Arthur Weiss MD, PhD

Dr. Weiss received his Ph.D. (Immunology, 1978) and M.D. (1979) degrees from the University of Chicago. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Weiss completed his training in internal medicine and rheumatology at UCSF. In 1985, he joined the faculty of the Division of Rheumatology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. His major academic activities include directing his research laboratory as well as serving as Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and as Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program. Dr. Weiss is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.