Frederick Houdlette Albee (April 13, 1876 – February 15, 1945) was a surgeon who invented bone grafting and other advances in orthopedic surgery as a surgical treatment.

As a result of his discoveries, untold numbers of injured, crippled and disfigured persons were able to overcome trauma that had previously been untreatable.

Albee was born on a farm in the township of Alna, Maine, on a Friday the 13th, and learned how to do tree grafting from his uncle, Charles Houdlette.

Prior to the development of Dr. Albee's methods, the primary treatment for a soldier's seriously fractured limb had been amputation because of the need to prevent the spread of infection.

It was at that time that Dr. Albee implemented a program for physical, psychological and occupational rehabilitation of wounded soldiers.

Its post-war work done, the Colonia hospital closed in October 1919, and Dr. Albee turned his energies toward the peacetime treatment of injured workers.