Jess Bernard Weiss, MD

Jess Bernard Weiss, MD

Anesthesia, Spinal

Jess Bernard Weiss (1917-2007) was the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Brigham and Women's Hospital predecessor institution, Boston Lying-in Hospital/Boston Hospital for Women, from 1961 to 1981, and was vice chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at BWH from 1982 to 1988. Under his leadership the Boston Lying-in Hospital slowly shifted away from inhalation anesthesia in favor of regional anesthesia for labor and delivery. He improved the design of the epidural needle, adding "wings" in circa 1961. The eponymous "Weiss needle" for spinal anesthesia continues its worldwide popularity.

BWH Bulletin, November 26, 1999, page 2.

1999

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