Artificial intelligence is offering new possibilities to standardize surgical training, improve intra-operative decision-making and patient care, and generate performance data for clinicians. Last fall, the University of Maryland, Baltimore and medical research and training company Axis Research and Technologies announced a joint venture to create the Surgical Performance Center, a 36,000-square-foot facility to support surgical education and applied research. The linchpin of the ecosystem is an AI-powered platform that integrates data and performance analytics into surgical environments.…