Dr Swift is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Division of Urogynecology. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at MUSC followed by an Urogynecology fellowship at the University of California Irvine and has been a full time faculty member at MUSC since 1993. Dr Swift has a practice focusing on patients with urinary, fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. He has been named to "Best Doctors in America" Woodard/White yearly since 1998.

Dr Swift is Board certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in general Obstetrics and Gynecology and has a subspecialty board in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. He is a member of the American Urogynecologic Society, International Urogynecologic Association, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics among others. Dr Swift has chaired and/or served on several committees for the American Urogynecology Society (AUGS), the International Urogynecology Association (IUGA), The Association of Professors or Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), and the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO). He is a faculty member of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Surgical Scholars Course. He is an editor-in-cheif of the International Urogynecology Journal. He is published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on various aspects of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and, in addition, has written several textbook chapters and invited review articles. He has lectured throughout the world on various topics regarding Urogynecology and has been the principle investigator on several grants. 

Dr Swift's research interests include evaluation and management of incontinence as well as the epidemiology of pelvic organ prolapse.