Associate Professor
University of Miami - Department of Otolaryngology
Larissa Sweeny is a physician at the University of Miami Health System in Miami Florida. Her clinical areas of interest include head and neck surgical oncology and microvascular reconstruction. Her research interest include tumor immunometabolism, specifically the impact cancer cell metabolism has on immune cell function and progression on disease.
A native of Florida, Dr. Sweeny received her undergraduate education at the University of Florida and her medical education at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She then went on to complete her Otolaryngology Residency training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL. During that time, she also completed an NIH Research Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her surgical training with a fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is now an Associate Professor at the University of Miami.
Dr. Sweeny has authored publications on basic science and translational work related to head and neck oncology behavior and cancer imaging strategies. In addition, she has published on clinical outcomes for patients following head and neck free flap reconstruction as well as clinical outcomes following laryngectomy, salvage surgery for oropharyngeal malignancies, and surgical management for metastatic cutaneous malignancies to the parotid gland.