RonEdwardSwensenMD

Obstetrics & Gynecology • Renton, WA

Gynecologic Oncology

Physician

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Office
3915 Talbot Rd S
Renton, WA 98055
Phone+1 425-690-3409

Fax+1 425-690-9004
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1985 - 1988
SSM Health St. Mary's HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1984 - 1985
Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2003 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1993 - 1996
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecologic Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Pembrolizumab with low-dose carboplatin for recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer: survival and immune correlates
John B. Liao, William R. Gwin, Renata R. Urban, Katie M. Hitchcock-Bernhardt, Andrew L. Coveler, Doreen Higgins, Jennifer Childs, Hania Shakalia, Ron E. Swensen, Sasha...> ;Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2021 Sep 1
13 citations
Phase II trial of albumin-bound paclitaxel and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor as an immune modulator in recurrent platinum resistant ovarian cancer.
John B. Liao, Ron E. Swensen, Kelsie J Ovenell, Katie M. Hitchcock-Bernhardt, Jessica Reichow, Minjun C. Apodaca, Leonard A D'Amico, Jennifer Childs, Doreen Higgins, B...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2017 Mar 1
3 citations
Implementing the "flipped classroom" on a gynecologic oncology service
Renata R. Urban, Ron E Swensen, Jay Schulkin, Melissa A. Schiff> ;The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2016 Sep 1
47 citations
Prognostic impact of marital status on survival of women with epithelial ovarian cancer.
Haider Mahdi, Sanjeev Kumar, Adnan R. Munkarah, Moshrik Abdalamir, Mark Doherty, Ron E. Swensen> ;Psycho-Oncology. 2013 Jan 1
59 citations
Prognostic impact of lymphadenectomy in clinically early stage malignant germ cell tumour of the ovary
Haider Mahdi, Ron E. Swensen, Rabbie K. Hanna, Sanjeev Kumar, Rouba Ali-Fehmi, Assaad Semaan, Hisham K. Tamimi, R.T. Morris, Adnan R. Munkarah> ;British Journal of Cancer. 2011 Aug 9
18 citations
Suicide in women with gynecologic cancer
Haider Mahdi, Ron E. Swensen, Adnan R. Munkarah, Seine Chiang, Kayla Luhrs, David Lockhart, Sanjeev Kumar> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2011 Aug 1
7 citations
Disparities in treatment and survival between African American and White women with vaginal cancer
Haider Mahdi, Sanjeev Kumar, Rabbie K. Hanna, Adnan R. Munkarah, David Lockhart, Robert T. Morris, Hisham K. Tamimi, Ron E. Swensen, Mark Doherty> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2011 Jul 1
17 citations
The prognostic impact of the ratio of positive lymph nodes on survival of epithelial ovarian cancer patients.
Haider Mahdi, Melissa M. Thrall, Sanjeev Kumar, Rabbie K. Hanna, Shelly Seward, David Lockhart, Robert T. Morris, Ron E. Swensen, Adnan R. Munkarah> ;Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2011 Jun 1
A phase II trial of weekly nab-paclitaxel with GM-CSF as chemoimmunotherapy for platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer.
Swensen RE, Childs J, Higgins D, Gooley T, Goff BA, Fintak PA, Buening B, Disis ML> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2011-05-20
34 citations
Pelvic exenteration in the age of modern chemoradiation
Kate A. McLean, Weiya Zhang, Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su, Chirag A. Shah, Heidi J. Gray, Ron E. Swensen, Barbara A. Goff> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2011 Apr 1
17 citations
FOXP3+ regulatory T-cells are abundant in vulvar Paget's disease and are associated with recurrence
Joshua Z. Press, Kimberly H. Allison, Rochelle L. Garcia, Elise N. Everett, Ellen S. Pizer, Ron E. Swensen, Hisham K. Tamimi, Heidi J. Gray, William A. Peters, Barbara...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2011 Feb 1
3 citations
A phase I trial of dose-dense (biweekly) carboplatin combined with paclitaxel and pegfilgrastim: a feasibility study in patients with untreated Stage III and IV ovaria...
Amy Tiersten, Michael W. Sill, Danielle Knight, Franco M. Muggia, Agustin A. Garcia, Ron E. Swensen, David P. Warshal, Robert S. Mannel, Paula M. Fracasso> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2010 Sep 1
15 citations
Alternative intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimens for optimally debulked ovarian cancer
Heidi J. Gray, Chirag A. Shah, Ron E. Swensen, Hisham K. Tamimi, Barbara A. Goff> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2010 Mar 1
Phase I/feasibility trial of dose-dense carboplatin (C) and paclitaxel (P) in patients (pts) with ovarian cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
Tiersten A, Sill M, Muggia F, Elera C, Garcia A, Fracasso P, Swensen R, Warshal D, Mannel R> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2009-05-20
33 citations
Ovarian cancer in the elderly: Outcomes with neoadjuvant chemotherapy or primary cytoreduction
Kate A. McLean, Chirag A. Shah, Sara Thompson, Heidi J. Gray, Ron E. Swensen, Barbara A. Goff> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2008 Nov 1
Phase I study of intraperitoneal (IP) denileukin diftitox in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (OC).
Salazar LG, Swensen R, Markle V, Coveler A, Royer B, Dang Y, Slota M, Childs J, Wallace D, Disis ML> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2008-05-20
13 citations
An evaluation of cervical cancer in women age sixty and over
Katrina V. Fox, Chirag A. Shah, Elizabeth M. Swisher, Rochelle L. Garcia, Lynn S. Mandel, Heidi J. Gray, Ron E. Swensen, Barbara A. Goff> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2008 Apr 1
15 citations
Kinetics of tumor-specific T-cell response development after active immunization in patients with HER-2/neu overexpressing cancers.
Lupe G. Salazar, Andrew L. Coveler, Ron E. Swensen, Ted Gooley, Vivian Goodell, Kathy Schiffman, Mary L. Disis> ;Clinical Immunology. 2007 Dec 1
22 citations
Weekly gemcitabine and cisplatin in combination with pelvic radiation in the primary therapy of cervical cancer: a phase I trial of the Puget Sound Oncology Consortium.
Elizabeth M. Swisher, Ron E. Swensen, Benjamin E. Greer, Hisham K. Tamimi, Barbara A. Goff, Rochelle L. Garcia, Wui Jin Koh> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2006 Jun 1
112 citations
Antibody Immunity to the p53 Oncogenic Protein Is a Prognostic Indicator in Ovarian Cancer
Vivian Goodell, Lupe G. Salazar, Nicole Urban, Charles W. Drescher, Heidi J. Gray, Ron E. Swensen, Martin W. McIntosh, Mary L. Disis> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2006 Feb 10
2 citations
Surgery for ovarian cancer: rationale and guidelines.
Benjamin E. Greer, Ron E. Swensen, Heidi J. Gray> ;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2004 Nov 1
18 citations
Radiofrequency ablation of liver metastasis from ovarian adenocarcinoma: case report and literature review.
Michael O. Bojalian, Gustavo R. Machado, Ron E. Swensen, Mark E. Reeves> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2004 May 1
8 citations
Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and Granulosa Cell Apoptosis In Vitro
Angela S. Caffrey, William C. Patton, Johannah U. Corselli, Ron E. Swensen, Alan King, Philip J. Chan> ;Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2002 Dec 1
16 citations
Brain neoplasms in women: a review.
Ron E. Swensen, Wolff M. Kirsch> ;Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2002 Sep 1
2 citations
Obstetrics and gynecology: avoiding pregnancy in isotretinoin users.
Ron E. Swensen> ;The Western Journal of Medicine. 1990 Apr 1
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