Residency Program Director
The Valley Health Center
Henderson, Nevada, United States
Thomas K. Swoboda, MD, MS, CPE
Position: Founding Residency Program Director in Emergency Medicine at The Valley Health System in Las Vegas, NV (since August, 2018)
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College (Engineering) - 1988
Graduate Education: Brown University (Biology), MSci - 1993
Medical Degree: Wayne State University School of Medicine - 1994
Residency: General Surgery Internship– Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (1995)
Emergency Medicine – Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY (2000)
Previous Positions/Appointments:
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the Binghamton Clinical Campus of SUNY Upstate Medical University and Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University (2014-2918)
Residency Program Director and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA (2003-2014)
Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine
Other Certification: Certified Physician Executive as of August 8, 2016
Academic Interests: Effective assessment techniques, resiliency and leadership skills in medicine, psychiatric emergencies, social health determinants of ED patients, sedation-analgesia, and pain management
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.