Stuart J. Weiss, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Section Chief, Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology
- Director of Intraoperative Echocardiography
- Emeritus Associate Professor CE of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
- Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
- Residency: Temple University Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 1992
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- American Society of Echocardiography, National
- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists, Local
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Cheung AT, Pochettino A, Guvakov DV, Weiss SJ, Shanmugan S, Bavaria JE Safety of Lumbar Drains in Thoracic Aortic Operations with Extracorporeal Circulation , Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2003, San Diego, CA : 2003
Weiss SJ, Hogan MS, McGarvey ML, Carpenter JP, Cheung AT Successful treatment of delayed onset paraplegia after suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair , Anesthesiology, 97: 2002,504-506
Cheung AT, Weiss SJ, McGarvey M, Stecker MM, Hogan MS, Escherich A, Bavaria JE Interventions for Reversing Delayed-Onset Postoperative Paraplegia After Thoracic Aortic Reconstruction , Ann Thorac Surg, 74: 2002,413-421
McGarvey M, Hogan M, Cheung AT, Weiss SJ, Bavaria JE Interventions for Reversing Delayed-Onset Postoperative Paraplegia After Thoracic Aortic Reconstruction , Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, FL: 2002,A-75
Cheung AT, Weiss SJ, McGarvey ML, Hogan MS, Bavaria JE, Savino JS Successful Treatment of Delayed Onset Postoperative Paraplegia After Thoracic Aortic Reconstruction , AUA Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN: 2002
Weiss SJ, Cheung AT, McGarvey M, Hogan M, Bavaria JE Reversal of Delayed-Onset Postoperative Paraplegia After Surgical Reconstruction of the Thoracic Aortic , SCA Annual Meeting, New York NY: 2002
Augoustides JG, Weiner J, Mancini J, Weiss SJ, Cheung AT Analysis of the Interatrial Septum (IAS) by Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) in Adult Cardial Surgical Patients: Anatomical Variants and Correlation with Patient Foramen Ovale , Anesthesiology, 96: 2002,A139
Guvakov DV, Belski AV, Cheung AT, Weiss SJ, Zhdanov GP Effectiveness of Forced Air Warming after Adult Cardiac Surgery Employing Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest without Cardiopulmonary Bypass , Anesthesiology, 96: 2002,A218
Guvakov DV, Postnov VG, Lomivorotov VN, Cheung AT, Weiss SJ Comparative Analysis of Neurocognitive Function and Serum Markers of Brain Injury in Pediatric Cardiac Patients Undergoing Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest without Cardiopulmonary Bypass , Anesthesiology, 96: 2002,A258
Lakshinarayana S, Weiss SJ The Current Status Of Intraoperative Ablation Techniques For Treating Atrial Dysrhythmias , SCA Newsletter: 2002