• Attending Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) New York City

• Professor of Orthopedics, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Medical Director and Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon for the Brooklyn Nets (NBA) and New York Liberty (WNBA) professional basketball teams, and the New York Red Bulls (MLS) professional soccer team, USA Basketball

• Director of the FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence at HSS specializing in the care of soccer injuries

• Co-Founder, BICMD & Overture Resurfacing Inc

• Avid cyclist, triathlete, and workout enthusiast.

BIO

Dr. Riley J. Williams III is an orthopedic surgeon in the Sports Medicine Institute at HSS specializing in knee, shoulder and elbow surgery. He is also a Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Williams attended college at Yale University and medical school at Stanford University. His clinical and research interests are focused on returning athletes to sport and include: articular cartilage repair & transplantation, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, meniscus repair & transplantation, arthroscopic shoulder stabilization & labrum repair, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and elbow ligament reconstruction. Dr. Williams also utilizes stem cells and biologics in the treatment of many musculoskeletal disorders. Dr. Williams is the Director of the Institute for Cartilage Repair at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Dr. Williams has also worked with both the New York Mets and New York Giants sports clubs.