Dr. Swallow is a Surgical Oncologist at The Princess Margaret/Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School, and trained in the General Surgery residency program at University of Toronto as a member of the Surgical Scientist Training Program, completing a PhD in cell biology and surgical sepsis. After this she completed clinical fellowship training in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
She is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Her areas of clinical expertise include retroperitoneal sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumour, gastric cancer, and rectal cancer. Her laboratory research is focused on cell cycle regulation and carcinogenesis.
Dr. Swallow is the Director of the University of Toronto General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program, the Head of the Division of General Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Chair of the Royal College General Surgical Oncology Specialty Committee, and the President-Elect of the Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology. She is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed papers.
Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group 