David A Weiner, MD| Spine Surgery | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Weiner is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spine surgery. His areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Adult spinal deformities
- Pediatric scoliosis/vertebral body tethering
- Degenerative disorders and arthritis of the spine
- Disc replacement and minimally invasive spine fusion
Dr. Weiner has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences and scientific meetings.
He takes a conservative approach to patient care and focuses on non-surgical treatment options before recommending surgery. When surgery is the most appropriate path, he works with a multidisciplinary team to ensure patients’ needs are met and they have the support they need from diagnosis through surgery and recovery. Dr. Weiner works with all of his patients to provide them with the information they need to be active partners in decisions about their care.
When he’s not working, Dr. Weiner enjoys spending time with his family, doing home improvement projects, and playing golf.
Clinical areas of focus
- Adolescent Scoliosis
- Anterior Cervical Spine Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Anterior Spine Fusion
- Anterior Spine Surgery
- Back Injury
- Back Surgery
- Burst Fracture
- Cervical Herniated Disc Surgery
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Cervical Spine Fracture
- Cervical Spine Fracture Surgery
- Cervical Spine Injury
- Cervical Spondylolisthesis
- Compression Fracture Surgery
- Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Spine
- Direct Lateral Approach
- Disc Surgery
- Endplate Fracture
- Foot Drop
- Herniated Disc Surgery
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Herniated Disc
- Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Fracture Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
- Malunion Fracture Of The Spine
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Myelitis/Myelopathy
- Myelopathy Surgery
- Navigation Spine Surgery
- Neck Injury
- Nerve Compression Of The Cervical Spine
- Nerve Compression Of The Lumbar Spine
- Neural Foraminal Stenosis
- Nonunion Fracture Of The Spine
- Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
- Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery
- Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Posterior Spine Fusion
- Posterior Spine Surgery
- Posterior Thoracic Spine Fusion
- Posterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
- Radiculopathy
- Smith Petersen Osteotomy
- Spinal Cyst
- Spinal Stenosis Surgery
- Spine Osteotomy
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Surgery
- Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
- Thoracic Herniated Disc Surgery
- Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
- Thoracic Spine Fracture
- Thoracic Spine Fracture Surgery
- Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Transpsoas Approach
- Vertebral Fracture
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Vertebrae
- Absent Vertebrae
- Adolescent Scoliosis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Atlantoaxial Rotary Subluxation
- Back Injury
- Bulging Disc
- Burst Fracture
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cervical Bone Spur
- Cervical Compression Fracture
- Cervical Deformity
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Disc Displacement
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Cervical Spine Fracture
- Cervical Spine Injury
- Cervical Spine Mass
- Cervical Spine Stress Fracture
- Cervical Spine Tumor
- Cervical Spondylolisthesis
- Cervical Spondylosis
- Cervicogenic Headache
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Compression Fracture
- Congenital Malformation Of The Spine
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Spine
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Endplate Fracture
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
- Foot Drag
- Foot Drop
- Forestier's Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Infantile Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Intraspinal Abscess
- Junctional Kyphosis
- Klippel Feil Syndrome
- Kyphosis
- Lower Back Pain
- Lumbar Disc Disease
- Lumbar Herniated Disc
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Injury
- Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
- Lumbar Spine Tumor
- Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
- Lumbar Spondylosis
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Malunion Fracture Of The Spine
- Meningioma Of The Spine
- Myelitis/Myelopathy
- Myelopathy
- Neck Arthritis
- Neck Injury
- Nerve Compression Of The Cervical Spine
- Nerve Compression Of The Lumbar Spine
- Nerve Compression Of The Thoracic Spine
- Neural Foraminal Stenosis
- Neurogenic Claudication
- Nonunion Fracture Of The Spine
- Odontoid Fractures
- Post Laminectomy Kyphosis
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Radiculopathy
- Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
- Scheuermann's Disease
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Abscess
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Cyst
- Spinal Schwannoma
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Arthritis
- Spine Deformities
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Fracture
- Spine Injury
- Spine Mass
- Spine Osteoarthritis
- Spine Tumor
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Spondylosis With Myelopathy
- Sports Related Cervical Spine Injury
- Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
- Thoracic Herniated Disc
- Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
- Thoracic Spine Fracture
- Thoracic Spine Injury
- Thoracic Spine Tumor
- Thoracic Spondylolisthesis
- Vertebral Fracture
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Cervical Spine Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Anterior Spine Fusion
- Anterior Spine Surgery
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Back Surgery
- Cervical Decompression
- Cervical Herniated Disc Surgery
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Spine Fracture Surgery
- Cervical Spine Fusion
- Cervical Spine Revision
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Compression Fracture Surgery
- Craniocervical Junction Surgery
- Decompression Laminectomy
- Direct Lateral Approach
- Disc Arthroplasty
- Disc Replacement
- Disc Surgery
- Diskectomy
- Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Herniated Disc Surgery
- Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Laminoplasty
- Laser Spine Surgery
- Lateral Access Spine Surgery
- Low Back Surgery
- Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Fracture Surgery
- Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Microdiscectomy
- Microsurgery Of The Cervical Spine
- Microsurgery Of The Lumbar Spine
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Myelopathy Surgery
- Navigation Spine Surgery
- Non Invasive Scoliosis Treatment
- Occipito Cervical Fusion
- Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
- Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Posterior Spine Fusion
- Posterior Spine Surgery
- Posterior Thoracic Spine Fusion
- Posterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
- Prone Transpsoas (PTP) Technique
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Smith Petersen Osteotomy
- Spinal Abscess Surgery
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cyst Removal
- Spinal Stenosis Surgery
- Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
- Spine Fusion
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Osteotomy
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Revision
- Spine Surgery
- Spondylosis Surgery
- Spondylosyndesis
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
- Thoracic Herniated Disc Surgery
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Thoracic Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
- Thoracic Spine Fracture Surgery
- Thoracic Spine Fusion
- Thoracic Spine Surgery
- Three Column Osteotomy
- Transpsoas Approach
- Transthoracic Discectomy
- Tubular Discectomy
- Vertebrae Surgery
- Vertebral Column Resection
- Vertebroplasty
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CFBCBS EPO
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- FIRST HEALTH
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship Program: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2021)
Residency Program: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (2020)
Internship Program: MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2015)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2014)
Graduate Education: Georgetown University (2010)
Awards
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
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