Dr. Michael Lawson Swank

Hip & Knee Surgeon

Dr. Michael Swank is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine who specializes in Out-Patient Total Hip and Knee replacement surgery. After completing medicine as well as his residency from Northwestern University in Chicago. IL, he went on to receive fellowships in both Adult Reconstructive Surgery and Reconstructive Spinal Surgery.

Dr. Swank is a pioneer in minimally-invasive computer and robotic assisted hip and knee surgery. He is appointed President and Medical Director of Cincinnati Orthopaedic Research Institute as well as Medical Director of Beacon Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

He has been honored as a Health Care Hero for Innovation by the Cincinnati Business Courier, Top Doctor with Cincy magazine for multiple years the most recent being 2022, and as a Healthcare Award Winner by Venue magazine.

Education

Medical School
Northwestern University
Chicago, Ill.
1983 - 1987

B. S., English and Psychology
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C.
1979 - 1983

Honors College Preparatory
Saint Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio
1975 – 1979

Awards

Cincinnati Top Doctors 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024: www.cincinnatimagazine.com/topdocs
Healthcare Award Winner by Venue Magazine
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Business Courier, Health Care Heroes: Innovator of the Year award winner 2008
Top MD, Consumers Checkbook
Best Clinical Poster CAOS International 2006 "Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery With Ligament Balancing Technique Using An Internal Tension meter Lowers Manipulation Rate in Total Knee Replacement" M. Swank, L.Korbee