Lee L Swanström, M.D., FACS, FASGE, FRCSEng(hon)

​Lee Swanström is an internationally known expert and innovator in minimally invasive surgery and surgical endoscopy. He is Professor of Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University, is a former Director of the American Board of Surgery, is a Past President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and of the Fellowship Council (FC). In 2011, he became the Chief Innovations Officer of the Institutes des Hôpitaux Universitaires (IHU-Strasbourg) of the University of Strasbourg, France, director of the Innovations Fellowship program (I-SIP) and since 2017 also became the Scientific Director. He has been president of multiple surgical societies and foundations including FSIE.
Professor Swanström’s clinical focus is on minimally invasive treatments of a variety of upper GI disorders, using laparoscopy and interventional flexible endoscopy. He has over 400 published peer review papers, 90 book chapters, is the editor of 5 surgical textbooks and is past editor of the journal Surgical Innovation. His research focus is foregut physiology, human factors, technology assessment and new procedure development.