Audra Schwalk, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School Departments Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Audra Schwalk, M.D., M.B.A., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its ’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Her clinical interests include advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, pleural diseases, and management of central airway obstruction. Originally from Texas, Dr. Schwalk holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Texas A&M University in Waco. She earned her medical degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. She received advanced training in interventional pulmonology through an additional fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She also holds an M.B.A. in health organization management from Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business. Board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020. Dr. Schwalk’s research interests include interventional pulmonology, pleural diseases, minimally invasive treatment options for thoracic malignancies and efficacy of intratumoral medication injections. Dr. Schwalk is an active member of the American College of Chest Physicians, which has designated her a Distinguished Educator, and the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, Texas Medical Association, and Dallas County Medical Society. In 2019, she earned the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center IP Fellowship Award for Teamwork and Humanism. Personal Note Outside of medicine, Dr. Schwalk enjoys spending time with her family, watching Texas sporting events, camping, hiking, fly fishing and traveling with her husband. Education Other Post Graduate Training Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business (2010) Medical School Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (2013) Residency Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (2016), Internal Medicine Fellowship Texas Tech University Health Science Center (2019), Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2020), Interventional Pulmonology Research Interest Airway Obstruction Interventional Pulmonology Lung Cancer Lung Preserving Management of Thoracic Malignancies Pleural Disease Publications Featured Publications American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Essential Knowledge in Interventional Pulmonology Series: Update on Curative-Intent Bronchoscopy for Centrally Located Early-Stage Lung Cancer. Channick CL, Agrawal A, Holden VK, Reinoso J, Schwalk AJ, Schwartz J, Chrissian AA, J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 2026 Jan 33 1 Approach to Isolated Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy. Schwalk AJ, Grosu H, Clin Chest Med 2025 Jun 46 2 327-338 Safety of Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy for Pulmonary Lesions in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension on Vasodilator Therapy: A Single-Centre Experience. Jakubowski B, Yager A, Madsen K, Schwalk A, Shah T, Pham D, Styrvoky K, Respirol Case Rep 2025 May 13 5 e70205 Developing Interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Schwalk AJ, Patel NM, Madisi NY, Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2024 Jul Procedural times with robotic-assisted bronchoscopy: a high volume single-center study. Styrvoky K, Schwalk A, Pham D, Madsen K, Chiu H, Abu-Hijleh M, Ther Adv Respir Dis 2024 18 17534666241277668 What is new in mediastinal staging? Schwalk AJ, Niroula A, Schimmel M, Curr Opin Pulm Med 2023 Oct Overview of malignant central airway obstruction. Powers RE, Schwalk AJ, Mediastinum 2023 7 32 Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy with Concurrent use of Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound and Cone Beam Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Lesions. Styrvoky K, Schwalk A, Pham D, Chiu HT, Rudkovskaia A, Madsen K, Carrio S, Kurian EM, De Las Casas L, Abu-Hijleh M, Lung 2022 Dec 200 6 755-761 Predicting malignant pleural effusion during diagnostic pleuroscopy with biopsy: A prospective multicentre study. Grosu HB, Kern R, Maldonado F, Casal R, Andersen CR, Li L, Eapen G, Ost D, Jimenez C, Frangopoulos F, Sabath B, Vakil E, Schwalk A, Marcoux M, Sagar AE, Nasim F, Lin J, Salahudin M, Arain HM, Noor L, Montanez D, Stewart J, Mullon J, Michael M, Porfyridis I, Respirology 2022 Feb Indwelling Pleural Catheters. Schwalk AJ, Ost DE, Clin Chest Med 2021 12 42 4 739-750 Results 1-10 of 23 1 2 3 Next Last Books Featured Books Pulmonary Complications in Cancer Therapy. In MD Anderson Manuel of Medical Oncology, 4th Ed. Schwalk AJ, Faiz SA, Grosu HB, Bashora L, Shannon VR (2020). McGraw-Hill Education Honors & Awards Rising Star Leadership AwardWomen in Interventional Pulmonology (2023) Distinguished CHEST EducatorAmerican College of Chest Physicians (2022) Distinguished Service AwardAmerican Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (2022) Excellence in Teaching AwardUT Southwestern (2022) Internal Medicine Most Outstanding FellowTexas Tech University (2019) MD Anderson Cancer Center IP Fellowship Award for Teamwork and HumanismMD Anderson Cancer Center (2019) Internal Medicine Most Outstanding SeniorTexas Tech University (2016) Upsilon Phi Delta National Academic Honor SocietyMember (2010) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology American College of Chest Physicians Women in Interventional Pulmonology
