Dr. Montgomery was part of the team that performed the worlds first live donor kidney removal using minimally invasive techniques. He led the team that performed the first triple swap kidney transplant and 5-way domino transplant. He is considered a worlds expert on kidney transplantation for highly-sensitized and ABO incompatible patients. His work with patients in these programs has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS, ABC and NBC Evening News, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and in USA Today, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has received important awards and distinctions including a Fulbright Scholarship and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and memberships in the Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha academic honor societies. He has been awarded multiple scholarships from The American College of Surgeons and The American Society of Transplant Surgeons.