Dr. Norman Weinzweig, MD, FACS's Credentials

Accepting New Patients

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Biography

Dr. Norman Weinzweig is a highly experienced hand specialist and reconstructive surgeon who founded The Chicago Institute for Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation, a major state-of-the-art referral center for patients from Chicago and surrounding areas that draws patients from across the country and around the world. His cases range from simple hand conditions treated non-operatively to very complex multi-staged surgeries, such as replantation of amputated fingers and hands, that require microsurgical expertise. He is recognized as an accomplished hand specialist and is frequently consulted by his peers for his clinical experience and expertise in the acute and chronic care of severely traumatized hand injuries that occur in industrial and other accidents. For more than 25 years, Dr. Norman Weinzweig been performing highly complex hand and microvascular surgery, replanting and revascularizing amputated digits and hands, treating mutilating injuries of the upper extremity, nerve injuries, burns as well as stiff functionless digits and hands due to severe scar contractures in the United States. Dr. Norman Weinzweig advocates a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of these complex hand problems producing superb clinical outcomes. Dr. Norman Weinzweig’s practice philosophy emphasizes the integration of superb surgical skills and keen clinical acumen based on more than 25 years of experience in the field with the highest quality individualized patient care and compassion to do what is best for the patient. A powerful advocate for patient care, education and research, Dr. Weinzweig is dedicated to utilizing state-of-the-art technology and a multidisciplinary approach to challenging hand conditions to achieve clinical excellence.

Languages

• English

Education

• New York University School Of Medicine (Grad. 1981)

Areas of Expertise

• Ganglion cyst
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Hand transplant
• Dupuytren's contracture
• Burns
• Trigger finger
• Complex regional pain syndrome