Guthrie Celebrates Medical Journal Name Change and 100 Years of Orthopedics

Friday, April 25 marked The Guthrie Clinic’s annual Research Day, featuring research and quality improvement projects from fellows, residents and medical students. This year, we also celebrate The Guthrie Journal, renaming it The Guthrie Clinic Journal of Medicine.

With a history dating back to 1931, the decision to rebrand acknowledges a changing landscape in medical publications. With thousands of medical journals publishing articles at a staggering rate, we wanted to signal to external audiences more clearly that we are an institutionally based general medical journal.

The Guthrie Clinic Journal of Medicine is a unique medical journal with a deep connection to the history of Dr. Donald Guthrie and others who helped to make the journal a home for our physicians and residents to teach, learn, collaborate, and share.

“We also look forward to this new era of open access on an international stage and to the research and reviews we will be privileged to publish from around the country and the world,” said Mikki Smith, Medical Library Supervisor, The Guthrie Clinic. “We are excited to solidify our identity as a medical journal for the 21st century with special interests in rural health care, advances in clinical practice, and innovations in medical education, while continuing to broaden our reach beyond Pennsylvania and New York.”

The April issue, which builds on our partnership with the University of Toronto Press as publisher, highlights 100 years of orthopedic care at Guthrie. The issue includes orthopedic research and reviews by authors affiliated with several institutions but highlights a century-long history of orthopedic care at Guthrie, a system that continues to serve an expansive rural population. It is an inspiring look at what a century of care, investment, and innovation has meant to our region and to the field of orthopedic surgery.

“Dr. Guthrie, in 1925, established our department and we have been providing cutting edge care in our community ever since,” said Dr. Joseph Choi, System Chair of Orthopedics, The Guthrie Clinic. “In addition, training programs such as the orthopedic residency have been making the academic difference to our patients and community that we should be very proud of.”

The Guthrie Clinic will celebrate the first graduates of its orthopedic residency program this June. Past and current issues of The Guthrie Clinic Journal of Medicine can be found at www.utppublishing.com/journal/guthrie.