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;
Specialization for
Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) 2000.
II. Professional Appointment:
Medical
Director, Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services "Gesundheitsforum Nahetal",
Gensingen (formerly head of the Asklepios Katharina Schroth Centre)
III. Editorial Board:
a. Résonances Européennes du Rachis (Official Organ of
the Société Internationale de Recherche et d`Etude
sur le Rachis – SIRER)
b. Pediatric Rehabilitation (Taylor & Francis)
c. Scoliosis
d. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
IV. Society Board:
a. IRSSD (International Research Society for Spinal
Deformities)
b. SOSORT (Society on Spinal Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Treatment)
-2008
V. Founding Editor of: “Scoliosis” (Peer reviewed
Pub Med listed open access journal)
VI. Editor in Chief of: The Internet Journal of
Rehabilitation, launch 2010
VII. Inventor and developer of new comfortable brace
designs such as: physio-logic™ brace, spondylogic™ brace, kyphologic™
brace, USO, Chêneau light™ and Gensingen brace™.
VIII. Inventor and developer of new approaches of
physical therapy such as: physio-logic™ exercises, 3D-
madeeasy, 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 treatmen 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 10 books and > 70 listings in
Pub Med.
