William M. Wind, Jr., MD

Present Position

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
State University of New York at Buffalo

Director - Western New York Cartilage Restoration Center

Specialty

Sports Medicine, Knee & Shoulder Arthroscopy

Education
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. Biology 1993
State University of New York at Buffalo, M.D. 1997

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Orthopaedics, 1998 – 2002

Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Sports Medicine
Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery

Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 2002

Licensure
New York State

Publications
Wind W, Bergfeld J, Parker R.
Current Concepts: Evaluation and Treatment of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries – Revisited.
American Journal of Sports Medicine 32:1765-1775, 2004.

Bergfeld J, Wind W, Parker R, et al.
Clinical Outcome of the Tibial Inlay PCL Reconstruction: Mid-term Results and Review of the Literature.
Submitted for publication to the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Wind WM, McGrath BE, Mindell ER.
Infection Following Knee Arthroscopy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Journal of Arthroscopy and Arthroscopic Related Surgery 17(8):878-83, 2001.

DeLay BS, Smolinski RJ, Wind WM, Bowman DS.
Current Practices and Opinions in ACL Reconstruction and Rehabilitation: Results of a Survey of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine.
American Journal of Knee Surgery 14 (2):85-91, 2001.

Wind WM, Rohrbacher BJ.
Peroneal Longus and Brevis Rupture in a Collegiate Athlete.
Foot and Ankle International 22(2):140-43, 2001.

Wind WM, Schwend RM, Larson J.
Sports for Children with Disabilities.
Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 12(2):126-137, 2004.

Gage AM, Klimek SE, Wind WM.
The Detection and Management of Deep Venous Thrombosis.
Comprehensive Therapy 23(6):407-412, 1997.

Wind WM, Smolinski RJ.
Reliability of Common Knee Injection Sites With Low Volume Injections.
Journal of Arthroplasty 19(7):858-861, 2004.

Wind WM, Schwend RM, Armstrong DG.
Predictability of Ulnar Nerve Location in Percutaneous Pinning of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 22(4):444-447, 2002.

Parker RD, Wind WM.
Surgical Management of Patellofemoral Pathology, in Patellofemoral Disorders: A Rehabilitative Approach.
Ed Gary J Calabrese, Sports Physical Therapy Section, American Physical Therapy Association, in press.

Haynes D, Bergfeld JA, Wind WM, Parker RD.
Soft Tissue Reconstruction and Fixation in the Knee.
Insall Book.

Current Professional Activities/Committees
American Medical Association
Arthroscopy Association of North America
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Head Team Physician University at Buffalo – Men’s Basketball
Assistant Team Physician University at Buffalo – Football
American Medical Association
Arthroscopy Association of North America
American Orthopaedic Society Sports Medicine

University Orthopaedic Center – North
4949 Harlem Road
Amherst, New York 14226
(716) 204-3200

Summit Healthplex
6934 Williams Road
Suite 600
Niagara Falls, New York 14304
(716) 304-6585

University Orthopaedic Center – South
5959 Big Tree Road, Suite 108
Orchard Park, New York 14127