The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc. (JBJS, Inc.) has announced the appointment of Dr. Marc Swiontkowski as Editor, JBJS Case Connector.
Having served on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) since 1995, Dr. Swiontkowski is uniquely poised to lead this new endeavour. Dr. Swiontkowski is Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota and CEO of TRIA Orthopaedic Center in Bloomington, IL. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his orthopaedic residency at University of Washington. He completed a Fellowship in orthopaedic research at the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery in Davos, Switzerland.
JBJS Case Connector is a new online database designed to assist orthopaedic surgeons in the search for precedents, connections, and trends. Using this tool, surgeons can find the commonalities between cases and filter case information by important variables. JBJS Case Connector connects thousands of orthopaedic case reports by symptoms, conditions, treatments, and demographic details to empower surgeons to find cases similar to theirs and to mine the database to reveal emerging trends and identify patterns, distinguishing between truly rare cases and repeated, related instances of a larger problem.
