Dear Colleagues,
As Swor Women's Care celebrates 28 years serving Sarasota and the surrounding community from our office at 1900 South Tuttle Avenue, we want to sincerely thank our referring physicians, our loyal patients, and the many dedicated healthcare professionals who have trusted us to partner in the care of women throughout our community.
We would like to share several important practice updates.
Returning to Our Specialty Focus
As of September 1, 2026, Swor Women's Care has returned to an exclusive focus on Gynecology, Advanced Gynecologic Surgery, and Women's Specialty Care.
After more than a decade providing both obstetrical and gynecologic services, we made the decision to dedicate our practice entirely to the specialty care of women with gynecologic concerns. This allows us to continue expanding access to advanced surgical techniques, minimally invasive procedures, menopause care, urogynecology, and comprehensive women's health.
While we no longer will provide ongoing obstetrical care, we continue to offer preconception counseling, fertility evaluation and treatment, early pregnancy evaluation, and coordination of obstetrical care through the Sarasota Memorial Health obstetrical network and other community providers. Our primary focus is comprehensive gynecologic care, including preventive annual examinations, evaluation and treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause and hormonal health, pelvic pain, endometriosis, fibroids, infertility, pelvic floor disorders, urogynecology, and advanced minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.
A Private Specialty Practice
Today, Swor Women's Care is led by Dr. Michael Swor and Dr. Jennifer Lichon, who are committed to preserving an independent physician-led specialty practice dedicated exclusively to women's gynecologic care.
Supporting our physicians is an outstanding team of experienced physicians, advanced practice providers and clinical staff who help us provide timely access and exceptional patient care.
Dr. Julianne Kenton-Haney joined Swor Women's Care in 2025. Julianne originally practice in Sarasota, and more recently her and her husband, Steve, returned after several years practicing in North Carolina. We also welcomed two Women's Health Physician Assistants, Alexandra Pantelios, PA-C, and Abigail Quigley, PA-C, in 2026. Completing our experienced provider team are our Women's Health Nurse Practitioners, Liliana Briceno, APRN, and Allison Smith, APRN.
A Referral Center for Women's Specialty Care
Our goal is to serve as your local private gynecology referral center.
Whether your patient simply needs a consultation or you would like us to assume ongoing specialty management, we are happy to tailor our involvement to your preferences. We are equally comfortable providing one-time consultations with recommendations returned to your office, co-managing patients with referring physicians, or assuming complete gynecologic specialty care when appropriate. Our services include advanced gynecologic surgical consultation and operative management, menopause and hormonal consultation, urogynecology consultation, and complex gynecologic diagnostic evaluation. Following consultation, we are happy to provide detailed consultation letters, medical recommendations, operative reports, and direct physician-to-physician communication by phone or text whenever helpful.
If you have a patient you are concerned about, please contact us directly-we will make every effort to accommodate urgent referrals expeditiously, often within just a few days.
Recognition and Commitment to Excellence
We are proud that Swor Women's Care has been recognized with numerous community and professional honors over the past several years, including being voted Best OB/GYN Practice, recognized among the Best Places to Work, named a Small Business of the Year Finalist, and, most notably, receiving the 2025 Sarasota-Manatee Chamber of Commerce Medium Business of the Year Award-the first medical practice ever to earn this distinction. These honors reflect the dedication of our physicians and staff and our continued commitment to providing exceptional, patient-centered care to the women of our community.
Advanced Gynecologic Surgery
Dr. Swor has served as Chair of the Division of Advanced Gynecologic and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for more than a decade. During Sarasota Memorial's Centennial Celebration, he was recognized for over 40 years of service to our community.
Since 2016, our surgeons have led the first Low Impact Specialty Gyn Surgery Service in the Southeast United States. The latest robotic and micro-laparoscopic technology is available to local and travel medicine patients and includes treatment of pelvic reconstruction, endometriosis, infertility, fibroids, pelvic pain and prolapse. This program has provided exceptional care to over 2000 women in need since 2016 with superior outcomes data, including near zero infection and major complication rates. We have provided the highly successful Gyn ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) program since 2018. We pioneered the latest medical and surgical advances in the treatment of endometriosis and fibroids, including new GnRH active drug therapies, research trials and Acessa and Sonata ultrasound guided radiofrequency ablation.
We have the most experience and the best credentials for advanced gyn and urogyn surgery in the area. High volume surgeons have the best outcomes. We presented our retrospective outcomes data on over 2500 cases at the international meeting of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons. Despite treating many complex gyn surgical patients with various major pathologies, we have the lowest rate of laparotomy conversion (2 cases in 20 years) and the lowest published complication rates.
Dr. Swor is an international lecturer and trainer in advanced techniques. We are designated the Southeastern US regional center for excellence in Low Impact Gyn Microlaparoscopy.
Specialty Services Available At our Practice
- Specialty Mammography and Breast Ultrasound Services the highest quality Hologic technology, expert technical staff and specialist radiologist interpretation is now available at Swor Women's Care.
- Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Prolapse, Incontinence and Bladder Dysfunction - We provide Board-Certified Urogynecology services including full testing and therapeutic options.
- Office Minor Gyn Surgery Program with new technologies, skilled sedation and anesthesia care including nitrous oxide analgesia, we can provide expert surgery options without the extra risks and high costs of hospital care. Office hysteroscopy, D&C, endometrial ablation and LEEP are first choice surgical options for abnormal or heavy bleeding, suspected neoplasia and abnormal pap.
- Hormone and Menopause Counseling and Treatment - We offer counseling and treatment for all aspects of women's health hormone dysfunction, including menopause, perimenopause, PMS, sexual dysfunction, and infertility. Our physicians and staff are highly experienced in advising patients on all available options for hormone dysfunction, including nutritional supplements, natural and non-hormone therapy as well as the full spectrum of hormone treatments. Dr. Lichon is a certified menopause practitioner designated by the Menopause Society. Dr. Swor is a certified provider of new advanced hormone pellet therapy for appropriate patients, through our hormone partner Evexias Health. Again, we will provide counseling and guidance without requiring transfer of care from another physician.
- Specialty OBGYN Ultrasound - In our office, when indicated, we offer vaginal probe pelvic ultrasound testing, performed by the gynecologist. We were accredited by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 20 years ago and peer-reviewed by fellow clinical staff at USF. This specialized testing offers an immediate real-time clinical correlation with exam findings that exceeds the quality of most pelvic ultrasound studies.
- Pap Smears, Breast, Pelvic and Gyn Exam Recommendations - We believe all women deserve an annual women's health-oriented exam/visit. A yearly screening and preventive care visit provides access to urgent care, telephone advice, important health history review and medical exam and cancer screenings. We are committed to helping women with preventive health maintenance and early cancer detection, as well as risk reduction support. We coordinate our care to be complementary to primary care and other specialist's services.
We Are Here for You
We hope this update has been informative. We are all on the same team with the goal of helping our patients and each other (and surviving the times). As a physician-owned specialty practice, we pride ourselves on being accessible to our colleagues. If you have questions about a patient, need guidance regarding management, or would like to discuss whether a referral is appropriate, please call or text either of us directly. We will see any clinician-referred patients on an urgent basis, if you believe it is important. Thank you for all your support over the years. We appreciate your confidence in our care and your commitment to quality.
Warm regards,
G Michael Swor, MD
Chairman, SMH Division of Advanced Gynecologic and Minimally-Invasive Surgery
gmswor@gmail.com
Mobile 941-302-3604 (text or call anytime)
- Board Certified Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery- subspecialist
- Fellow American College of OBGYN
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Assistant Professor, OBGYN, USF
- Affiliate Clinical Professor, Florida State University
- Accredited GYN Specialty Ultrasound
Jennifer Lichon, DO
- Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist
- Fellow American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Menopause Society Certified Practitioner
drlichon@sworcare.com
