Eric A. Weiss, MD, FACEP

Academic Focus or Interests

Wilderness and Travel Medicine; Wound Management; Environmental Emergency Medicine; Waterborne Infectious Diseases; Hypothermia; Heat Illness; Altitude Illness; Bioterrorism; Disaster Preparedness;

Publications

Weiss EA: White Water Medicine. Journal of Wilderness Medicine, 1991; 2:245-252

Fisher WT, Reilly K, Salluzzo RF, Weiss E, et al: Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1990; 19:1429-1435

Book Chapters

Weiss, EA: Hyperthermic Emergencies. Emergency Medicine, Third edition. (Kravis T, Warner CG, eds). Raven Press, New York , N.Y. 1993.

Weiss EA: Wilderness Improvisation. Wilderness Medicine, Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies. Third edition. (Auerbach, PS ed). Mosby, 1994

Weiss EA: Whitewater Medicine. Wilderness Medicine, Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies. Third edition. (Auerbach, PS ed). Mosby, 1994

Weiss EA: Hyperthermia. Emergency Medicine, A Comprehensive Review, Third edition. (Kravis TC, Warner CG and Jacobs LM eds). Ravens Press, New York , N.Y. 1994

Books

Weiss, EA: A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine, Third Edition. AMK Publishers, Oakland , 2000.

Weiss EA, Auerbach PS, Donner H: Field Guide to Environmental and Wilderness Emergencies. Mosby, St. Louis , MO 1998.

Weiss, EA: Wilderness 911: A Step by Step Guide to Backcountry Emergency Medicine and Improvised Care. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle , WA 1999.

Weiss, EA: A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine. AMK Publishers, Berkeley , CA 1992.

Weiss EA, Auerbach PS, Donner H: Field Guide to Environmental and Wilderness Emergencies. Mosby, St. Louis , MO 1998.

Weiss, EA: Wilderness 911: A Step by Step Guide to Backcountry Emergency Medicine and Improvised Care. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle , WA 1998.

Weiss, EA: A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine, Second Edition. AMK Publishers, Oakland , CA 1997.

Presentations

October 2002 - 2004, American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
Presented 5 lectures at each meeting

October 2001 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly / Research Forum
Chicago, Illinois
Lectures: Serious Waterborne Infections; Expedition Medicine for the Emergency Physician

August 2001 National Conference on Wilderness Medicine
Big Sky, Montana
Lectures: Beyond The Golden Hour, Serious Waterborne Wilderness Infections, Hypothermia

May 2001 Wilderness Medicine
Santa Fe , New Mexico
Lectures: Environmental Heat Illness; Hypothermia; Planning a Wilderness Medical Kit; Fractures and Dislocations

February 2001 National Conference on Wilderness Medicine
Big Sky, Montana
Lectures: Hypothermia; Wilderness Medical Improvisation, Near Drowning and Cold Water Shock

October 2000 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Lectures: Serious Waterborne Infections; Expedition Medicine for the Emergency Physician; Environmental Extremes: Update on Hypothermia and Heat Emergencies

August 2000 Wilderness and Travel Medicine
Big Sky, Montana
Lectures: Prevention and Treatment of Heat Illness, Near Drowning, Trauma Management; Hypothermia and Cold Water Immersion

June 2000 13th Annual Olive View-UCLA National Conference on Advances in Emergency Medicine and Primary Care
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Lectures: Third World Medicine: How To Stay Healthy in Undeveloped Countries; Wound Care

May 2000 Wilderness Medicine 2000
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Lectures: Environmental Heat Illness; Hypothermia; Planning a Wilderness Medical Kit

March/April 2000 Sixth Annual Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine & Acute Care Kauai, Hawaii
Lecture: Temperature-Related Emergencies: Advances in the Treatment of Hypothermia and Heat Illness

February 2000 Wilderness and Travel Medicine
Snowbird, Utah
Lectures: Environmental Heat Illness; Wound Care

February 2000 Wilderness and Travel Medicine
Snowbird, Utah
Lectures: Near-Drowning and Cold Water Shock; Hypothermia; 1001 Uses for Safety Pins & Duct Tape

October 1999 Division of Trauma - Critical Care Grand Rounds
“Hypothermia”

October 1999 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
Las Vegas , Nevada
Lectures: Trauma Resuscitation; Expedition Medicine for the Emergency Physician; Rescue in the Wild; Back-Country 911: 1001 Uses for Duct Tape and Safety Pins

August 1999 The World Congress on Wilderness Medicine
Lectures: Improvised Medicine; Near Drowning; Hypothermia

August 1999 Wilderness and Travel Medicine
Big Sky, Montana
Lectures: Environmental Heat Illness, Near Drowning, Trauma Management; Hypothermia Update

May 1999 Wilderness Medicine 1999
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Lectures: Environmental Heat Illness, Near Drowning, Trauma Management

March 1999 Fifth Annual Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine
Maui, Hawaii
Lecture: Near Drowning & Cold Water Survival

February 1999 Wilderness and Travel Medicine
Snowbird, Utah
Lectures: Near-Drowning and Cold Water Shock; Hypothermia; 1001 Uses for Safety Pins & Duct Tape

October 1998 Topics In Emergency Medicine
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
Lecture: Hypothermia and Drowning

October 1998 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
San Diego, California
Lectures: Trauma Resuscitation; Mountain Maladies: Ills of the Hills; Management of the Near-Drowning Victim

May 1998 Grand Rounds, Brooklyn Emergency Medicine Foundation
Brooklyn, New York
Hypothermia and Heat Illness

March 1998 7th International Conference on Emergency Medicine,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Basic Issues of 3rd World Medical Care, Near Drowning, Whitewater Accidents

October 1997 American College of Emergency Physicians, National Scientific Assembly
San Francisco, California
Management of the Near Drowning Victim (1 hour), Temperature-Related Illness: Advances in the Management of Heat-and Cold-Related Injuries 

Awards and Society Memberships

• 1999-2000 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• Outstanding Speaker of the Year award, October 24, 2000