- Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (1982-1985), Pulmonary Diseases
- Medical School - New York University School of Medicine (1975-1979)
- Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (1979-1982), Internal Medicine
Jonathan Weissler, M.D.
Internal Medicine Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, UT Southwestern University Hospitals
- James M. Collins Professorship in Biomedical Research
- Internal Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Hospitalist (In-Patient Care)
- Lung (Pulmonary) Disorders
Biography
Jonathan Weissler, M.D., is a Professor in UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Internal Medicine and holds the James M. Collins Professorship in Biomedical Research. He is Chief of Medicine for UT Southwestern University Hospitals.
His areas of clinical expertise include pulmonology and critical care medicine. In his role as Chief of Medicine, Dr. Weissler supervises the housestaff, residents, and medical students at UT Southwestern University Hospitals.
Dr. Weissler earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship in pulmonary diseases at UT Southwestern.
He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1985. In his career, he has served as Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Director of Respiratory Therapy at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Dr. Weissler is active in training the next generation of pulmonary and critical care doctors through UT Southwestern’s academic programs.
Among many honors and awards, Dr. Weissler has been recognized as a Best Doctor by D Magazine and a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly.
Meet Dr. Weissler
Pulmonologist and Critical Care Expert
Pulmonologist Jonathan Weissler, M.D., wears many hats at UT Southwestern Medical Center – from caring for critically ill patients to serving as Chief of Medicine for UT Southwestern's University Hospitals – but he has only one goal: to provide the best care possible.
In his role as a pulmonary critical care specialist, Dr. Weissler – a Texas Monthly Super Doctor – cares for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) who have serious infections and respiratory failure.
Outside the ICU, he also sees patients with a variety of general lung problems, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.
Since he joined UT Southwestern in 1985, Dr. Weissler has seen the Medical Center grow in many ways, but especially in terms of patient care. UT Southwestern now treats many more patients and specializes in much broader areas of care.
Our goal is to make your experience at the hospital as brief, as safe, and as effective as possible."
"We've become more focused on measuring the quality of care that we deliver and on improving medical care for the patients whom we serve," he says.
Within pulmonology, Dr. Weissler says UT Southwestern's team of lung experts offers a depth of knowledge that is among the best available, and that depth attracts patients from around the country.
"We have one of the most highly regarded group of pulmonary doctors at any institution in the United States," he says.
Dr. Weissler also takes great pride in the physicians he has trained and recruited to help make UT Southwestern one of the top academic medical centers in the nation.
"I'm proud of their abilities and the fact that they are able to help people," Dr. Weissler says.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- Texas Medical Association
- Dallas County Medical Society
- American Thoracic Society
- American College of Physicians
Honors & Awards
- D Magazine Best Doctor 2020
- America's Top Doctors 2002-2013
- Best Doctors in America 2003-2013
- President, Association of Subspecialty Professors 2004-2005
- President, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors 1999-2000
- President, American Federation for Clinical Research 1993-1994
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Pleiomorphic Adenoma Gene-like 2 Expression Is Associated with the Development of Lung Adenocarcinoma and Emphysema
Yih-Sheng Yang, Meng-Chun W. Yang, and J.C. Weissler Lung Cancer Oct 2011 72(2) in press -
PLAGL-2 expression induced epithelium damages in emphysema
Yang, Y.S., Yang M.C.,Guo M, and J.C. Weissler Am J Phys (Lung) September 2009 297 455-466 -
Nuclear relocation of PLAGL2 modulates gene activity in hypoxic lung cells: a mechanism in maintaining SP-C expression
Guo,Y., Yang,M.C., Weissler, J.C., and Y.S. Yang Biochem and Biophys Res Communications August 2007 360 (3) 659-665 -
Adult-onset pulmonary fibrosis caused by mutations in telomerase
Tsakiri,K.,Cronkhite,J.,Kuan,P.,Xing,C.,Raghu,G.,Weissler J.C., Rosenblatt R.,Shay,J.,Garcia, C.K. PNAS May 2007 Vol 104, No. 18 7552-7557 -
TTF-1/TAP26 Complex Differentially Modulates Surfactant Protein-B (SP-B) and -C (SP-C) Promoters in Lung Cells
Yang, M.C., Guo,Y, Liu, C, Deng, F, Weissler J.C., and Y.S. Yang Biochem and Biophys Res Communications June 2006 344 (2) 484-490 -
PLAGL-2, a zinc finger protein,transactivates the surfactant protein-C promoter
M.C. Yang, J.C. Weissler, L.S. Terada, F. Deng, and Y.S. Yang Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol January 2005 32(1) 35-43 -
Alloantigen-induced immunoglobulin production in human lung: Differential effect of accessory cell subpopulations on IgG synthesis
Wilkes D.S. and J.C. Weissler Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol November 1994 10 339-46 -
Effect of interstitial lung disease macrophages on T cell signal transduction
Weissler J.C., Mendelson C., Moya F., and W.C. Yarbrough Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 149 191-196 -
Separation of potent and poorly functional human lung accessory cells based on autofluorescence
Nicod L., M.F. Lipscomb, G.B. Toews, and J.C. Weissler J. Leukoc. Biol May 1989 45 458-65 -
Enhanced accessory cell function by alveolar macrophages from patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
Twigg H. L., M.F. Lipscomb, B. Yoffe, D. Barbaro, and J.C. Weissler Am. J Respir Cell Mol Biol January 1989 1 391-400
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Pleiomorphic Adenoma Gene-like 2 Expression Is Associated with the Development of Lung Adenocarcinoma and Emphysema
Research
- Transcriptional Regulation of Surfactant proteins
- Severe Asthma
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Clinical Focus
- Hospitalist (In-Patient Care)
- Lung (Pulmonary) Disorders
- General Pulmonology
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