Biography
An adjunct professor of Dermatology at Brown, Stefan Weiss is a distinguished physician, researcher and entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in healthcare delivery and the life-sciences sector. He has played a pivotal role in securing multiple new drug approvals for inflammatory skin diseases, and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed abstracts, posters and manuscripts. He is frequently consulted as an advisor by life-sciences companies developing or marketing dermatologic therapeutics, and is consistently recognized by his peers as one of the nation’s leading physicians.
Weiss began his volunteer involvement for Yale during his senior year, when he was appointed chair of the Quarter-Century Fund. Following graduation, he became Chair of Agents for his class, a role he has diligently fulfilled for more than 30 years. Since early 2023 he has served as president of the Triangle Yale Club, which he has helped transform from a modest group into a vibrant and dynamic organization. Notable activities have included an “All-Ivy Day" at the local minor-league baseball stadium, a lecture and tasting focused on North Carolina barbecue, and “Blues and Biryani” celebrating Southern music alongside South Indian cuisine.
At Yale, Weiss majored in Philosophy, examining fundamental issues related to Descartes’ dualism and its significance for contemporary cognitive science. He then earned his MD and MSc in Clinical Research from the Duke School of Medicine, and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. He completed a residency in Dermatology at Stanford and a fellowship in Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. In addition to his volunteer work for Yale, he has served as a volunteer with the Duke School of Medicine, the American Academy of Dermatology, the National Psoriasis Foundation, and the North Carolina Medical Society.
