Eric L. Weiss, MD, DTM&H

Academic Focus or Interests

Interests in Tropical & Travel Medicine (travel related health & safety) and EMS / Pre-Hospital medicine / Aeromedicine. 

(Selected) Publications

Watson NT, Weiss EL, Harter PM: Famotidine in the Treatment of Acute Urticaria, Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 2000: 25(3):

Hanauer S, Kornbluth A, Lichtenstein G, Present D, Weiss EL: Spotlight on Crohn’s Disease, New Data in the Bacterial Controversy, Medical Crossfire, 2003: 4 (20): 4 – 16.

Weiss EL, Barba CM: Family Member Interpreters in the Emergency Department: A Help or Hindrance In the Provision of Care For the Spanish Speaking Patient? American Journal of Emergency Medicine, (submitted for publication).

Book Chapters

Weiss EL , Batchelor T: Expedition Travelers. In: Travel Medicine. Edited by Keystone, Kozarsky, Nothdurft, Freedman and Connor, 305-320, Mosby, Inc., 2004.

Weiss EL : Wilderness Acquired Zoonosis. In: Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies. Edited by P.S. Auerbach, 1017-1050, Mosby, Inc., 2001.

Weiss EL : Hot and Cold-Medical Risks of Environment Extremes. In: Travel Medicine and Health. Edited by H. Du Pont and R. Steffen, 113 – 118, B.C. Decker, Inc., Hamilton , Ontario , 2001.

Abstracts

Thanassi WT, Li GY, Weiss EL: Airport Medicine: Physicians or Paramedics as First Responders? Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, April 1998. New Haven , Connecticut .

Thanassi WT, Abhyankar SA, Weiss EL. Travelers and Pre-Travel Medical Advice. American Public Health Association, November 1998, Washington DC .

Weiss EL , Abyankar SA, Gianotti AJ, Thanassi WT, Watson NT: Ignorance of Hepatitis A among Travelers – Implications for Emergency Medicine. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Boston , May 1999.

(Selected) Presentations

5/02 Technology and Travel Health and Environmental Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Travel Medicine Conference
Berkeley , California

6/02 Malaria Prevention in this Age of Resistance
GlaxoSmithKline “VIP” invited lecture
Los Gatos , California

9/02 Bioterrorism & Disaster Preparedness, Aircrash Disasters
Chem/ Bioterrorism & Public Health
9 th Annual Stanford / SGH Joint Conference
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore, Singapore

9/03 Travel Medicine
Raymond M. Kay Internal Medicine Symposium
Kaiser Permanente Medical Education
San Diego, California

9/03 Conference Moderator & Speaker
Non-Absorbable Antibiotics in Primary Care
Rifaximin Summit
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Dallas, Texas

10/03 Crohn’s Disease: New Data in the Bacterial Controversy
Medical Crossfire
Baltimore, Maryland

8/04 Travel Medicine
President’s Circle Invited Presentation
St. Helena Hospital Foundation
St. Helena, California

Courses, lectures

EL Weiss. Course Director, eHealth Elective, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2000

EL Weiss. Course Director, Medicine 225, Travel Medicine & International Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2000

EL Weiss. Course Director, Medicine 225, Travel Medicine & International Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1999

EL Weiss. Course Director, Medicine 225, Travel Medicine & Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1999

EL Weiss. Instructor, Travel Health Workshop, WSP 39, Stanford University Continuing Studies Program, 2002

EL Weiss. Course Director, Medicine 261A, Comparative Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2003

EL Weiss. Course Director, Medicine 261B, Global Health Systems, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2003

EL Weiss. Course Director, Medicine 261C, Health Professionals as Global Citizens, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2003

EL Weiss. Conference Director, Life Flight 1 st Annual Aeromedicine Conference, Stanford University Hospital , 2004

Awards and Society Memberships

• 1993 Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
  Dallas, Texas
• 1998 Certificate of Knowledge in Tropical Medicine and Traveler’s Health
  American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• 2003 Fellow, World Association of International Studies
  Stanford, California
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• International Society for Travel Medicine
• World Association of International Studies
• Wilderness Medicine Society
• Professional Association of Diving Instructors
• Screen Actors Guild of America

Current Research Activities

Value of chest auscultation in the acute evaluation of the trauma patient (data collected, writing manuscript)

Assessment of Understanding and Use of Insect Repellents among hikers in Yellowstone National Park (data collected, writing manuscript)

Pain management in the pre-hospital setting (manuscript written, submitting for publication)

Survey of the Public’s Knowledge of Medical Staff Identification Terminology (data collected, writing manuscript)