Three healthcare providers join forces for Orthopedic care

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Three healthcare providers, St. Mary's Healthcare, Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home, and Mohawk Valley Orthopedics have joined forces to bring orthopedic care to Fulton and Montgomery County residents. Under the collaboration, orthopedic services will be the first specialty offered in the new year.

In the fall of 2024, the two hospitals launched a professional corporation, Fulton-Montogomery Medical, to attract and retain providers and medical practices to the region. Mohawk Valley Orthopedics, a leader in sports medicine and orthopedic groups for the Mohawk Valley Region, will join the corporation with their two orthopedic surgeons.

"Mohawk Valley Orthopedics has been providing excellent care, right here in Fulton and Montgomery counties, for decades," said Sean Fadale, president and CEO of Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home. "This new partnership enables patients to continue to receive the highest level of care from two exceptionally skilled orthopedic surgeons—Dr. Russell Cecil and Dr. Gerald Ortiz—whom our community already know and trust."

According to the medical group, the three will collaborate as partners to ensure continued and easy access to orthopedic care in the two counties. They hope the collaboration will also improve local access to other needed health services.

"This collaborative approach benefits everyone involved: the hospitals, the individual medical practices and, above all, our community," said Jeffrey Methven, president and CEO of St. Mary’s Healthcare. "Through this partnership, we can pool limited resources for certain service lines, enhance our ability to reduce duplicate expenses, and free those funds to invest in attracting and retaining highly qualified specialists. That, in turn, will result in improved, more seamless access to care."