Background
Weg, John Gerard was born on February 16, 1934 in New York City. Son of Leonard and Pauline M. (Kanzleiter) Weg.
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John Gerard Weg
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Bachelor cum laude, College Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1959.
Career
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1958;
advanced through grades to captain, United States Air Force, 1967;
intern, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, 1959-1960;
resident, then chief resident in internal medicine, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Hospital, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1960-1964;
chief pulmonary section, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Hospital, 1964-1966;
chief inhalation section, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Hospital, 1964-1966;
chief pulmonary and infectious disease service, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Hospital, 1966-1967;
resigned, 1967;
clinical director pulmonary disease division, Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, 1967-1971;
from assistant professor to associate professor medicine, Baylor University College Medicine, Houston, 1967-1971;
associate professor medicine, University of Michigan Medical School University Hospital, Ann Arbor, 1971-1974;
professor, University of Michigan Medical School University Hospital, since 1974. Physician-in-charge pulmonary division, 1971-1981, physician-in-charge pulmonary and critical care medical division, 1981-1985. Consultant Ann Arbor VA, since 1971, Wayne County General hospitals, 1971-1984.
Member of advisory board Washtenaw County Health Department, since 1973. Member respiratory and nervous system panel, anesthesiology Section National Center Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, since 1983, chairman, 1985-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College Chest Physicians (Chairman of the Board Governors 1976-1979, governor Michigan 1975-1979, chairman membership committee 1976-1979, professor-in-residence since 1972, chairman critical care county 1982-1985, chairman ethics committee 1998), American College Chest Physicians and International Academy Chest Physicians (executive council 1976-1982, president 1980-1981), American College of Physicians (chairman Michigan program committee 1974). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation Clinical Research, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society (secretary-treasurer 1974-1976), American Association Inhalation Therapy, Air Force Society Internists and Allied Specialists, Society Medical Consultants to Armed Forces, International UnionAgainst Tuberculosis, Michigan Thoracic Society (president 1976-1978), Michigan Lung Association (director), Bruce Douglas award 1981), American Lung Association, Research Club University of Michigan, Association Advancement Medical Instrumentation, Central Society Clinical Research, Am.Bd. Internal Medicine (subspecialty commission on pulmonary disease 1980-1986, critical care medicine test committee 1985-1987, critical care medicine policy committee 1986-1987), New York Medical College Alumni Association (medal of honor 1990), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Mary Loretta Flynn, June 2, 1956. Children: Diane Marie, Kathryn Mary, Carol Ann, Loretta Louise, Veronica Susanne, Michelle Celeste.
