S. John Swanson, III, M.D., FACS
Chief of Transplantation Surgery, Christiana Care
S. John Swanson, III, M.D., FACS, is the surgical director for the Kidney Transplant Program at
Christiana Care. He is a board-certified urologist who completed residency in 1989 and
kidney/pancreas fellowship training in 1991. From that time until his retirement in 2005, he had
been the UNOS certified surgical director of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program. In 1994, he also became chief of the Organ Transplant
Service, a position he held until his retirement. In 1999, he helped establish the Transplantation
Branch for the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Disease, which is a research-based program investigating immunosuppressants and the
mechanisms of transplant tolerance. He was an intramural principal investigator on one
protocol and associate on several others. He is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
Specialties: Transplantation Surgery
Practice: Christiana Care Health Services
Contact: MAP 2, Suite 2224
4735 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19713
302-623-3866
Education:  Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency:  Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
 Georgetown University Hospital