Chicago hand surgeons are involved in the management of hand related issues. In a non-acute setting, where trauma or infection makes conservative management a safe option, the use of medications, splints, and therapy may be tried before your Chicago hand surgeon, recommends hand surgery.
Non-surgical treatments can offer alternative solutions to hand surgery Chicago. In fact, the JW Hand Center is focused on providing patients with non-surgical solutions to their hand and wrist pain before needing to resort to hand surgery.
At the JW Hand Center, we offer in-house occupational or hand therapy to our patients. Our specialized hand therapist all have advanced certification and training in hand therapy. The combination of close medical oversight and specialized expertise allows patients to return to their normal life sooner.
Individuals with workplace-related hand and wrist injuries can be treated at any of our locations. Our expertise in handling complex work related injuries is why many patients seek out our care even after having initial treatment elsewhere.
Our specialized IME service is designed to provide an independent opinion about the nature of an injury, its causation, the subsequent treatment, and whether maximum medical improvement (MMI) has been reached.
Meet The Leader In Hand Surgery Chicago
Dr. Jeffrey Weinzweig is hand and wrist surgeon considered to be one of the foremost international experts on complex hand and wrist disorders.
He is one of the most prolific authors and researchers in the field with 5 textbooks and more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and
chapters to his credit. His textbook, The Mutilated Hand, is the only textbook in the field to focus solely on post-traumatic reconstruction
of devastating hand injuries. His book, The Wrist, is the definitive textbook on the comprehensive management of wrist disorders.
Dr. Weinzweig has trained at multiple Ivy League institutions and the top schools in the world. He received his undergraduate training from
Columbia University, his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and his residency training in General Surgery
and Plastic Surgery from the University of Chicago and Brown University, respectively. He is also double fellowship trained with training
in craniofacial surgery, from the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and hand & wrist surgery,
from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Weinzweig is board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery from the American Board of
Plastic Surgery.