University of Iowa
Department of Biochemistry
4-403 BSB
Iowa City, IA 52242-1109 USA phone: 877-846-8569
or 319-335-7932
fax: (319) 335-9570
biochem@uiowa.edu

Department of Biochemistry

Professor and Head
Department of Surgery

Office: 319-353-7474
ronald-weigel@uiowa.edu
Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology Clinic
Telephone: 319-356-4200

Ronald Weigel
51 Newton Rd
Department of Biochemistry
Iowa City, IA 52242

Medical School:

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Internship:

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Residency:

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Certification:

American Board of Surgery

Memberships:

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Association for Academic Surgery
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
San Francisco Surgical Society
Society of University SurgeonsAmerican Association for Cancer Research
Surgical Biology Club II
Sabiston Surgical Society
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
The Society of Surgical Oncology
International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
International Society of Surgery/Societe Internationale de Chirurgie
American Surgical Association
Society of Clinical Surgery
Philadelphia Academy of Surgery
American Board of Surgery

Honors:

MIT's Boit Writing Prize
MIT's Robert T. Haslam Cup Award
Medical Scientist Training Program Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Award
American Surgical Association Fellow
The Elsbach Richards Faculty Scholar
George H.A. Clowes, Jr., MD, F.A.C.S. Memorial Research Award
Francis E. Rosato Professor of Surgical Oncology

Recent Publications

Lal TG, Kaulback KR, Bombonati A, Palazzo JP, Jeffrey RB, Weigel RJ (2003). Surgical Management of Adrenal Cysts. American Surgeon 69:812-4.

Weigel RJ, Dracon G, Radhakrishnan R, Rho Y, Sevgen F, Dafoe DC (2004). Incentive Systems For Academic Productivity in a Department of Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 199:300-307.

Kulkarni K, Kim SM, Weigel RJ (2004). Utility of Very Delayed Parathyroid MIBI SPECT for Localization of Parathyroid Adenoma. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 29:727-729.

Aqeilan RI, Palamarchuk A, Pekarsky Y, Iliopoulos D, Weigel RJ, Herrero JJ, Huebner K, Croce CM (2004). Physical and Functional Interactions between Wwox Tumor Suppressor Protein and the AP2? Transcription Factor. Cancer Research 64:8256-8261.

Weigel RJ, Silverberg LI (2005). Effect of Parathyroidectomy on Polycythemia Vera. Surgery 137:102-3.

Parikh P, Palazzo JP, Rose LJ, Daskalakis C, Weigel RJ (2005). GATA-3 Expression as a Predictor of Hormone Response in Breast Cancer. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 200:705–710.

Stabach PR, Thiyagarajan MM, Weigel RJ (2005). Expression of ZER6 in ER?-positive Breast Cancer. Journal of Surgical Research 126:86-91

Thompson DA, Carmeci C and Weigel RJ (1998). RT-PCR using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) archival tumour specimens. In: Gene Cloning and Analysis by RT-PCR, pp 3-17, PD Siebert and Larrick (eds.). BioTechniques Books, Natick, MA.

Macdonald JS, D Haller, McDougall IR and Weigel RJ. (2000) Endocrine system. In: Clinical Oncology, Second Edition, pp 1360-1397, MD Abeloff, JO Armitage, AS Lichter and JE Niederhuber, (eds.). Churchill, Livingstone, New York.

Weigel RJ.(2001) Thyroid In: Surgery: Scientific Basis and Current Evidence, pp879-896, JA Norton, RR Bollinger, AE Chang, SF Lowry, SJ Mulvihill, HI Pass and RW Thompson (eds.). Springer-Verlag, New York.

Yang GP and Weigel RJ.(2001) Transcription In: Surgical Research, pp233-251, WW Souba and D. Wilmore (eds.). Academic Press, San Diego.

Weigel RJ, Macdonald JS, Haller D, McDougall IR (2004). Cancer of the Endocrine System. In: Clinical Oncology, Third Edition, MD Abeloff, JO Armitage, JE Niederhuber, MB Kastan, WG McKenna (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia

Affiliations

Biochemistry Department
Surgery Department