Dr. Montgomery Named Partner

Posted on: 08/25/2011

Northeast Orthopaedics located in Albany, Clifton Park, Delmar, East Greenbush, Latham and Troy is pleased to announce that a member of their team of surgeons, William Montgomery, MD has been named an official partner. He joins 14 other partners at Northeast Orthopaedics, LLP. www.northeastortho.com


Dr. Montgomery joined the practice in August 2008, with a special interest in surgical disorders of the cervical spine. He received his MD from The University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine where he received the Merck Academic Achievement Award and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Dr. Montgomery finished his residency at the University of Washington Orthopedic Residency Program. While at the University of Washington, he received the Victor Frankel Research Award and the Most Outstanding Chief Resident Award from the nursing staff. In July of 2008, he completed a coveted two-year sub-specialized fellowship in spine surgery at the Cleveland Clinic where he was cross trained by both neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons. Dr. Montgomery’s training in both fellowship and residency was extensive in the surgical management of cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spine disorders. He learned and utilized state-of-the-art techniques including minimally invasive surgery and complex spine instrumentation. His fellowship also focused on the treatment of the aging spine including kyphoplasty, deformity correction, and management and reconstruction of pathologic spine conditions such as cancer and infection. 
Dr. Montgomery is also a Major in the US Army Reserve Medical Corps and has been deployed to both Kosovo and Iraq. While in Iraq, he performed over 100 life and limb saving surgeries. For his service, Bill has received numerous military honors including a Meritorious Service Medal and a personal letter of commendation from the Pentagon's Major General Formica.
 
Dr. Montgomery has authored several peer reviewed journal articles as well as book chapters. He has given more than 20 presentations to local primary care physician, physical therapists, chiropractors, physician assistant students, and Albany citizens on minimally invasive spine surgery and new innovations in sine surgery.  He is Board Certified, a Fellow of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and an Associate Member of the North American Spine Society. He has several ongoing research projects and multiple manuscripts submitted for publication