Background
Weiss, Joseph Franklin was born on October 24, 1927 in Portland. Son of Henry and Minnie (Kirsch) Weiss.
Weiss, Joseph Franklin was born on October 24, 1927 in Portland. Son of Henry and Minnie (Kirsch) Weiss.
Bachelor, Oregon State College, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, U. Oregon, 1954.
Intern, University of Chicago Clinics, 1954-1955; medical missionary, Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Thailand, 1956-1964; resident, ophthalmology, Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital, 1964-1967; ophthalmologist, Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey, 1968-1969; ophthalmologist, Valley Medical Clinic, Portland, 1970-1971; ophthalmologist, Winona (Minnesota) Clinic, 1972-1979; ophthalmologist, Memphis Eye and Cataract Associations, 1981-1996. Clinical assistant professor of University Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, 1981-1991.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1979-1981. Fellow American Academy Ophthalmology. Member American Medical Association, Tennessee Medical Association, Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Memphis Eye Society (secretary, treasurer 1986, president 1987), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Married Renee Elizabeth Mertens, June 5, 1965. Children: Mathew, Alexander, Heather.