Thomas A Schwann MD Professor of Surgery

PubMed

• Left ventricular aneurysm repair with concomitant septal myectomy.
  Bogdan Kindzelski, Richard Bloomingdale, Ivan Hanson, Rita Coram, Alessandro Vivacqua
  JTCVS Techniques. 2025-10-01
• Port-access robotic repair of myxomatous mitral valve endocarditis: Radical excision and reconstruction using proven techniques.
  Mohamed Ghandour, Kelly Malette, Lark Steafo, Michael Gallagher, Lau Wei
  JTCVS Techniques. 2025-10-01
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  Physiological stenosis assessment for coronary artery surgery: quo vadis?
  Philippe Kolh, Vincent Tchana-Sato, Thomas A Schwann
  European Heart Journal. 2025-08-21

Journal Articles

• Evidence and Temporality of the Obesity Paradox in Coronary Bypass Surgery: An Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality  
  Thomas A Schwann, Ian Monroe, Milo C Engoren, Mark R Bonnell, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Ovary and unilateral oophorectomy: is having one the same as having two?  
  Brown DN, Menopause, 1/24/2014
• Time-varying (0-15 years) survival benefit of radial artery versus saphenous vein grafting: a multi-institutional analysis of 9852 patients  
  Schwann TA, Tranbaugh RF, Dimitrova KR, Engoren MC, Kabour A, Hoffman DM, Geller CM, Habib RH, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2014
• Surgery for 'asymptomatic' mild primary hyperparathyroidism improves some clinical symptoms postoperatively  
  Blanchard C, Mathonnet M, Sebag F, Caillard C, Hamy A, Volteau C, Heymann MF, Wyart V, Drui D, Roy M, Cariou B, Archambeaud F, Rodien P, Henry JF, Zarnegar R, Hardouin..., Eur J Endocrinol, 1/1/2013
• Late Effects of Radial Artery versus Saphenous Vein Grafting for Multivessel Coronary Bypass Surgery in Diabetics - A Propensity Matched Analysis  
  Schwann TA, MD, Al-Shaar, L, Engoren, M, Habib, RH, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 1/1/2013
• Recent trends in cost-related medication nonadherence among US stroke survivors  
  Levine D, Morgenstern, L, Langa KM, Piette J, Rogers M, Karve S, Annals of Neurology, 1/1/2013
• Early serum (1 to 3)-beta-D-glucan lvels in patients with burn injury  
  Shupp JW, Petraitiene R, Jaskille AD, Pavlovich AR, Matt SE, Nguyen DT, Kath MA, Jeng JC, Jordan MH, Finkelman M, Walsh TJ and Shoham S, Mycoses, 1/1/2012
• Management of abnormal serum markers in the absence of aneuploidy or neural tube defects  
  Schnettler WT, Hacker MR, Barber R, Rana S, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 1/1/2012
• Midpregnancy levels of angiogenic factors and pathways to preterm delivery  
  Mijal RS, Holzman CB, Rana S, Karumanchi A, Wang J, Sikorskii A, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 1/1/2012
• Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Preeclamptic Women with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A 2D Speckle Tracking Imaging Study  
  Shahul S, Rhee J, Hacker MR, Gulati G, Mitchell JD, Hess P, Mahmood F, Arany Z, Rana S, Talmor D, Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 1/1/2012
• Comparison of late CABG survival effects of radial artery versus saphenous vein grafting in male and female patients  
  SchwannTA, Engoren M, Bonnell M, Clancy C, Habib RH, Ann Thoracic Surg, 1/1/2012
• Intrercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is upregulated in aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer  
  Buitrago D, Keutgen XM, Crowley M, Filicori F, Aldailami H, Hoda R, Liu YF, Hoda RS, Scognamiglio T, Jin M, Fahey TJ, Zarnegar R, Ann Surg Oncol, 1/1/2012
• Combined Inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Cyclooxygenase-2 as a Novel Approach to Enhance Radiotherapy  
  Fu S, Rivera M, Ko EC, Sikora AG, Chen CT, Vu HL, Cannan D, Eisenstein S, Rosenstein BS, Aguirre-Ghiso J, Chen SH, Kao J, Journal of Cell Science & Therapy, 1/13/2011
• Robotic thyroid surgery using a gasless transaxillary approach: cosmetic improvement or improved quality of surgical dissection?  
  Brunaud L, Germain A, Zarnegar R, Klein M, Ayav A, Bresler L, J Visc Surg, 1/1/2010
• Late Outcomes Following Radial Artery versus Saphenous Vein Grafting During Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery  
  Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah A, Engoren M, Habib RH, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2010
• The Prevalence Of Elevated Hemoglobin A1c In A Cardiac Surgery Population  
  Engoren M, Habib RH, Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, and A Shah, J Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1/1/2008
• Learning PDA skills online is feasible and acceptable to clerkship students  
  Strayer SM, Williams PM, Stephens MB, Yew KS, Fam Med, 1/1/2008
• Bone metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma  
  Muresan MM, Olivier P, Leclere J, Sirveaux F, Brunaud L, Klein M, Zarnegar R, Weryha G, Endocr Relat Cancer, 1/1/2008
• Survival and Graft Patency Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Coronary Endarterectomy: Role of Arterial versus Vein Conduits  
  Schwann TA, Zacharias A, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah AS and RH Habib, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2007
• Onset Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery  
  Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Circulation, 1/1/2005
• Salvage Therapy: When to Switch and What to Switch To  
  Casau N and Gulick, R, Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2002
• Acquired myocardial bridging  
  Vongpatanasin W, Willard JE, Hillis LD, Lange RA, Landau C, Am Heart J, 1/1/1997
• A critical reappraisal of the oximetric assessment of intracardiac left-to-right shunting in adults  
  Pirwitz MJ, Willard JE, Landau C, Hillis LD, Lange RA, Am Heart J, 1/1/1997
• Incidence and treatment of elastic recoil occurring in the 15 minutes following successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty  
  Daniel WC, Pirwitz MJ, Willard JE, Lange RA, Hillis LD, Landau C, Am J Cardiol, 1/1/1996
• Endovascular Repair of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease  
  Marin ML, Veith FJ, Sanchez LA, Cynamon J, Lyon RT, Suggs WD, Bakal CW, Parsons RE, World J Surg, 1/1/1996
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Books/Book Chapters

• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. 
  Chapter: Clinical management and biosafety and security issues related to agents of hemorrhagic fever. Chapter 8. 
  Page 129 - 148Risi GF, Arminio TEditors: Singh, SD, Ruzek, D.CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL2014
• Anal Fistula: Principles and Management 
  Chapter: Biologic Fistula Plugs. Chapter 12 
  Eisenstein S, Ky ASpringer2014
• Textbook of Endocrine Surgery 
  Chapter: Sodium Iodide Symporter and Radioactive iodine Therapy. 
  Page 355 - 361Zarnegar REditors: Clark OH, Duh Q-Y.W.B. Saunders2005
• Handhelds in Medicine: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. 
  Editors: Strayer SM, Reynolds P, Ebell M.Springer-Verlag, New York, NY2004
• Current Treatment Opinions in Oncology 
  Chapter: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I (MENI). 
  Page 224 - 348Zarnegar R, Brunaud L, Clark OHEditors: Clark OH, Dackiw A.Current Science2002
• Femoral-Popliteal-Tibial Occlusive Disease 
  Page 421 - 446Veith FJ, Panetta TF, Wengerter KR, Marin ML, Rivers SP, Suggs WD, Lyon RTEditors: Veith FJ, Hobson RW, Williams RA, Wilson SE.New York, NY1993
• Current Critical Problems in Vascular Surgery 
  Chapter: Value Of Percutaneous Transluminally Angioplasty in the Treatment of Failing Vein and PTFE Grafts 
  Page 188 - 194Sanchez LA, Gupta SK, Veith FJ, Goldsmith J, Lyon RT, Wengerter KR, Panetta TF, Marin ML, Cynamon J, Berdejo G, Sprayregen S, and Bakal CWEditors: Veith FJ.Quality Medical Publishing Inc., St. Louis, MO1992
• The genital mycoplasmas. In: Pastorek J, ed. 
  Risi GF, Sanders CVEditors: Pastorek J.1989
• Vertigo, Nausea, Tinnitus and Hypoacusia in Metabolic Disorders. 
  Chapter: Rotatory Evoked Potentials Following Labyrinthectomy in Rabbits. 
  Page 103 - 106Zunkeler B., Hofferberth B., Hirschberg M.Editors: Claussen C.F., Kirtane M.V., Schlitter K..Elsevier, Amsterdam1988
• Vertigo, Nausea, Tinnitus and Hypoacusia in Metabolic Disorders. 
  Chapter: Oculomotor Findings in Patients Suffering from Diabetes Mellitus. 
  Page 465 - 468Hirschberg M., Hofferberth B., Husstedt I., Zunkeler B.Editors: Claussen C.F., Kirtane M.V., Schlitter K..Elsevier, Amsterdam1988
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Abstracts/Posters

• Top 10 “Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters” Studies for 2010-2011.
  Strayer SM, Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, Palm Springs, CA, 1/1/2011
• Quit Advisor MD: A Web-Based Tool for Improving Brief Smoking Cessation Counseling Interventions by Physicians. Poster Presentation
  Strayer SM, Bovbjerg V, Elward K, Ingersoll K, Pelletier SL, Rollins L, Schorling J, Yan G, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/1/2009
• Effectiveness Trial of Zyban for Smoking Cessation in the Outpatient Setting.
  Strayer SM, Flusche A, Hodge J, Martindale JR, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, 1/1/2004
• Abnormal endothelium-dependent coronary vasoreactivity and intimal proliferation in patients with chronic cocaine abuse.
  Eichhorn EJ, Grayburn PA, Bedotto JB, Willard JE, Demian SE, Willerson JT, Clin Res, 1/1/1990
• Pathogenic efficiency of plasmid containing (R) ampicillin resistant (AmpR) Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB).
  Daum RS, Zutter M, Johnson EJ, Willard JE, Pediatr Res, 1/1/1982
• Preliminary ultrastructural observations of experimental Haemophilus influenzae meningitis.
  Merchant RE, Willard JE, Daum RS, Anat Rec, 1/1/1980
• Late Outcomes of All-Arterial Revascularization in Multivessel Coronary Disease.
  Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah A and RH Habib, Heart Surgery Forum Journal
• Effects of prior percutaneous revascularization on late outcomes in diabetic and triple-Vessel Disease Patients.
  Habib RH, Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah A, Heart Surgery Forum Journal
• Allopurinol improves post ischemic myocardial performance.
  Lobdell KW, Schwann TA, Braxton JB, Baldwin JC, Kopf GS, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Anaheim, CA
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Lectures

• Perineal Repair 
  1/1/2014
• Latest Approaches for Smoking Cessation 
  1/1/2014
• Single-cell analysis of intestinal T cells: Insights into celiac disease and colon cancer. 
  Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - 1/1/2014
• Penetrating chest trauma and the Emergency Department thoracotomy. 
  Medical Center of Central Georgia - 1/30/2013
• Stigma in Psychiatry 
  1/1/2013
• Hypertension in Pregnancy Forum. Invited Speaker 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2013
• Complications of Robotic Surgery 
  Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2012
• Using Surveys to Study Aging and Health Around the World. 
  University of Michigan - 1/1/2011
• The Health and Retirement Study and the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study: A UM-Peking University Collaboration. 
  University of Michigan - 1/1/2011
• Endoscopic Thyroidectomy 
  Nancy, France - 1/1/2011
• New Paradigms in the Management of Venous Thrombo-embolic Disease. 
  Space Coast, FL - 1/5/2010
• One Minute for Prevention: A Point-of-Care Tool for Smoking Cessation Counseling 
  1/1/2006
• Delivering Preventive Services in a Primary Care Office. 
  1/1/2003
• Labor Dystocia. 
  1/1/2002
• Approach of the Pregnant woman with Venous Disease. 
  Cordoba, Argentina - 1/31/2000
• Endovascular Workshop 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/1999
• Distal Anastomotic Configurations of Use in Conjunction with Endovascular Grafts Placed for Treatment of Aortoiliac Arterial Lesions 
  Nancy, France - 1/1/1996
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Other

• Bioterrorism: an overview for family physicians. Clinical Update 272, Clinical Update Series 
  Strayer SM, Seto CK, AAFP Home Study Self-Assessment Program
  1/1/2002
• Educating Parents at the Well Child Exam: Maximizing Physician Effectiveness and Meeting Parental Needs. Master’s Thesis Defense, Department of Epidemiology 
  Smithson AJW
  University of Minnesota School of Public Health - 1/1/1999