Education: Physical Therapy School (University of Mainz, Germany 1977 – 1979); Physical Therapy examination 1979;
Studies of Medical Sciences 1979 – 1985 in Regensburg, Mainz and Frankfurt; Examination 1985; M.D. 1986;
Residency in Traumatology 1986;
Residency in Orthopedic Surgery 1987 – 1992.
Orthopaedic Surgeon since 1992,
Specialist for Chirotherapy and Physical Therapy 1992;
Specialist for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1996,
trained in Psychosomatic Medicine 1996;
Specialisation for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) 2000.

Professional Appointment: Medical Director, Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services "Gesundheitsforum Nahetal", Gensingen (formerly head of the Asklepios Katharina Schroth Centre)

Editorial Board:
a. Résonances Européennes du Rachis (Official Organ of the Société Internationale de Recherche et d`Etude sur le Rachis – SIRER)
Pediatric Rehabilitation (Taylor & Francis)
Scoliosis
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

IV. Society Board:
a. IRSSD (International Research Society for Spinal Deformities)
b. SOSORT (Society on Spinal Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Treatment) -2008

Founding Editor of: “Scoliosis” (Peer reviewed Pub Med listed open access journal)
Editor in Chief of: The Internet Journal of Rehabilitation, launch 2010
Inventor and developer of new comfortable brace designs such as: physio-logic™ brace, spondylogic™ brace, kyphologic™ brace, USO, Chêneau light™ and Gensingen brace™.
Inventor and developer of new approaches of physical therapy such as: physio-logic™ exercises, 3D-made-easy, specific ADL approaches and “New Power Schroth”

Award: Best Clinical Paper at the 6th biannual meeting of the International Research Society for Spinal Deformities (IRSSD), Vancouver, June 2004: H.R. WEISS, G. WEISS: Is natural history changed by SpineCor treatment during pubertal growth spurt in girls with IS?

Guest editor of the special issue on scoliosis: Pediatric Rehabilitation 6, number 3-4, July – December 2003
Guest editor of the special issue on scoliosis: Physical Therapy - Theory and Practice 1, 2011

More than 400 publications including 10 books and > 80 listings in Pub Med.