FSLH Welcomes Orthopedic Surgeons to Adirondack Community Physicians Medical Group

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Orthopedic surgeons, Leroy Cooley, MD, Kenneth Ortega, DO, Margaret Albanese, MD, Madana Vallem, MD, and Maureen Quattrone, RPA-C, have joined Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s (FSLH) Adirondack Community Physicians (ACP) medical group. They are accepting new patients at their office located at 1903 Sunset Avenue, Utica, and can be reached at (315) 797-1212. In addition to these orthopedic specialists, ACP employs four general surgeons and 38 primary care providers located throughout the community.

Leroy Cooley, MD, graduated with a joint major in Biology and Chemistry from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. He received his doctor of medicine degree from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse and completed an internship in General Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh affiliated hospitals. He completed his residency in Orthopedics at Albany Medical Center and a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Cooley is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Cooley has provided orthopedic care in Utica since 1980. He has served on the New York State Medical Society Committee on Sports and School Health and was vice president of the medical staff at FSLH. He has been on the Board of Directors for FSLH since 2000. He is an active member of the County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society and New York State Orthopedic Society. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and served on the Board of Counselors from 1999 to 2005.

Dr. Cooley’s practice includes sports medicine and adult reconstructive surgery. He performs surgeries ranging from shoulder repairs including rotator cuffs to knee injuries associated with sports, as well as knee arthroscopies and trauma injuries.

Kenneth Ortega, DO,is a graduate of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He completed his orthopedic surgery training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and received additional training at A.I. DuPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware, Hughston Sports Medicine Clinic in Columbus, Georgia, and Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Ortega has provided orthopedic care in Utica since 1993. Prior to relocating to the Mohawk Valley, he was director of Guthrie Sports Medicine in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Ortega, chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at FSLH, is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and is an elected member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. He has a special interest in sports injuries and related arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder such as anterior cruciate tears and rotator cuff problems. This is in addition to expertise and interest in joint replacement surgery of the knee, shoulder and hip.

An Army veteran, Dr. Ortega served in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm.

Margaret Albanese, MD,graduated from Pennsylvania State University and received her doctor of medicine from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She completed her internship in General Surgery and residency in Orthopedics at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her residency included one year of Pediatric Orthopedics at A.I. DuPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware. She also completed a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Albanese is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery and a member of the Pediatric Society of North America, Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society, Oneida County Medical Society and New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc.

Dr. Albanese is the only fellowship-trained pediatric orthopedic surgeon in the Utica area. She treats children with all orthopedic problems and practices adult orthopedics with the exception of spinal problems. She has provided orthopedic care in Utica since 1983.

Madana Vallem, MD,earned his medical degree from Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India, where he also completed his residency in orthopedics at Gandhi Medical College. He completed a fellowship in orthopedic hand surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, an adult joint reconstruction fellowship (primary and revision total hip and knee replacement surgeries) at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, and an orthopedic trauma fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Maureen Quattrone, RPA-C, earned a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Athletic Training from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. She also attended D’Youville College in Buffalo and has a bachelor’s degree from the Physician’s Assistant Program. She is certified by the American Academy of Physician Assistants and is a member of the New York State Registered Physician Assistants. She has provided orthopedic care in Utica since 2003.