Biography
Dr. Gallagher has been a diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery since 2013. During his one year fellowship in the Orthopedics Sports Medicine Fellowship Program at the Department of Orthopedics, SUNY Buffalo, he cared for the NFL Buffalo Bills.
Dr. Gallagher’s primary focus is on knees and shoulders with a special interests in the shoulder (Shoulder arthroscopy for rotator cuff tears, SLAP and Labral tears and Bicep tendinopathy). Dr. Gallagher is the first Orthopedic surgeon and arthroscopy doctor in the Vestal area performing a new procedure called Superior Capsular Reconstruction. This procedure treats chronic, un-repairable rotator cuff tears with a new alternative to reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, maintaining the native joint surfaces.