Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, M.D. is a Professor of Orthopaedics at MUSC. He received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University, completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and a hand surgery fellowship at the Indiana Hand Center. In addition to his appointment at MUSC, he is currently the R. Scot Sellers Scholar of Hand Surgery, Vice Chairman and Professor of Orthopaedics at Brown Medical School. Dr. Weiss has published over 210 peer-reviewed medical articles and 6 books including a two-volume, comprehensive textbook entitled, Hand Surgery, a two-volume textbook entitled, ASSH Textbook of Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, and a single volume textbook entitled, Comprehensive Board Review in Orthopaedic Surgery. He has numerous NIH grant awards mainly relating to arthritis development in the thumb and wrist joints. He has lectured over 450 times both nationally and internationally on hand surgery and has received many national awards including the 2018 Weiland Medal for Outstanding Lifetime Research in Hand Surgery. He is Editor Emeritus of the Journal of Hand Surgery and the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He holds 24 US patents on orthopedic joint implants and devices used worldwide. Dr. Weiss' main clinical practice area is specialized on complex joint replacement of the finger, thumb and wrist.