Brittany Weber, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Brittany Weber, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in cardio-rheumatology and cardio-dermatology, with a particular focus on immune-mediated inflammatory disorders and recurrent idiopathic pericarditis.

Dr. Weber earned her medical degree and a doctoral degree in immunology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she served as Chief Medical Resident. She gained advanced training through a cardiology clinical fellowship and a National Institutes of Health-funded T32 fellowship in cardiovascular imaging research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular medicine and internal medicine, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025.

Dr. Weber is the Director of the Cardio-Rheumatology and Cardio-Dermatology Program at UT Southwestern. Her clinical interests include cardiovascular risk stratification and prevention in patients with systemic inflammatory disorders. Her research focuses on investigating the relationships between systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary microcirculation and atherosclerotic plaque imaging.

She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology. Dr. Weber is Co-Chair of the ACC Inaugural Cardio-Rheumatology Group under the ACC Prevention Council and Director of the international Virtual Cardio-Rheumatology Clinical Conference Seminar Series. In addition, she serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Dr. Weber has delivered numerous invited presentations nationally and internationally and has published more than 100 academic articles related to her areas of expertise.

In 2025, she received the Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award from the American College of Cardiology.

Personal Note

When she’s not at work, Dr. Weber enjoys spending time with her family and practicing yoga.