Marc Swiontkowski, MD, is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is the past president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and the American Orthopaedic Association.
In 1979, he received his Medical Degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency training at the University of Washington. After a research fellowship in Switzerland, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University. In July 1988 he returned to the University of Washington and in 1989, was promoted to Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and assumed the position of Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. From September 1997 through October 2007, he held the position of Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota.
He served as a director of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1996-2006 and on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Specialties from 2002-2006. He was an American Orthopaedic Association North American Traveling Fellow in 1986 and an ABC Traveling Fellow in 1989. He is CEO emeritus of TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Bloomington, MN, and a Professor at the University of Minnesota in the School of Medicine as well as Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health.
Dr. Swiontkowski is an NIH funded investigator and has published articles in peer review journals on numerous topics including osteomyelitis, fracture treatment, and the assessment of musculoskeletal outcomes. He's lectured extensively in North America as well as abroad. He recently retired as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Click on the JB&JS OrthoCorp video to learn more about Dr. Swiontkowski's career in orthopaedic trauma.
Philip Kregor, MD nominated Marc Swiontkowski for the OTA Keystone Honor in 2025. Dr. Philip Kregor is passionate about fracture care, hip surgery and pelvic and acetabular trauma. His orthopedic surgery training was at the University of Washington / Harborview Medical Center where he fell in love with orthopedic trauma. He spent a year in bone microcirculation research at the A.O. Research Institute and then a 15-month traveling fellowship in pelvic and acetabular surgery. He has practiced and helped develop the Orthopedic Trauma programs at the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and Nashville’s HCA Skyline Medical Center. He credits any success he has had to the incredible mentors and OTA friends he has had over the last 35 years. He enjoys cycling, spending time with his daughter and son, and practicing his professionally certified barista skills.
Philip James Kregor, MD - "Dr. Swiontkowski is the epitome of an academic orthopedic trauma surgeon. His leadership and research accolades are all well documented and he is so deserving of these. Equally important, however, is the way in which Marc is a physician and person. I’ve had the privilege of knowing him since I was a medical student. What a role model! Analytical. Humble. Always puts the patient first. Calm. Balanced. Caring. Whenever I am in a tough clinical or life situation, I often ask myself what Dr. Swiontkowski might do. Better yet, I'll just pick up the phone! When Bob Probe announced the Keystone Honor at OTA 2024, I immediately thought of Marc. I’m sure hundreds of others did as well."