Michael A. Mont, M.D.,
is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon with extensive
experience in total joint replacement and reconstruction. He
received his fellowship training in reconstructive surgery
at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions where he
specialized in complex total joint revisions and actively
participated in different clinical research studies in the
area of total joint replacement. A partial listing of Dr.
Mont’s credentials includes:
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He hails from The Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions where he was an associate
professor and continues to teach and perform
research. He has published over 400 articles and
book chapters on various aspects of joint
reconstruction.
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Dr. Mont is involved in multiple
professional societies including the Knee Society,
Hip Society and the National Osteonecrosis
Foundation. He is on the board of editors of
multiple journals including the Journal of Bone and
Joint Surgery, and he has received multiple research
grants.
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Dr. Mont completed his orthopedic
residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York,
where he received hands-on experience in performing
complicated reconstructive surgery.
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His medical degree is from the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in
Philadelphia, PA.
Michael A. Mont, M.D., serves as
co-director of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics,
and the Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement. Under
his leadership, Sinai Hospital is breaking new ground in the
area of hip preservation and replacement techniques.
Dr. Mont specializes in the diagnosis and
treatment of joint pain in teens and adults due to:
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Complex bone and joint disorders
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Hip, knee, shoulder and ankle
injuries
Although Dr. Mont has performed thousands
of joint replacements, he has extensive specialty training
in the surgical treatment of complex bone disorders,
including secondary or revision joint replacement surgery
and infected joints. Much of his hands-on experience was
received at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Dr. Mont started at Johns Hopkins in 1989
and was confronted with many teenagers who had avascular
necrosis, a bone disease that leads to joint destruction.
Rather than performing total hip replacements in these young
patients, he became dedicated to trying to save these joints
by developing innovative new bone grafting techniques and
other procedures.
In addition to being a world expert on
preserving joints in patients with avascular necrosis, Dr.
Mont performs the most difficult hip and knee replacements.
He has become known as the reconstructive surgeon of last
resort as he is sent cases from around the country and world
that other surgeons are reluctant to attempt.
Dr. Mont has been instrumental in
bringing a revolutionary hip replacement alternative, called
Metal on Metal resurfacing, to the United States. This
alternative procedure offers younger patients several
advantages over the traditional total hip replacement
including bone preservation, greater range of motion,
reduced risk of dislocation, a more natural feeling joint
and normal gait (walking) characteristics.
He is presently working on a new
minimally invasive approach for total knee replacement.
Dr. Mont believes in educating his
patients and in exhausting all conservative treatment
options before recommending surgery. As a result, many
patients are effectively treated with nonsurgical
interventions, which may include weight loss, physical
therapy, oral medication and injections. If surgical
intervention is required, Dr. Mont provides each patient,
and his or her immediate family, with a full description of
the procedure, the risks and complications, as well as a
thorough explanation of the postsurgical rehabilitation
process.
Dr. Mont is dedicated to his wife Rhonda, and their four
children, Judy, Harrison, Billy and Shayna. He is an avid
tennis player and enjoys nothing more than teaching his
children, who are top junior tournament players. His other
hobbies include being a national baseball trivia expert who
has appeared on television quiz shows. He is also an amateur
conchologist.
