ThomasSchwaabMD

Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Chief of Strategy, Business Development and Outreach. Dr. Schwaab is also an Associate Professor of Oncology and Immunology

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Office
Elm And Carlton St
Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone+1 716-845-2300

Fax+1 716-845-3300
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Education & Training

Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Urology, 2002 - 2006
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2002
Hannover Medical SchoolClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2006 - Present
NY State Medical License 2009 - 2026
American Board of Urology Urology

Clinical Trials

Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Sipuleucel-T Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 03
Completed
Not Applicable
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer Undergoing Surgery Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 11
Completed
Not Applicable
Vaccine Therapy Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Localized Kidney Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 14
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Tumor and immune remodeling following radiotherapy in human renal cell carcinoma.
Jacky Chow, Adil Khan, Madeline Gaudieri, Brianna J Wasik, Alexis Conway, Kah Teong Soh, Elizabeth A Repasky, Thomas Schwaab, Paul K Wallace, Scott I Abrams, Anurag K ...> ;Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2023 Apr 1
43 citations
Radiation induces dynamic changes to the T cell repertoire in renal cell carcinoma patients.
Jacky Chow, Nicholas C. Hoffend, Scott I. Abrams, Thomas Schwaab, Anurag K. Singh, Jason B. Muhitch> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020 Sep 22
18 citations
Tumor-associated macrophage expression of interferon regulatory Factor-8 (IRF8) is a predictor of progression and patient survival in renal cell carcinoma
Jason B. Muhitch, Nicholas C. Hoffend, Gissou Azabdaftari, Austin Miller, Wiam Bshara, Carl Morrison, Thomas Schwaab, Scott I. Abrams> ;Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2019 Jun 20
17 citations
Identification and validation of radiographic enhancement for reliable differentiation of CD117(+) benign renal oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Jay Amin, Bo Xu, Shervin Badkhshan, Terrance Creighton, Daniel Abbotoy, Christine Murekeyisoni, Kristopher Attwood, Thomas Schwaab, Craig Hendler, Michael Petroziello,...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2018 Aug 15
6 citations
Development of a Patient-Based Model for Estimating Operative Times for Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.
Neil B. Huben, Ahmed A. Hussein, Paul May, Michelle Whittum, Collin Krasowski, Youssef Ahmed, Zhe Jing, Hijab Khan, Hyung L. Kim, Thomas Schwaab, Willie Underwood, Eri...> ;Journal of Endourology. 2018 Aug 1
53 citations
A Pilot Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Combined with Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Anurag K. Singh, Timothy B. Winslow, Mohammad Habiby Kermany, Vincent Goritz, Lilia Heit, Austin Miller, Nicholas C. Hoffend, Leighton Stein, L Kumaraswamy, Graham W. ...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2017 Sep 1
24 citations
Outcomes of Minimal Invasive vs Open Radical Nephrectomy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma
Luciano A. Nunez Bragayrac, Daniel Abbotoy, Kristopher Attwood, Fadi Darwiche, Jan Hoffmeyer, Eric C. Kauffman, Thomas Schwaab> ;Journal of Endourology. 2016 Jul 25
13 citations
Incidence of Clear Cell Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma in Low-Grade Renal Cell Carcinoma Cases A 12-Year Retrospective Clinicopathologic Study From a Single Cancer Center
Simpal Gill, Eric C. Kauffman, Sirisa Kandel, Saby George, Thomas Schwaab, Bo Xu> ;International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2016 May 1
14 citations
Minimally invasive cytoreductive nephrectomy: a multi-institutional experience.
Luciano A. Nunez Bragayrac, Jan Hoffmeyer, Daniel Abbotoy, Kristopher Attwood, Eric C. Kauffman, Phillipe Spiess, Andrew A. Wagner, Thomas Schwaab> ;World Journal of Urology. 2016 Apr 15
13 citations
Early identification of asymptomatic brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma.
Michael Hanzly, Daniel Abbotoy, Terrance Creighton, Gregory Diorio, Diana Mehedint, Christine Murekeyisoni, Kristopher Attwood, Eric C. Kauffman, Andrew J. Fabiano, Th...> ;Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 2015 Oct 7
28 citations
Comparative Analysis of Smoking as a Risk Factor among Renal Cell Carcinoma Histological Subtypes.
Neel H. Patel, Kristopher Attwood, Michael Hanzly, Terrance Creighton, Diana Mehedint, Thomas Schwaab, Eric C. Kauffman> ;The Journal of Urology. 2015 Sep 1
12 citations
Oncological control associated with surgical resection of isolated retroperitoneal lymph node recurrence of renal cell carcinoma.
Christopher M. Russell, Kathy Lue, John W. Fisher, Wassim Kassouf, Thomas Schwaab, Wade J. Sexton, Simon Tanguay, Sarah P. Psutka, Robert Houston Thompson, Bradley C. ...> ;BJU International. 2016 Jun 1
5 citations
Cancer control of partial nephrectomy for high-risk localized renal cell carcinoma: population-based and single-institutional analysis.
Rebecca L. O'Malley, Matthew H. Hayn, Katherine A. Brewer, Willie Underwood, Nicholas J. Hellenthal, Hyung L. Kim, Igor Sorokin, Thomas Schwaab> ;World Journal of Urology. 2015 Mar 25
57 citations
Learning curves for robot-assisted and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
Michael Hanzly, Ariel Frederick, Terrance Creighton, Kris Atwood, Diana Mehedint, Eric Kauffman, Hyung L. Kim, Thomas Schwaab> ;Journal of Endourology. 2015 Mar 4
1 citations
High-dose IL-2 for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: can the first antitumor immunotherapy be reinvented?
Jason B. Muhitch, Thomas Schwaab> ;Immunotherapy. 2014 Oct 23
8 citations
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Renal Tumors
Michael Hanzly, Terrance Creighton, Michael Mix, Kevin Zeeck, Simon Fung-Kee-Fung, Anurag K. Singh, Thomas Schwaab> ;Urology Case Reports. 2014 Sep 1
16 citations
Surgical Outcomes in the Management of Isolated Nodal Recurrences: A Multicenter, International Retrospective Cohort
Christopher M. Russell, Patrick Espiritu, Wassim Kassouf, Thomas Schwaab, David D. Buethe, Jasreman Dhilon, Wade J. Sexton, Michael A. Poch, Julio M. Pow-Sang, Simon T...> ;The Journal of Urology. 2014 Aug 1
18 citations
High-dose interleukin-2 therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a contemporary experience.
Michael Hanzly, Ahmed Aboumohamed, Naveen Yarlagadda, Terrance Creighton, Lorenzo Digiorgio, Ariel Fredrick, Gaurav Rao, Diana Mehedint, Saby George, Kristopher Attwoo...> ;Urology. 2014 May 1
10 citations
Gender disparity in kidney cancer treatment: women are more likely to undergo radical excision of a localized renal mass.
Rebecca L. O'Malley, Willie Underwood, Katherine A. Brewer, Matthew H. Hayn, Hyung L. Kim, Diana Mehedint, Mohab W. Safwat, William C. Huang, Thomas Schwaab> ;Urology. 2013 Nov 1
20 citations
Is there a role for partial nephrectomy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Nicholas J. Hellenthal, Ahmed M. Mansour, Matthew H. Hayn, Thomas Schwaab> ;Urologic Oncology. 2013 Jan 1
15 citations
Gene Expression Profile of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes from Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with IL-2, Interferon-α and Dendritic Cell Vaccine
Benita Wolf, Adrian Schwarzer, Anik L. Côté, Thomas H. Hampton, Thomas Schwaab, Eduardo Huarte, Craig R. Tomlinson, Jiang Gui, Jan L. Fisher, Camilo E. Fadul, Joshua W...> ;Plos One. 2012 Dec 3
10 citations
Strategies for optimizing the clinical impact of immunotherapeutic agents such as sipuleucel-T in prostate cancer.
Ravi A. Madan, Thomas Schwaab, James L. Gulley> ;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2012 Dec 1
14 citations
Regulatory T-cells and associated pathways in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients undergoing DC-vaccination and cytokine-therapy.
Adrian Schwarzer, Benita Wolf, Jan L. Fisher, Thomas Schwaab, Sven Olek, Udo Baron, Craig R. Tomlinson, John D. Seigne, Nancy A. Crosby, Jiang Gui, Thomas H. Hampton, ...> ;Plos One. 2012 Oct 31
13 citations
Perioperative and renal function outcomes of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy for T1b and T2a kidney tumors.
Katherine A. Brewer, Rebecca L. O'Malley, Matthew H. Hayn, Mohab W. Safwat, Hyung J. Kim, Willie Underwood, Thomas Schwaab> ;Journal of Endourology. 2012 Mar 2
Population-based analysis of cancer control of partial nephrectomy for high-risk localized renal cell carcinoma.
O'Malley RL, Hayn MH, Wilding G, Schwaab T> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2012-02-10
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Press Mentions

Castle Connolly Names 38 Roswell Park Physicians to ‘Top Doctors’ ListFebruary 2nd, 2023
Roswell Park Oncology Experts Named to Castle Connolly ‘Top Doctors’ ListAugust 4th, 2022
Roswell Park Care Network Broadens Access to Care and the Hospital's ReputationDecember 14th, 2021
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