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Arnold-Peter Weiss, MD

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Arnold-Peter Weiss, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand surgery at Rhode Island Hospital and a consulting team physician for the Providence Bruins professional hockey team. 

At Rhode Island Hospital, Weiss performs both standard procedures, including carpal tunnel release surgery, and newer procedures, including an elbow replacement surgery he helped to develop.

More about Weiss:

  • Weiss is also a professor in the division of hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery at Brown Medical School.

  • Weiss holds five patents for novel surgery techniques and equipment, including a new carpal tunnel release procedure and arthroscopy implants. 

  • He has written more than 180 papers and book chapters and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
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