He started a general, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery practice with privileges in both Burlington JBM and Oakville Trafalgar hospitals in 1982. Cosmetic surgery became increasingly popular over the years; however, Dr. Weiglein believed that the cosmetic surgery client wasn’t being appropriately treated in a general hospital setting. So he built the region’s first freestanding cosmetic surgery facility, The Centre for Personal Surgery, in 1993.