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The Healing Hands Award is a \u201crecognition of unique actions by individuals to promote the concept…","datePublished":"2018-06-20","dateModified":"2019-09-23","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/author\/rburylo\/#Person","name":"Rebecca Burylo","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/author\/rburylo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37a0c97fbd1eda89e38697defcaf0573?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37a0c97fbd1eda89e38697defcaf0573?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Faulkner University","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Official-Horizontal-480x128.png","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Official-Horizontal-480x128.png","width":480,"height":128}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/swaid-1.png","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/swaid-1.png","height":"353","width":"300"},"url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/faulkner-board-trustee-dr-swaid-awarded-asfs-healing-hands-award\/","about":["Alumni","Graduate","News","Online"],"wordCount":506,"articleBody":"Faulkner University\u2019s Board of Trustees, world-renowned neurological surgeon, Dr. Swaid N. Swaid, M.D., was recently awarded the Healing Hands Award by the ASF Foundation.The Healing Hands Award is a \u201crecognition of unique actions by individuals to promote the concept of healing, grace, comfort and inspiration to those whom have been struck by disaster, both natural and man-made, by responding to the needs of a neighbor, friend, or stranger, and thus motivating others to greater achievement,\u201d according to ASF.Swaid joins a list of high-caliber individuals who have been honored with the award including former President George W. Bush and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2002 for their heroic leadership directly following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.In total, 10 individuals have been presented with the award for their \u201cinfluence to the world around them, making it better and setting an example for others to emulate,\u201d according to ASF.Swaid was presented the award in June during the televised broadcast of ASF Foundation\u2019s Alabama State Games Opening Ceremony.\u201cThe ASF Foundation tries to find special individuals who, in Dr. Swaid\u2019s case, are saving lives and giving of himself and it\u2019s my pleasure on behalf of ASF Foundation to present the Healing Hands Award to Dr. Swaid,\u201d said Ronald Creel, LL.D. president and CEO of ASF Foundation during the live broadcast.\u201cThis is a great surprise,\u201d Swaid said in response. \u201cI had no idea this was going to happen tonight and I thank you. God bless you. It\u2019s an honor to live in the great state of Alabama and to take care of its people across the state.\u201dSwaid was attending the ASF State Games to support his wife, Christy Swaid, founder of HEAL Alabama,\u00a0an organization created to promote healthier lifestyles among children, who was participating in the games events.Swaid, who was born in Eilaboun, Galilee in 1952 and came to the United States in 1969 to study at Harding University and UAB Medical School, is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.He has held numerous positions including Medical Director of CyberKnife of Birmingham, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Brookwood Medical Center, Chief of Neuroscience Division at Brookwood Medical Center, Chairman of the Neuroscience Division at HealthSouth Medical Center, and Medical Director of HealthSouth Medical Center. In January of 2008, Governor Bob Riley re-appointed Dr. Swaid as the Chairman of the Certificate of Need Review Board for the State of Alabama.\u00a0 He continues to serve on the Certificate of Need Review Board.Swaid maintains a busy, private neurosurgical practice in Birmingham and specializes in cranial surgery, radiosurgery, treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia, and cervical spine disorders. He has treated patients from all over the world who have sought him out to treat their complex brain and spinal conditions.\u00a0 Having performed surgery on many physicians across the southeast, Dr. Swaid remains the doctor’s choice for neurosurgery.To learn more, visit\u00a0\u00a0www.asffoundation.org"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Faulkner Board of Trustee, Dr. Swaid awarded ASF's Healing Hands Award","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/faulkner-board-trustee-dr-swaid-awarded-asfs-healing-hands-award\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]