Francis R. Weiner

Francis Weiner, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on liver disease, all types of viral hepatitis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

After earning his Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1979, Dr. Weiner completed his medical internship at Vermont Medical Center in 1980. He remained at this institution as a junior medical resident until 1981 before moving on to become a senior medical resident until 1982. Dr. Weiner then came to Einstein to complete a research hepatology fellowship in 1985 and a clinical gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship in 1986. He was Senior Research Hepatology Fellow in his final year.

Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Weiner has researched natural alpha interferon in the treatment of naive patients with chronic Hepatitis C, natural alpha interferon for the treatment of relapsers and nonresponders with chronic Hepatitis C and Rebetron for the treatment of nonresponders and relapsers with chronic Hepatitis C. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and book chapters.

Dr. Weiner is board certified in Gastroenterology and is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. Dr. Weiner received the American Liver Foundation Fellowship Award in 1984 and 1985, as well as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award in 1985.