Dr. Tory B. Speert, DO

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Get to know Physiatrist Dr. Tory B. Speert, who serves patients throughout the State of New York.

Dr. Speert is a skilled physiatrist with special interests and skills in offering a multimodal approach to pain management and sports and spine injuries using evidenced-based treatments. He is affiliated with OrthoNY, seeing patients at their offices in Saratoga Springs, Malta, and Clifton Park, New York.

At OrthoNY, they pride themselves in providing all those extras that make us unique and different with respect to the orthopedic care patients would like to receive. They have made it a point to exceed their patients’ expectations with attributes that add value to bone and joint care they provide. Their dedicated orthopedic care team includes board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons, physical therapists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, all with extensive experience in providing sub-specialized orthopedic care.

Educated in the United States, Dr. Speert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from The College of New Jersey where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Rowan University (formerly known as the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey).

Before joining OrthoNY, he engaged in a one-year internship in general medicine at Christ Hospital. He then spent three years in residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School / Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. He further specialized in interventional spine and sports medicine after completing a fellowship at OSS Health in York, Pennsylvania. 

During his time at OSS Health, Dr. Speert was fellowship trained in cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral epidurals and neurotomies; sacroiliac joint injections; discograms; kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty; sympathetic ganglion blocks; spinal cord stimulator trials; percutaneous implantations; intercostal nerve blocks; ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve, tendon and joint injections; percutaneous tenotomies; and use of platelet rich plasma.

Passionate about his profession, the doctor is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation by the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOBPMR). The AOBPMR is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the treatment of patients with physical impairments or disabilities.

Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Speert is an active member of the American Academy of Physician Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Physiatrists, the American Osteopathic Association, the North American Neuromodulation Society, and the Society of Interventional Spine.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry and physiatrics, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. Physiatrists treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.

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