Sweeny Lab

The Sweeny lab, led by Dr. Larissa Sweeny and Research Associate Jaclyn Williams, focuses on head and neck cancer etiology and treatment, biomarkers in human papilloma carcinomas, and understanding the pathophysiology of osteoradionecrosis.

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Larissa Sweeny, MD

A native of Florida, Dr. Sweeny received her medical education at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and her Otolaryngology residency training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL. In addition, she completed an NIH Research Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She recently completed a fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sweeny has authored publications on basic science and translational projects related to head and neck oncology and imaging as well as a variety of clinical projects including complications and surgical management following laryngectomy, salvage surgery for oropharyngeal malignancies, metastatic cutaneous malignancies to the parotid, and microvascular reconstruction.

Sweeny Lab Research Team

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Larissa Sweeny, MD

Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Research

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Jaclyn Wiliams

Research Associate

Sweeny Lab Research Highlights

Current trends in midface reconstruction and use of virtual surgical planning L Sweeny, AR Fuson, JM Curry Plastic and Aesthetic Research 8
Management of the Acute Loss of a Free Flap to the Head and Neck—A Multi‐institutional Review Adam Bender‐Heine, Larissa Sweeny, Joseph M Curry, Daniel Petrisor, Gavin Young, Jeffrey Hyzer, Taylor Cave, Ryan Li, Steven Cannady, Brett Miles, Mark K Wax. The Laryngoscope 131 (3), 518-524
Microvascular Reconstruction of Osteonecrosis: Assessment of Long-term Quality of Life Larissa Sweeny, Erica Mayland, Brian P Swendseid, Joseph M Curry, Alexandra E Kejner, Carissa M Thomas, Joshua J Kain, Steve B Cannady, Kendall Tasche, Eben L Rosenthal, Michael DiLeo, Adam J Luginbuhl, Hailey Theeuwen, Juliana R Sarwary, Daniel Petrisor, Mark K Wax. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 0194599821990682
Factors impacting successful salvage of the failing free flap Larissa Sweeny, Joseph Curry, Meghan Crawley, Taylor Cave, Matthew Stewart, Adam Luginbuhl, Ryan Heffelfinger, Howard Krein, Daniel Petrisor, Adam Bender‐Heine, Mark K Wax. Head & Neck 42 (12), 3568-3579