Arnold Peter Weiss
Arnold Peter Weiss, M.D. is a hand surgeon with University Orthopedics in Providence. He received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University, completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and a hand surgery fellowship at the Indiana Hand Center. He is currently a Professor at Brown Medical School. Dr. Weiss has published over 110 peer-reviewed medical articles and 5 books including a two-volume, comprehensive textbook entitled, Hand Surgery. He lectures extensively both nationally and internationally on hand surgery and has been awarded the AOA North American Fellowship, the American-British-Canadian Fellowship, and the Sterling Bunnell fellowship. He is currently Editor of the Journal of Hand Surgery and formerly Editor of the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He holds 6 US patents on orthopedic joint implants and devices used worldwide. He serves on the Board of Directors of Kinetikos Medical, Inc. (San Diego), the Strategic Advisor Board of Telegraph Hill Partners (San Francisco), and is an advisor to Wyper Capital Management (New York). Dr. Weiss is past Chair, Board of Governors of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and previously served as a Trustee of RISD. He also serves as Trustee of the American Numismatic Society (New York).