Education: 

• Medical School:  Emory School of Medicine
  
  
  
• Post Graduate Training: 
   Internship & General Surgical Residency:  Piedmont Hospital (Atlanta, GA)
  Adult Orthopaedics & Fracture Residency:  Kennedy Veterans Hospital (Memphis Tennessee
  Children's Orthopaedics:  Hope Haven Children's Hospital (Jacksonville, Florida)
  Orthopaedic Fellowship with:  Dr. Lawson Thornton (innovator of surgical treatment of acute hip fractures).
  
  
• Certification:  Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery
  
  
• Memberships:  Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; the American College of Sports Medicine; the Society for Tennis Medicine and Science; the American Medical Tennis Society; the Southern Orthopaedic Society; the Georgia Orthopaedic Society; the Southern Medical Society; the Medical Association of Georgia; and the Cobb Medical Society.

Points of Interest:

• Dr. Swift is a member and former Chief of Staff of the Medical Staff of Kennestone Hospital.
  
  
• He and his wife, Elaine, reside in Big Canoe.  They have six children and five grandchildren, including his daughter, Sherilyn, who has been his assistant for over 30 years.