Max Gordon

I am an orthopaedic surgeon and associate professor (docent) at Karolinska Institutet, and Head of the Trauma Unit at Danderyd University Hospital. I was awarded AI Swede of the Year 2023.

I am the founder and scientific lead of the Clinical AI Research Laboratory (CAIR-lab), where we develop and evaluate clinically applicable artificial intelligence across medical specialties.

My work focuses on integrating AI, advanced statistical methods, and clinical studies to improve decision-making, patient selection, and the real-world impact of medical research.

My research focuses on integrating artificial intelligence, advanced statistical methods, and randomised controlled trial (RCT) design to improve clinical decision-making and the generalisability of medical evidence.

I am the founder and head of the Clinical AI Research Laboratory (CAIR-lab), an interdisciplinary research environment developing clinically applicable AI across multiple specialties. My work includes early contributions to AI in orthopaedics, including the first study on fracture detection using deep learning, as well as large-scale registry-based RCTs such as the EPOS trial.

Current research focuses on multimodal models combining imaging, clinical data, and genomics to improve patient selection, treatment evaluation, and implementation of data-driven decision support in healthcare.

Teaching spans undergraduate, specialist, and doctoral levels, focusing on clinical reasoning, evidence-based medicine, and AI. I supervise PhD students and integrate research methodology into clinical education.