PREFERRED TITLE/ROLE:
Physician, Professor
EDUCATION:
Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopedics, Buffalo Childrens Hospital (New York) (1991) Fellowship, Spine Surgery, University of Ottawa & Affil. Hospitals (1990) Residency, Orthopedic Surgery, McGill University, Faculty of Medicine (1989) Residency, Surgery, General, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics (Minneapolis) (1986) Internship, Transitional, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1983) M.D., University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine (Canada) (1982)
NARRATIVE:
Douglas Armstrong, MD is a Board-Certified Orthopedic surgeon who has been in practice since 1991. He is a native of Ottawa, Canada and completed medical school at the University of Ottawa. His Orthopedic residency was at McGill University, Montreal. He completed Fellowships in Spinal Surgery at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Buffalo. He is an active member of the Scoliosis Research Society, the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America and the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons. He has authored more than 20 scientific articles and book chapters. He has been privileged to serve as a Volunteer Pediatric Orthopaedic surgeon on several mission trips to Africa and Latin America. He is honored to serve the people of Central Pennsylvania and is the current Director of the Division of Pediatric Orthopedics at Penn State. He enjoys participating in outdoor activities with his family.