Education:
Physical Therapy School (University of Mainz, Germany 1977 - 1979);
Physical Therapy examination 1979;
Studies of Medical Sciences 1979 - 1985 in Regensburg, Mainz and Frankfurt;
Examination 1985;
M.D. 1986;
Residency in Traumatology 1986;
Residency in Orthopedic Surgery 1987 - 1992.
Orthopaedic Surgeon since 1992,
Specialist for Chirotherapy and Physical Therapy 1992;
Specialist for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1996,
trained in Psychosomatic Medicine 1996;
Specialisation for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) 2000.
Professional Appointment: Medical Director, Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services "Gesundheitsforum Nahetal", Gensingen (formerly head of the Asklepios Katharina Schroth Centre)
Editorial Board:
- Pediatric Rehabilitation (Taylor & Francis-)
- Scoliosis (-2013)
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (- 2013)
- Open Access Journal of Science and Technology (OAJOST)
Society Board:
- IRSSD (International Research Society for Spinal Deformities - 2008)
- SOSORT (Society on Spinal Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Treatment -2008)
Founding Editor of: "Scoliosis" (2005)
Editor in Chief of: OA Musculoskeletal Medicine (2013)
Inventor and developer of new comfortable brace designs such as: physio-logic™ brace, spondylogic™ brace, kyphologic™ brace, USO, Chêneau light™ and Gensingen brace™.
Inventor and developer of new approaches of physical therapy such as: physio-logic™ exercises, 3D-made-easy, specific ADL approaches and "New Power Schroth"
Award: Best Clinical Paper at the 6th biannual meeting of the International Research Society for Spinal Deformities (IRSSD), Vancouver, June 2004: H.R. WEISS, G. WEISS: Is natural history changed by SpineCor treatment during pubertal growth spurt in girls with IS?
Guest editor of the special issue on scoliosis: Pediatric Rehabilitation 6, number 3-4, July - December 2003
Guest editor of the special issue on scoliosis: Physical Therapy - Theory and Practice 1, 2011
More than 500 publications including 11 books and > 80 listings in Pub Med.
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