Thomas Swaffield, M.D.

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S. (Biology)
Lafayette College, 2013.
M.D. (Medicine)
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2019.
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Selected Publications

Owens, S., Swanson, M., Thothardri, M., Thalathi, N., Maguire, K., Swaffield, T., & Brown, N: Hip Microinstability Observed on Dynamic Ultrasound as a Factor in Pain Outcomes Following Lidocaine and Steroid Injection. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Conference, Kansas City, MO 2025 Notes: poster

Swaffield TP, Master C, Adirim T: The Pediatric Athlete. American College of Sports Medicine A Comprehensive Review, Second Edition O'Connor F, Davis B (eds.). 2025 Notes: Book Chapter.

2. Kebeh, M., Owens, S., Swanson, M., Garfield, L., Mitchell, B., DeFrancesco, C., Swaffield, T., Maguire, K., & Brown, N: Pandora’s Box of Pediatric Sports Medicine: Assessing ChatGPT Responses to Questions Regarding Femoroacetabular Impingement. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Conference, Kansas City, MO 2025 Notes: poster.

Thomas Swaffield Matthew Grady Todd Lawrence : Physeal Stress Injuries of the Knee. Physeal Stress Injuries in Young Athletes: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention 2024.

Swaffield TP, Grady M: Left Knee Pain in an Adolescent Boy. Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness Online Case Studies Page: In press, 2023.

Swaffield TP, Brown NJ: Shoulder Pain in a 10-Year-Old Baseball Player. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Conference, Phoenix, AZ 2023 Notes: Poster.

Swaffield TP, Greene A, Tsai AY, Olympia RP: Two Cases of Splenic Injuries in Adolescent Lacrosse Players. J Pediatr Surg Case Rep 86(1): e102433, Nov 2022.

Nachnani R, Hushagen K, Swaffield TP, Jhaveri P, Verana KE, Alexander CP: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome and Hypophosphatemia in Adolescents. J Pediatr Gastro Nutr Report 3(4): e248, Nov 2022.

Swaffield TP, Olympia RP.: School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Emergencies Associated With Sport and Physical Activities (Part 3): Shortness of Breath in a Pediatric Athlete During a Track Event. NASN Sch Nurse 37(5): 257-260, Sep 2022.

Swaffield TP, Clarke S.: Poor Weight Gain, Hypernatremia, and Jaundice in a 2-Month-Old Male. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 61(4): 376-380, May 2022.

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