Hospitals
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Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Education
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency
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University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship
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University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children’s Hospital
A native of southern California, Dr. Weisstein graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors as Valedictorian from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City in 1998. Simultaneous with his medical education, Dr. Weisstein received a Masters of Public Health at Columbia University in New York, NY. He subsequently completed his surgical internship and orthopedic surgery residency training at the University of California, San Francisco and then went on to receive fellowship training at the University of Washington.
Dr. Weisstein specializes in joint replacement and limb salvage surgery. His interest lies in the restoration of function in limbs that are in jeopardy, either from arthritis, tumors, trauma, or other conditions. Dr. Weisstein brings a wealth of knowledge to Colorado Springs having directed one of the largest joint replacement programs in California and most recently having served as the Director of the Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement at the internationally renowned Paley Institute in Florida. He has taught residents and fellows state of the art orthopaedic surgery at major academic medical centers including the University of Washington Medical Center, one of the top orthopaedic surgery institutions in the nation. Dr. Weisstein continues to teach other orthopaedic surgeons the latest orthopaedic surgery techniques including direct anterior hip replacement and customized knee replacement. He is a consultant reviewer to several major orthopaedic journals and has published many journal articles and over a dozen book chapters.
Dr. Weisstein has been described as a doctor’s doctor and is focused on treating his patients as unique individuals, a quality that is often missing in today’s ever-changing health care environment. . He has restored function and alleviated pain in the lives of thousands. Above all, he values the doctor patient relationship and the ability to provide state of the art, personalized attention.
Education:
BA: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, NY)
MPH: Columbia University School of Public Health (New York, NY)
Residency: University of California, San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children’s Hospital (Seattle, WA)
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards: Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Memberships:
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Fellow, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
