Robert Montgomery | |
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Born | Buffalo, New York |
Citizenship | United States |
Known for | Pioneering minimally invasive and multiple swap kidney transplant surgery, starring in the Hopkins television series |
Awards | Fulbright Scholarship, Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Transplant Surgery |
Institutions | New York University |
Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD, FACS, is the director of the Transplant Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center. He works on difficult kidney transplant surgeries, often involving multiple kidney swaps, has been profiled on numerous television programs including the Today Show, NBC Evening News and Good Morning America. He also starred in the Hopkins mini-series in 2008 on ABC.
Dr. Montgomery is married to opera singer Denyce Graves, whom he met on a plane.