University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Orthopaedic Surgeon

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota

Board Certifications
Orthopaedic Surgery

Sees Patients At
- University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
- Orthopedic Clinic (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests
Trauma
Fractures
Non-unions
Mal-unions
Leg length inequality
Osteomyelitis

Education
Medical School
University of Southern California

Site of Residency
University of Washington

Site of Fellowship
Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Davos, Switzerland (Orthopaedic Research)

Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America®, 2007-2008

Selected Recent Publications
Articles
Swiontkowski MF, MacKenzie EJ, Bosse MJ, Jones AL, Travison T. Factors Influencing the Decision to Amputate or Reconstruct after High-Energy Lower Extremity Trauma. The Journal of Trauma, 2002:52(4) 641-649.

Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Swiontkowski MF, Tornetta III P, Beate Hanson, Sprague S, Syed A, Schemitsch E. Current Practice in the Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures: An International Survey. J. Trauma 2002; 53:725-732.

Bosse MJ, MacKenzie EJ, Kellam JF, Burgess AR, Webb LX, Swiontkowski MF, Sanders RW, Jones AL, McAndrew MP,m Patterson BM, McCarthy ML, Travison TG, Castillo RC. An Analysis of Outcomes of Reconstruction or Amputation of Leg-Threatening Injuries. New England Journal of Medicine 2002: 347(24) 1924-1931.

Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Swiontkowski MF, Tornetta P, Sprague S, Schcmitsch EH. A Lack of Consensus in the Assessment of Fracture Healing Among Orthopaedic Surgeons. J. Ortho Trauma 2002:16(8) 562-566.

Harvey EJ, Henley MB, Swiontkowski MF, Agel J, Benirschke SK. The Use of a Locking Custom Contoured Blade Plate for Peri-Articular Nonunions. Injury 2002:33(4) 39-44.

Swiontkowski M. Why We Should Collect Outcomes Data. JBJS 2003:85A, supplement 1.

Swiontkowski M. Case Controversy: Opinion: Two Separate Devices. J Orthop Trauma, 2003:17(2) 136-137.

Sprague S, Bhandari M, Devereaux PJ, Swiontkowski MF, Tornetta P, Cook DJ, Dirschl D, Schemitsch EH, Guyatt GH. Barriers to Full-Text Publication Following Presentation of Abstracts at Annual Orthopaedic Meetings. JBJS 2003:85(A) 158-163.

Bhandari M, Montori VM, Swiontkowski MF, Guyatt GH. Current Concepts Review: User's Guide to the Surgical Literature: How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test. JBJS 2003:85(A)6 1133-1140.

Agel J, Obremsky W, Kregor P, Keeve J, Abbott P, Buss D, Swiontkowski MF. Administration of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment: Impact on Office Routine and Physician-Patient Interaction. Ortho 2003:26(8) 783-788.

Audigé L, Hanson B, Swiontkowski MF. Implant-related complications in the treatment of unstable intertrochanteric fractures: Meta-analysis of dynamic screw -plate versus dynamic screw-intramedullary nail devices. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 2003:27 197-203.

Bhandari M, Einhorn TA, Swiontkowski MF, Heckman JD. Who Did What? JBJS 2003:85A(8) 1605-1609.

Swiontkowski M. Invited article - Opinion - Two Separate Devices. J. Orthop Trauma 2003:17(2) 136-137.

Montori VM, Swiontkowski MF, Cook DJ. Methodologic Issues in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Clin. Orthop and Rel. Research 2003:413 43-54.

Pollak AN, McCarthy ML, Bess RS, Agel J, Swiontkowski MF. Outcomes After
Treatment of High-Energy Tibial Plafond Fractures: JBJS 2003: 1893-1900.

Bhandari M, Devereaux PJ, Swiontkowski MF, Tornetta III P, Obremskey W, Koval KJ, Nork S, Sprague S, Schemitsch EH, Guyatt GH. Internal Fixation
Compared with Arthroplasty for Displaced Fractures of the Femoral Neck. JBJS 2003: 1673-1681.

Audige, L, Hanson B, Swiontkowski MF. Implant-related Complications in the Treatment of Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures: Meta-analysis of Dynamic Screw-plate Versus Dynamic Screw-intramedullary Nail Devices. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 2003:27 197-203.

Swiontkowski MF. Ask not what you can do for the OTA…. J. Orthop Trauma 2004: 18(3) 133-137.

Zlowodzki M, Bhandari M, Brown G, Cole PA, Swiontkowski MF. Planning a randomized trial: determining the study sample size. Techniques in Orthopaedics 2004:19 72-76.

Bhandari M, Swiontkowski MF, Einhorn TA, Tornetta P 3rd, Schemitsch EH, Leece P, Sprague S, Wright JG. Interobserver agreement in the application of levels of evidence to scientific papers in the American volume of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surg. JBJS 2004:86A(8) 1717-20.

MacKenzie EJ, Bosse MJ, Castillo RC, Smith DG, Webb LX, Kellam JF, Burgess AR, Swiontkowski MF, Sanders RW, Jones AL, McAndrew MP, Patterson BM, Travison TG, McCarthy ML. Functional outcomes following trauma-related lower-extremity amputation. JBJS 2004:86A(8) 1636-45.

Book Chapters
Schmidt AH, Swiontkowski MS. Femoran neck fractures. In: Kregor PJ, Swiontkowski MF, guest editors. The Orthopaedic Clinics of North America: Treatment of Complex Fractures, W. B. Saunders: 2002.

Swiontkowski MF, Arendt EA: Clinical Outcome Studies fo rKnee Ligament Injuries. In: Pedowitz RA, O=Connor JJ, Hakeson WH, editors. Daniel=s Knee Injuries, Second Edition, Chpt 24, pp 539, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 2003.

Abstracts
Patterson BM, Agel J, Swiontkowski MF, MacKenzie EJ. Knee Dislocations with Vascular Injury: Outcomes in the LEAP Study. JOT: 2004