Institution Affiliations:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
Spine Center

Education:

DO, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1977

MS, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, 1996

Residency:

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1978-83

Board Certification:

Orthopaedic Surgery, 1985, 2002

Specialties:

Orthopaedics
Spine Center

Joined Staff in 1996

Practice Note: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Surgery, Spine Tumors

In the News

• Orthopaedics Department Launched
• Orthopaedics is now a department, with Weinstein as chair

• What really works? Study hopes to solve back-pain conundrum

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Professional Interests:
Dr. James Weinstein is well known for his expertise in low back pain and advocation of conservative, non-invasive approaches to its treatment. He plans to continue his work for numerous national and international organizations and maintain his clinical expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of spine cancers.

Selected Publications:
Weinstein, JN, Brown, PW, Hanscom, B, Walsh, T, Nelson, EC. Designing an Ambulatory Clinical Practice for Outcomes Improvement? From Vision to Reality: The Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Year One. Quality Management in Health Care, 8(2):1-20, 2000

Weinstein JN, Principal Investigator. The Dartmouth Atlas of Musculoskeletal Health Care. Specialty Series Editor: Birkmeyer J; Dartmouth Atlas Editors: Wennberg JE, Cooper, M, Center for the Evaluative Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, 1999

Deyo RA, Cherkin DC, Weinstein JN, Howe JF, Ciol MA, Mulley AD. Involving Patients in Clinical Decisions: Impact of an Interactive Video Program on Use of Back Surgery. Medical Care, 38(9):959-969, 2000

Birkmeyer NJO, Weinstein JN, Tosteson ANA, Tosteson TD, Skinner JS, Lurie JD, Deyo RA, Wennberg JE. Design of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine, 27(12):1361-1372, June 2002

Skinner, J, Weinstein JN, Sporer SM, Wennberg, J. "Racial, Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in Rates of Knee Arthroplasty Among Medicare Patients". NEJM 349:1350-1359, 2003.

Weinstein JN, Bronner KK, Morgan TS, Wennberg JE. “Trends and Geographic Variation in Major Surgery for Degenerative Diseases of the Hip, Knee and Spine.” Health Affairs Web Exclusive, VAR-81, 2004.