Thomas Schwaab, M.D., Ph.D. is the Bank of America Endowed Medical Director of ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute and leader of the Cancer Service Line, as well as an innovative and energetic board-certified urological surgeon with over a decade of clinical experience in urological cancers.
As medical director, Dr. Schwaab provides overall direction and leadership for the Graham Cancer Center and cancer care activities. He directs community outreach and research and works to reduce the incidence, prevalence and mortality of cancer in the state of Delaware and the region. He also oversees quality and safety, value-based outcomes, workforce stability, financial vitality and strategic direction of cancer services.
Dr. Schwaab earned his medical degree and doctorate from Medizinische Hochschule in Hannover, Germany. He completed his residency and fellowship program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Prior to joining the ChristianaCare team, he served for over 15 years as a highly accomplished urologic surgeon and associate professor of urologic oncology at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in upstate New York. He has published nearly 50 manuscripts in peer-reviewed publications.
