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About Dr. Snyder
“Our practice doesn’t depend on performing surgeries. It succeeds because we treat people correctly and compassionately.”
- Dr. Bill Snyder
AOI Founder Dr. Bill Snyder is a gifted specialist and an innovator in the field of arthroscopic surgery. With specific training in healing knee and shoulder injuries, he has been improving treatments to increase patient benefit since 1986.
Dr. Snyder’s professional career has been an impressive series of firsts:
- The 1st orthopaedic surgeon in the Rio Grande Valley to perform minimally invasive arthroscopic shoulder rotator cuff repairs and quality ACL knee reconstructions in an outpatient setting.
- The 1st arthroscopic surgeon in the Valley to establish an exclusive Ambulatory Surgery Center licensed by the State of Texas so that these procedures can be provided outside a traditional hospital.
- The 1st orthopaedic surgeon in the Valley to provide an open extremity MRI in the office.
- The 1st surgeon in the Valley to be nominated as a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Snyder has performed thousands of successful arthroscopic procedures. To his patient’s benefit, however, he also is uniquely qualified to recognize when surgery is not needed.
Dr. Snyder has hand selected his team of highly trained professionals, which includes registered nurses, surgical technicians, X-ray technologists and administrators, each dedicated to providing you with personalized care and outstanding results.
Education
- University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City, Iowa, Doctor of Medicine 1984
- Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude 1979
Post Graduate Training
- Orthopaedic Surgeon Residency, Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 1988-1992
- Neurosurgery Preceptorship, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1985-1986
- Internship, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1984-1985
- Professional and Teaching Experience
- Orthopaedic Surgeon, McAllen, TX, July 1994 – present
- Medical Director, RGOI Ambulatory Surgery Center, McAllen, TX, September 1998 – present
- Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, Fort Huachuca, AZ, July 1993 – June 1994
- Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, US Army, Honduras, Central America, December 1992 – May 1993
- Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, Fort Bragg, NC, July 1992 – June 1993
- Staff Emergency Room Physician, Fort Huachuca, AZ, June 1986 – 1988
Certification and Licensure
- Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1999
- Medical Licenses: Texas, Arizona
- Current DEA, DPS
Professional Society Memberships
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA)
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