Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Kurt Schluntz, MD
OrthoBethesda
Dr. Kurt Schluntz is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at OrthoBethesda, a long-established Bethesda orthopedic group and a recognized Center of Excellence in sports medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Why patients choose Dr. Schluntz
Dr. Schluntz completed his orthopedic surgery training in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program and a sports-medicine fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute. He focuses on sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder, and knee replacement.
Clinical focus
Sports medicine, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, and joint replacement of the knee.
Profile last fact-checked July 7, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Schluntz compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
1 of 2 offering arthroscopic knee & shoulder surgery
2 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name arthroscopic knee & shoulder surgery.
We list 4 orthopedics & sports medicine providers serving Bethesda.
Longest since qualifying of our 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers
Qualified in 1988. The median for the 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers whose year we record is 1999.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Schluntz sits by experience
Dr. Schluntz finished medical school in 1988, 38 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 25 finished earlier, 106 finished later, and 3 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–1984Dr. Schluntz1988
1985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 22 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 — Dr. Schluntz | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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