Frank Congiusta, MD

About Dr. Congiusta

Dr. Congiusta is a board-certified total joint surgeon whose interests include minimally invasive techniques, outpatient total joint surgery, partial knee replacement, aggressive post-operative physical rehabilitation and complex reconstructive procedures. 

A board-certified total joint surgeon, Dr. Frank Congiusta was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University where he majored in Biology and played on the football team for four years. He then attended Albany Medical College, graduating in 2000 with honors. He stayed on at Albany Medical Center where he completed his Orthopedic Surgical Residency. As a resident he developed a special interest in total hip and knee replacements. He then trained at the Anderson Orthopedic Institute in Alexandria, Virginia where he received his fellowship training in total joint replacements under the guidance of world renowned joint replacement surgeons. 

Dr. Congiusta’s present areas of interest include unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (or partial knee replacement), outpatient hip and knee replacement surgery, minimally invasive techniques, aggressive post-operative physical rehabilitation to return total joint patients to activities as quickly as possible and complex reconstructive procedures (including revision procedures). 

Dr. Congiusta has pioneered outpatient hip and knee replacement surgery in the Capital District.  OrthoNY started performing outpatient total joint surgery in 2017 at St. Peter’s Hospital and then began performing these procedures at 2 free standing ambulatory surgery centers in 2020 with resounding success.  We have been able to perform these procedures, that were previously all done in the hospital setting, with unparalleled safety, outcomes and patient satisfaction.  Dr. Congiusta now performs approximately 75-80% of his hip and knee replacements in the outpatient ambulatory surgery setting and believes that the large majority of patients should have their surgery performed at an outpatient setting with lower risks of complications and superior outcomes.  Dr. Congiusta has served as Chairman of the Board of the Northeastern New York Chapter of the Arthritis Association, serves on the Board of Directors of Operation Walk Virgina (which preforms medical mission trips to underserved countries to perform hip and knee replacements on patients who would otherwise have no access to these life changing procedures) and is an Executive Committee member of the New England Orthopaedic Society.  He currently serves as President of OrthoNY, Medical Director of Everett Road Ambulatory Surgery Center and is the Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery at St. Peter’s Hospital. 

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