William J. Smith, MD was born and raised in Ogdensburg, NY. Dr. Smith attended the University of Notre Dame as an undergraduate, and SUNY's Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1989. Dr. Smith then completed internship at Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio San Francisco, CA. He spent the next two years as the Officer-in-charge of a military clinic in Germany, then returned stateside to complete residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX. Dr. Smith is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a consultant to the US Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, a volunteer "ski doc" at Whiteface Mountain, and is a past Medical Director for Ironman USA Lake Placid's annual Ironman Triathlon.