Edward W. Swanson

Dr. Edward W. Swanson graduated with honors from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, with a BAS in Applied Sciences in Biomedical Sciences in May 2007. His bioengineering background provided a framework of investigative thinking and a solutions oriented approach throughout the rest of his career focused on bridging the gap between translational and clinical medicine. He went on to graduate from Harvard Medical School, receiving an MD with Honors in May 2012. Throughout his training at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School, he gained insight into a variety of fields at the basic science level and clinical research translation, including pancreatic cancer, traumatic brain injury, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, and vascularized composite allotransplantation. Following medical school, he joined the Johns Hopkins Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program, where he focused on both the translational research approaches in regenerative medicine and vascularized composite allotransplantation, as well as patient outcomes within craniofacial surgery. His interests and goals remain focused on impacting patients’ lives clinically by translating innovative technology. Given the opportunity to develop the radical technological platform of PolarityTE into a clinical reality, Dr. Swanson elected to leave his plastic surgery career in December 2016.