The Dartmouth Institute
Faculty Biographies
Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Third Century Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dartmouth College, Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Vice Chair Board of Governors, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Editor-in-Chief, Spine Journal
Contact:
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- One Medical Center Drive
- Lebanon, NH 03756
- Phone: (603) 653-3580
- Email: James.Weinstein@dartmouth.edu
- Assistant: Sarah Martel
- Asst. Phone: (603) 653-3580
- Asst. Email: sarah.o.martel@dartmouth.edu
Education:
BS, 1972, Bradley University
DO, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine 1977
MSc, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College 1995
Experience and Interests:
Through his career, Dr. Weinstein has been a champion of informed choice among patients (as opposed to the traditional doctrine of informed consent.) He founded the first-in-the-nation Center for Shared Decision-Making, allowing patients to incorporate clinical trials evidence into decisions about their health care choices. The Spine Center at Dartmouth, which he established, has become a model for informed choice, drawing administrators and colleagues from around the world who wish to replicate the center in their own institutions. In testimony before Congress, published research, and frequent participation in conferences and on national and international panels, he has demonstrated the financial, patient satisfaction, and outcomes benefits of shared decision making.
A practicing spine surgeon, Dr. Weinstein is a leader in the diagnosis, treatment and study of spinal disorders. He developed the primary classification system used for treating Spine Tumors, now used around the world. Dr. Weinstein’s research has received over $50 million in federal funding. He is the Principal Investigator of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT), the largest study funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Weinstein also directs the NIH sponsored, Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Health Care at Dartmouth (MCRC) and the T32 NIH training grant. He is Editor-in-Chief of Spine an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal, ranked 1st in its field by SCI. His published research numbers in the hundreds of articles, all in peer-reviewed, internationally prominent journals.
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Dr. James Weinstein is the Director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Third Century Professor at Dartmouth Medical School, and an internationally renowned spine surgeon and health services researcher.