Weiss Orthopaedics

I am so grateful to have been referred to Dr. Weiss! In January 2015 I was in a motorcycle accident and taken to the trauma center at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa.
I was there for 2 weeks due to major internal injuries and I broke my right hand.
2 different doctors took care of me, the internal injuries by Dr. Brian Schmidt (awesome !), my hand was (supposed) to be repaired by Dr. Roger Klein, the orthopedist on call.
I had a cast on for 6 weeks, then physical therapy for another 6 weeks. When I was done my hand looked deformed, hurt like hell and I could not even do simple tasks like brushing my teeth !!
My physical therapist referred me to Dr. Weiss.
I hit the jackpot !
Dr. Weiss and I looked at my hand on a realtime instrument! He explained that because my thumb bone was not put together properly that a lot of arthritis had accumulated. I also had torn ligaments that were not repaired (no wonder I couldn’t perform simple tasks).
I figured since I was going under the knife that I would get a couple of other issues taken care of at the same time.
When I was out of surgery Dr. Weiss explained that there was more damage that had to be repaired and that he has repaired almost everything he could to one hand! He also said that my recovery would take a long time.
My recovery only took a week over 4 months! The minute my cast was taken off my hand felt better than before my surgery. I am able to perform all tasks, my hand looks beautiful !
Thank You, Dr. Weiss

I drove 35 minutes to see Dr. Weiss after high recommendations by my hand specialist (O.T). I have met with Dr. Weiss on two occasions, due to pain and immobility of my thumb (Trigger thumb). He took x rays and did a manual exam. He explained the condition very well and told me of my options. I initially opted to have a shot of cortizone, which helped for a few months. I then returned and had a trigger release procedure done. Dr. Weiss spent a good amount of time explaining what he was going to do and answering questions. The staff in the office were very nice and I was seen in a timely manner on both occasions. I am totally pleased with the results.

This update concerns the treatment I had for my shoulder injury/​condition and my carpal tunnel syndrome.
I decided not to have the open hand surgery at this time. Instead, I had a guided cortisone injection on the worse hand, with excellent results. I liked that Dr. Weiss explained thoroughly that this is not a permanent solution, and also that he would not recommend doing repeated injections. However, it did provide great relief for about 2 months. I have since had some ergonomic adjustments to my work station and some chiropractic adjustments to my neck, along with doing stretching and strengthening exercises. The point is that Dr. Weiss made a diagnosis, with full explanation of the array of options he could provide. I selected the least invasive, and obtained good, if limited, results.
SHOULDER: Dr. Weiss performed an arthroscopic debridement. The surgery was easy and went perfectly. The surgery center is new, modern and clean. The anesthesiologist was fantastic! He promised I would have no nausea from the general, and he was right.
Dr. Weiss is a skilled surgeon who is equally gifted at consultation. He was candid with me as to my poor long term prognosis (arthritis in the shoulder) but not negative. The recovery was easy — only on pain pills for 2 days. ICE MACHINE! They should have told me to get one! Fortunately, I borrowed one so that saved the day. At post-​op, I had recovered approximately 95% range of motion, with no physical therapy.
If the carpal tunnel gets worse, I would ask Dr. Weiss to perform the open surgery, at least on one of the hands.

My mom had been in pain for 3 months with a «trigger finger» type injury that an «expert» was going to operate on in Napa. Luckily, for my mom she got a second opinion from Dr. Weiss and we are all glad she did. He was professional, concerned and efficient! Within an hour of her in office procedure she felt relief and the next day her hand felt even better! Dr. Weiss explained a variety of things to my mom and her only regret is not finding him sooner. For what its worth my mom had two ulnar nerve transpositions years ago in Santa Rosa by another good Dr. Bravo Dr. Weiss and thank you for helping my mother.

I have known Dr. Weiss for twenty years or more, since I was in my 60’s. My first experience of him was as the doctor on call when I broke my hip. Most recently he expertly reassembled my shattered elbow. I have always liked him. He is self-​confident and very bright and has a good sense of humor which are all qualities I want in a surgeon. He stays current with procedural and technological developments in his field, and does good works in other countries such as Haiti and Vietnam. He is efficient with his time and energy and he will continue to be the person I’d choose to treat any broken bones in my body or in the boides of any of my loved ones.
Marilyn Goode

A brilliant doctor who was able to repair my shattered non-​union of a wrist.
Some people might be offended by his speaking style but I knew ahead of time that he speaks very quickly and is rather no-​nonsense in his style.
If you want to chat with a physician don’t go to Dr. Weiss. He’s brilliant and busy.
See LTs review of 12÷9÷2013. I agree fully with LT.

HORRIBLE PATIENT SERVICE! A Doctor who just doesn’t care…
After my experience with this office today, I have decided to NOT give Dr. Weiss my business. If you do not like being swept under the rug, I advise anyone else to do the same… find another surgeon who actually CARES about his/​her patient!
If I have been experiencing pain and have been scheduled to have surgery, and yet this office refuses to prescribe pain medication, what are my options? I have been told it is «office policy» to «not prescribe any pain medication until the week of the surgery»…are you kidding me? That would be 4 to 6 weeks of me writhing in pain while I wait for a surgery date to open up. NO THANKS. I will take my bum arm and my thousands of dollars worth of surgery to ANOTHER surgeon who actually cares about the well being of their patient.
SHAME ON YOU for treating people who are already suffering like they are some sort of criminal for asking for pain medication when they are in extreme pain! I was told by the receptionist (Shireen?) that if I am in such pain then I should «go to the ER»…are you serious?! We already know from my two MRI’s, one X-​ray, one nerve study, one cortisone shot, weeks of physical therapy what my problem is… isn’t THAT why we scheduled a surgery date???
If you don’t want to be treated by a receptionist who talks down to you and minimizes your situation, if you don’t want to wait 2.5 hours for the doctor to see you, if you don’t want a doctor who doesn’t care about you suffering daily from pain, if you do NOT want to wait two weeks for your appointment dictation to be ready so you can seek out a second opinion, then do NOT be seen by this office — they clearly only care about one thing: MONEY. My business is one thing that I will NOT be giving to Dr. Weiss.
I see from other (EX) patients of Dr. Weiss that I am not the only one who has been experiencing the poor patient/​customer service from this establishment, and I probably won’t be the last but I can tell you that the people who wrote negative reviews all mentioned EXACTLY what I went through with this office. The only positive reviewer mentioned that Dr. Weiss «really isn’t the best at speaking to his customers», which is really the only thing that rang true to me from their review. After having his assistant jab me with needles to «see exactly where the pain is originating from», I left the office in more pain than what I had before I went in! When I asked what I could do for pain management, I was told to «take some Ibuprofen and have a good night», and then he walked away. I got the feeling that he just wanted me out of there (my appointment was at 3:30pm and it was 6pm by the time I was seen) and didn’t want to deal with me and my pain. Whatever happened to CARING about what your patient, not customer, is going through?
All I can say (besides Wow, really?) is that I am glad to find this out BEFORE I underwent surgery with Dr. Weiss. Can you imagine what a nightmare it would be to undergo surgery, be in even MORE pain and having to undergo this type of treatment? NO THANK YOU. I believe I will take my business elsewhere… Mt. Tam Orthopedics, to be precise. I suggest anyone reading this do the same.

I had been a past patient of Dr. Weiss several years ago for a simple hand surgery. The surgery went well, but I remember having to wait in the waiting room for at least 30 minutes, or longer, each time. And my actual time with the Doctor felt rushed. For the past ten months, I have had shoulder pain radiating down my arm. Chiropractic did nothing, and then my regular doctor suggested physical therapy, which also did nothing. I was suspecting that I might need surgery, and so I did my own research into doctors. Dr. Weiss’s reviews seemed to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. He either ‘walked on water’, or patients would never go back to him. My regular MD referred me to Dr. Weiss, and an appointment was made. I decided to keep an open mind, and told myself that I would trust my own instincts upon my initial appointment. I showed up early for my 3:30 pm appointment, filled out at least five pages of information, and waited. I watched patients come an go, and two of the patients that came in, when approaching the check-​in desk, said, «Hi I am _​_​_​_​_​, for my 3:40/3:50 appointment with Dr. Weiss.» They were taken back to the exam room before me. After waiting for 50 minutes, I told the receptionist that I was going to be late for my physical therapy appointment on the other side of town. She said, «Oh yeah, we got backed up.» She didn’t seem to be too empathetic. After checking with the staff, she told me that she could do nothing for me that day, and I would have to reschedule for eight days later. I told her that my job takes me out of the Country, and I would not be here for that opening. I would have to wait possibly until a month later. Well, my instincts kicked in, and I felt that they really didn’t care about having their patients wait and wait and wait. I understand when there is an emergency that takes precedence, but this was not the case. If this is the way they take care of their patients (and this appears to be the norm from what I remember), then I will not be rescheduling. Oh… and they charge you $ 75 for a cancellation! I guess our time is of no value to them. I took the trouble of making sure that I was there early enough for my appointment, as were all the other people waiting, but that seems to be of little concern. Footnote: the next day, I went to Dr. Michael Brown, and had a very positive experience. Not only did they mail you all of the paperwork to your home several days before your appointment, within 25 minutes of me walking into their office, I had met the staff and had two x-​rays completed. The doctor talked to me (I mean, really talked AND listened) for at least 10 – 15 minutes. He offered me several options of treatment, and we decided upon a shot of cortisone and delaying an expensive MRI. He did it right then, and so far, it has proved to be giving me welcome relief. What a positive experience after what I had endured the previous day at Dr. Weiss’s office.

Dr Weiss’s is kind of like a brilliant Chef — who isn’t really the best at speaking to his customer’s — but will wow them with his expertise. This guy is seriously the best at what he does. In town everyone knows him as the «shoulder guy». My husband had two torn rotator cuffs. One so bad that most would have thought it impossible to operate on. Dr Weiss did just that and to perfection. Sure afterwards he was brief with his «all is well» comments — but he also instilled confidence in his doctoring prowess, he was professional, and concise. My husband is also a high risk patient who has a blood clot. Dr Weiss assured us prior to the surgery on the first shoulder that all would be fine, along with conferring with our Primary care Doctor prior the surgery. I understand he speaks all over the U.S. and is highly sort after. So much so that people come to Sonoma to be treated by him. So, in saying, go for expertise and the understanding this guy knows his stuff and way more than others out there — don’t go if you’re looking for a long chat — he’s busy!

I had heard that Dr. Weiss was highly recommended by one of my co workers, so I decided I would see him for a knee injury I had. I was so pleased with the treatment, and felt like he truly cared about helping me! I will definitely see him again in the future for any injury!

I found Dr. Weiss in 1998 after Kaiser couldn’t fix a work incurred shoulder tear. Dr. Weiss is a well versed orthopedic surgeon in the new and up and coming treatments. His surgery abilities are far and above any other Doctor that I have ever used. Dr Weiss was able to reattach two tendons that were detached from the bone and I have full mobility in the shoulder. I also used Dr. Weiss for a meniscus tear in my knee where he implanted tissue that he removed and grew and put it back into my knee. You can’t find a better surgeon or staff. Thank you Dr. Weiss for giving me my life back.
W.Tweedy