Spine care built around you.

I am Aaron Wey, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon (American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery) in North Jersey, dual fellowship-trained, with advanced training in adult and pediatric spinal conditions.

Every patient gets a plan made for them. I start by listening. I want to know what you feel, what you have already tried, and what you want to get back to. Then we look at your exam and your imaging together, and we build a plan that fits your life.

Most neck and back problems get better without surgery. Physical therapy, medicine, injections, and time help most people. I am trained in both non-surgical care and surgery, so I can tell you honestly which one fits your problem.

When surgery is the right choice, I use the smallest operation that will fix the problem. Whenever it is safe and makes sense, I choose options that keep your spine moving, such as disc replacement and minimally invasive or endoscopic surgery through very small cuts. Fusion still has a place, but I recommend it only when it is truly necessary: a severely unstable spine or severe scoliosis.

In children and teens with scoliosis, I use as little fusion as I can. For curves in the upper and middle back, fusion is still the most reliable way to correct scoliosis, and it costs very little motion there. Correcting that part of the spine also brings the rib cage and chest into a better position, a benefit that reaches beyond the spine itself. The lower back (lumbar spine) is different: I protect its motion at all costs. That means fusing only the upper part of a curve (selective thoracic fusion) and guiding the lower curve with vertebral body tethering, which steers the spine as the child grows instead of fusing it. Used together, they form what I call a hybrid construct: a thoracic fusion above, a thoracolumbar tether below.

I treat the full range of spine problems: pinched nerves, sciatica, spinal stenosis, worn discs, scoliosis and other curves, fractures, and surgery that needs to be redone.

My training: I studied biomedical engineering at NJIT and earned my medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. I completed my orthopaedic surgery residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, then a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics at the University of Utah, where much of my training focused on scoliosis and other spinal deformities in children. I spent four years in practice as a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon in Pennsylvania, which is why I care for children and teens as well as adults. I then completed a second fellowship in adult spine surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, with more advanced training in complex scoliosis and pediatric spinal deformity at Shriners Children's Philadelphia. Today I practice at Pfisterer Orthopaedics, an affiliate of Holy Name Medical Center, in Teaneck, New Jersey.

My goal is simple: the right treatment for you, with the least surgery needed to get you back to your life.