 1
3 citations
Impact of Chronotherapy on 6-Mercaptopurine Metabolites in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Pilot Crossover Trial.
Garth R Swanson, Mary Biglin, Vijit Chouhan, Sarah Jochum, Maliha Shaikh, Lauren Francey, Faraz Bishehsari, John Hogenesch, Ali Keshavarzian, Hannah Raff> ;Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 2023 Feb 1
3 citations
Alcohol use disorder as a potential risk factor for COVID-19 severity: A narrative review.
Christopher B Forsyth, Robin M Voigt, Garth R Swanson, Faraz Bishehsari, Maliha Shaikh, Lijuan Zhang, Phillip Engen, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2022 Nov 1
2 citations
Colonic Epithelial Circadian Disruption Worsens Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis.
Sarah B Jochum, Phillip A Engen, Maliha Shaikh, Ankur Naqib, Sherry Wilber, Shohreh Raeisi, Lijuan Zhang, Shiwen Song, Gabriella Sanzo, Vijit Chouhan, Frank Ko, Zoe Po...> ;Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2023 Mar 1
2 citations
Psychometric Testing of a Food Timing Questionnaire and Food Timing Screener.
Prachi Chakradeo, Heather E Rasmussen, Garth R Swanson, Barbara Swanson, Louis F Fogg, Faraz Bishehsari, Helen J Burgess, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Current Developments in Nutrition. 2022 Feb 1
11 citations
Circadian misalignment by environmental light/dark shifting causes circadian disruption in colon.
Laura Tran, Sarah B. Jochum, Maliha Shaikh, Sherry Wilber, Lijuan Zhang, Dana M. Hayden, Christopher B. Forsyth, Robin M. Voigt, Faraz Bishehsari, Ali Keshavarzian, Ga...> ;Plos One. 2021 Jun 4
4 citations
Disrupted Circadian Rest-Activity Cycles in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Are Associated With Aggressive Disease Phenotype, Subclinical Inflammation, and Dysbiosis.
Garth R Swanson, Nicole Kochman, Jaimin Amin, Vijit Chouhan, Wesley Yim, Phillip A Engen, Maliha Shaikh, Ankur Naqib, Laura Tran, Robin M Voigt, Christopher B Forsyth,...> ;Frontiers in Medicine. 2021 Jan 1
23 citations
Disrupted diurnal oscillation of gut-derived Short chain fatty acids in shift workers drinking alcohol: Possible mechanism for loss of resiliency of intestinal barrier...
Garth Swanson, Joel Siskin, Annika Gorenz, Maliha Shaikh, Shohreh Raeisi, Louis Fogg, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Translational Research. 2020 May 5
29 citations
Abnormal Eating Patterns Cause Circadian Disruption and Promote Alcohol-Associated Colon Carcinogenesis
Faraz Bishehsari, Phillip A. Engen, Robin M. Voigt, Garth Swanson, Maliha Shaikh, Sherry Wilber, Ankur Naqib, Stefan J. Green, Brandon B. Shetuni, Christopher B. Forsy...> ;Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2020 Jan 1
44 citations
Chronotype, social jet lag, sleep debt and food timing in inflammatory bowel disease.
Prachi Chakradeo, Ali Keshavarzian, Shubha Singh, Akram E. Dera, James Philip G. Esteban, Alice A. Lee, Helen J. Burgess, Louis Fogg, Garth Swanson> ;Sleep Medicine. 2018 Dec 1
13 citations
A Compartmentalized Type I Interferon Response in the Gut During Chronic HIV-1 Infection is Associated with Immunopathogenesis
Stephanie M. Dillon, Kejun Guo, Gregory L. Austin, Sara Gianella, Phillip A. Engen, Ece Mutlu, John Losurdo, Garth Swanson, Prachi Chakradeo, Ali Keshavarzian, Alan L....> ;AIDS. 2018 Jul 31
1 citations
Polyethylene Glycol-3350 (Miralax®)+1.9-L sports drink (Gatorade®)+2 tablets of bisacodyl results in inferior bowel preparation for colonoscopy compared with Polyethyl...
Maqsood Ahmed Khan, Kevin B. Patel, Mohammed Nooruddin, Garth Swanson, Louis Fogg, Ali Keshavarzian, Michael D. Brown> ;The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology. 2018 Jan 1
28 citations
Alcohol Feeding in Mice Promotes Colonic Hyperpermeability and Changes in Colonic Organoid Stem Cell Fate
Christopher B. Forsyth, Maliha Shaikh, Faraz Bishehsari, Garth Swanson, Robin M. Voigt, Hemraj B. Dodiya, Peter Wilkinson, Beata Samelco, Shiwen Song, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2017 Nov 7
19 citations
Sleep and Circadian Hygiene and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Garth Swanson, Helen J. Burgess> ;Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 2017 Dec 1
153 citations
Alcohol and Gut-Derived Inflammation.
Faraz Bishehsari, Emmeline Magno, Garth Swanson, Vishal Desai, Robin M. Voigt, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Alcohol Research. 2017 Jan 1
41 citations
Night workers with circadian misalignment are susceptible to alcohol-induced intestinal hyperpermeability with social drinking
Garth Swanson, Annika Gorenz, Maliha Shaikh, Vishal Desai, Thomas Kaminsky, Jolice P. Van den Berg, Terrence Murphy, Shohreh Raeisi, Louis Fogg, Martha Hotz Vitaterna,...> ;American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2016 Jul 1
62 citations
The Effects of Bowel Preparation on Microbiota-Related Metrics Differ in Health and in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and for the Mucosal and Luminal Microbiota Compartments.
Rima Shobar, Suresh Velineni, Ali Keshavarzian, Garth Swanson, Mark T. DeMeo, Joshua Melson, John Losurdo, Philip A. Engen, Yan Sun, Lars Koenig, Ece Mutlu> ;Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 2016 Feb 11
50 citations
Alcohol and the Intestine.
Sheena Patel, Rama Behara, Garth Swanson, Christopher B. Forsyth, Robin M. Voigt, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Biomolecules. 2015 Oct 15
Response to Dr. Kawada.
Garth Swanson, Muneer Rizvydeen, Helen J. Burgess, Ali Keshavarzian> ;American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2015 Aug 15
20 citations
Hepatitis B vaccination in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Ruwaida Ben Musa, Anuhya Gampa, Sanjib Basu, Ali Keshavarzian, Garth Swanson, Michael Brown, Rana Abraham, Keith Bruninga, John Losurdo, Mark T. DeMeo, Sohrab Mobarhan...> ;World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2014 Nov 7
37 citations
Decreased melatonin secretion is associated with increased intestinal permeability and marker of endotoxemia in alcoholics.
Garth Swanson, Annika Gorenz, Maliha Shaikh, Vishal Desai, Christopher B. Forsyth, Louis Fogg, Helen J. Burgess, Ali Keshavarzian> ;American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 2015 Jun 15
42 citations
Circadian rhythms, alcohol and gut interactions.
Christopher B. Forsyth, Robin M. Voigt, Helen J. Burgess, Garth Swanson, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Alcohol. 2015 Jun 1
13 citations
HIV-associated mucosal gene expression: region-specific alterations
Robin M. Voigt, Ali Keshavarzian, John Losurdo, Garth Swanson, Basile Siewe, Christopher B. Forsyth, Audrey L. French, Patricia Demarais, Phillip A. Engen, Shohreh Rae...> ;AIDS. 2015 Mar 13
25 citations
The relationship between coping, health competence and patient participation among patients with inactive inflammatory bowel disease
Seema Gandhi, Sharon Jedel, Megan M. Hood, Ece Mutlu, Garth Swanson, Ali Keshavarzian> ;Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. 2014 May 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park, Illinois