After my spine fellowship in Baltimore, I was looking for a progressive large high quality hospital and a group practice with orthopedic surgeons that enjoyed their work. I am originally from South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Where are you from, originally, and how did you come to live in the Lehigh Valley? OAA has a tradition of premier care as established by one of the greatest orthopedist I have known, Dr Peter Keblish. The staff, the doctors, and the tradition. What do you like best about working for OAA? I most enjoy helping patients return to their regular active lives after a period of disability and pain from a spinal condition. What do you like best about working with your patients?
To avoid these trauma conditions people should avoid drinking and driving and texting and driving, use seatbelts, and don’t drive too fast on a motorcycle, ski too fast if unskilled, or fall out of a tree stand. Most of the spine fractures that I take care of are via the trauma center at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The best thing that patients can do to prevent these conditions is to stay fit, and be careful the way they use their backs. This includes herniated discs, spinal stenosis, spinal cord compression with myelopathy, spondylolisthesis, degenerative discs and spine fractures. I most commonly treat injuries and degenerative disease of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. What are common conditions you treat? Is there anything patients can do to avoid developing their conditions? Additionally, I felt that my training as a family physician was most beneficially applied to the sub-specialty of spine surgery because of the extensive pre-operative evaluation and assessments of spine patients and the care necessary during recovery after large spine cases. At that time reconstructive spine surgery was in its infancy and I found this to be quite exciting and challenging. I enjoyed the intensity and intricate nature of the work in the OR, and the major impact that results could have on a patient’s life. I decided to enter spine surgery during my orthopedic residency as a result of training with several top notch spine surgeons. I then closely observed which surgeons were enjoying themselves the most. So, I decided to go back into training in a surgical field. During my time working in the ER I realized how much I enjoyed working with my hands suturing, placing chest tubes, splinting fractures, etc. I initially trained as a family physician and then worked for a bit as an emergency room doctor. When did you decide to specialize in orthopaedics? Spine/back/neck? Additionally, my mother was a nurse and, I guess, imparted some of her interest in the healing arts to me. I believe at last count I had 12 or so fractures, most the result of some sort of sports mishap. I was exposed to orthopedics quite a bit as a kid, but unfortunately as a patient. How did you become interested in medicine? He has participated in research, published, and lectured nationally on topics associated with minimally invasive spine surgery techniques such as endoscopic spine surgery. Weis routinely utilizes microsurgical techniques and, where necessary, instrumentation for spinal fusions. He has a particular interest in the surgical treatment of degenerative spinal disorders such as spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and herniated discs. Weis routinely treats all surgical disorders affecting the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Weis continues to offer comprehensive and personal care typified by a family physician to his sub-specialty practice.ĭr.
Although years of specialized training and practice have passed since his early days in medicine, Dr. Weis brings a unique perspective to the highly technical field of modern-day spine surgery. Weis has built his reputation through personal attention to his patients and exceptional surgical results.Īs a prior family physician, Dr. Performing over 300 spine surgeries annually, Dr. Weis has established himself as one of the busiest spinal surgeons in the region. Practicing spinal surgery in the Lehigh Valley since 1995, Dr.
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