Joanna Szwanc
- Degree
- MD
- Professional group
- doctor
- Fields of interest
- Thoracic Surgery, Internal Medicine, Students, Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Radiology
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- 5514
- Biography
- Resident in Surgical Oncology at Saint John's Cancer Center in Lublin, Poland. Graduate from the 2nd Faculty of Medicine at Medical University of Lublin.Internships at Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital, Merseyside, UK (2015); General Surgery Unit at St. Georges Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon (2014) and at Gynaecology Department at Reina Sofia Hospital in Murcia, Spain (2012). Between 2011 and 2013, a member of IFMSA Poland and its Local Coordinator for English Division students. Participant of courses organized by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Professional interests include general surgery, surgical oncology, plastic surgery and clinical oncology. Her hobbies are photography, travels and ballet.
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Neuroanatomy Video Lab - Brain Dissections
On this video we can see the brain dissection. The regions and lobes of the brain are identified along with some of the nerves and vessels. The basic functions of the cortex of each lobe are introduced...
Deep Brain Stimulation - Awake Surgery
Kendall Lee, M.D., describes deep brain stimulation surgery, and how it is is typically done with patients who remain awake, so neurological functions can be measured and maintained.
Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Microvascular decompression (MVD) is an effective method for treatment of patients with trigeminal neuralgia in whom compression of the nerve by a vascular structure is implicated in the pathogenesis...
Left Frontal Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt for Post-SAH Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the head caused by a disturbance of formation, flow or absorption. The most common treatment is the insertion of a shunt....
Optic Nerve Glioma
This video shows Left Cranio-orbito-zygomatic approach for resection of optic nerve glioma in a pediatric patient by Dr Badih A Adada, American University of Beirut.
Cervical Intramedullary Astrocytoma - Posterior Approach
Spinal astrocytomas are the second most common spinal cord tumour overall, representing 40% of intramedullary tumours. Astrocytomas arise from astrocytic glial cells. Astrocytomas are generally faster...
Posterior Spinal Fusion and Correction of Scheuermann Kyphosis
Scheuermann's kyphosis is a "developmental" type of kyphosis, meaning that it occurs during growth. Surgery for the correction of Scheuermann's kyphosis typically consists of a fusion of the...
Clipping of Unruptured Right Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm
This film shows Clipping of Unruptured Right Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm which is a surgical placement of a clip across the neck of the aneurysm to exclude the aneurysm from the circulation without...
Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
This film shows Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. A discectomy is a form of surgical decompression and allows the offending disc to be surgically removed. A fusion surgery is almost always done...
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Entrapment at or just distal to the elbow produces the cubital tunnel syndrome. The elbow is the most vulnerable point of ulnar nerve: here the nerve is superficial,fixed, and crosses a joint. Surgical...