Craig A. Weber, M.D. is a physician and researcher in the field of hypertension genetics and inherited anesthetic sensitivity. Through projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Weber is actively engaged in research aimed at discovering the links between genetics, high blood pressure, and other physiological traits in an attempt to make surgery and post surgical recovery safer for the population at large.
Experience:
For the past five years, Dr. Weber has worked in educational outpatient clinic and inpatient hospital settings. He has been directly involved in counseling and treating a broad selection of patients with both acute and subacute illness. He has provided care for patients in a number of cross specialty settings, including cardiothoracic surgery, internal and family medicine, and cardiology.
In addition to his clinical experience, Dr. Weber is an experienced researcher in topics related to the heart, cardioprotection, infarction and ischemia, and hypertension.
Outside of the clinic and laboratory, Dr. Weber has served as an educator for students at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels through Kaplan Medical, Boston College, Boston University, and the University of Wisconsin. He has authored and reviewed a wealth of test material aimed at preparing students for both the Medical College Admissions Test and the United States Medical Licensing Exam.
Education:
Dr. Weber received his bachelor's degree from Boston University, where he also studied mathematics and computer science. Before attending medical school, Dr. Weber worked on several research projects, funded by both the National Institutes of Health and The American Heart Association, focused on understanding the phenomenon of cardioprotection during ischemia and reperfusion. While studying medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Weber was interested and involved in the field of education, and served in an education research mentorship to better understand how physicians are trained. Through this position, he participated firsthand in the process of curriculum development and implementation for both medical students and medical faculty. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow involved in collaborative research between the departments of anesthesiology and physiology at The Medical College of Wisconsin.
From Craig Weber, M.D.:
Education and Patient Advocacy are very important ideas to me as a physician. I am dedicated to the idea of building an educated and confident patient population by giving patients the tools and resources they need in order to be informed participants in their own healthcare and well-being. Showing people the powerful role they can play in their own health is one of the most powerful aspects of modern medicine, but requires that patients have easy access to understandable resources. It is my goal to assemble such a collection of resources and tools here, equipping patients with the knowledge and understanding they need to positively influence their own health.