Former Vail doctor accused of falsely diagnosing and treating patients for MS; practicing in Florida

Dr. Gary Weiss sold his Vail practice while involved in disciplinary proceedings with the Colorado Medical Board. Two local women may be among many who say they were misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

But the doctor, who now is accused of falsely diagnosing nearly two dozen others in Colorado with MS — using an MRI machine he owned but whose results he allegedly was unqualified to interpret — – continues to run a thriving medical practice in Florida caring for patients suffering with MS.

Two federal malpractice lawsuits were filed in Denver U.S. District Court on Aug. 19 against Dr. Gary M. Weiss, both accusing him of diagnosing patients with MS even though they didn’t have the incurable disease. Two women claimed they suffered depression and side effects, including debilitating pain, over of a span of several years because of what they described as sub-standard care.

A 2015 lawsuit filed in Summit County District Court by Dr. Mark Pithan, who bought Weiss’ Colorado practice for $1.3 million, said a large percentage of the doctor’s profits had been for MRI and EEG tests prescribed by him that were not “medically needed.”

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