Dr. Dennis S Weiner M.D.
Orthopedist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
1 Perkins Sq Akron OH, 44308Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Dennis Weiner is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Akron, OH. Dr. Weiner specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system in children. As a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Weiner tends to childrens bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons can treat newborns to teenagers. Some conditions Dr. Weiner treats include gait abnormalities like limping, limp and spine deformities, broken bones and bone and joint infections.
Education and Training
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1963
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1963
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A 50-year experience with bone graft epiphysiodesis in the treatment of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Response to commentary: not stressed out.
- Remodeling of the proximal femur after upper femoral varus osteotomy for the treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.
- Increased chondrocyte apoptosis in growth plates from children with slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Greater trochanteric epiphysiodesis.
- Management of unstable/acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Calcaneal apophysitis: simple diagnosis, simpler treatment.
- The 3-dimensional configuration of the typical foot and ankle in diastrophic dysplasia.
- The incorporation of allogeneic and autogenous bone graft in healing of lateral column lengthening of the calcaneus.
- Fracture incidence following plate removal in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a 32-year study.
- The 3-dimensional configuration of the typical hip and knee in diastrophic dysplasia.
- Modified Chrisman-Snook repair for the treatment of chronic ankle ligamentous
- The use of the reconstruction plate in multiplanar tibial osteotomies in children.
- Management of the rigid cavus foot in children and adolescents.
- Orthopaedic manifestations of chondroectodermal dysplasia: the Ellis-van Creveld syndrome.
Treatments
- Scoliosis
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Patellar Tendonitis
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