Jeffrey C. Weinreb MD, FACR

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology; Director, Medical Imaging; Chief, Body Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Biographical Info

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Weinreb received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has held faculty positions at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Columbia College for Physicians and Surgeons, and New York University School of Medicine, where he was Director of MRI for 15 years and led a group that pioneered the development of Body MRI. Yale has been his home since 2002.
Dr. Weinreb is currently Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the Yale School of Medicine and Chief of MRI and Director of Medical Imaging at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is a leading authority on MRI contrast agents and the use of MRI for the breast, abdomen (focusing on the liver), and pelvis. A noted educator and lecturer, he has presented more than 800 invited lectures and has been a frequent Visiting Professor throughout the world. Dr. Weinreb has authored/co-authored more than 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 3 textbooks, and he is on the editorial boards of several medical journals.
As Chairman of the American College of Radiology Commission on Quality and Safety, Dr. Weinreb spearheaded efforts to improve the quality of medical imaging in the USA. He has served as President of the SCBT/MR, President of the New York Roentgen Society, and Vice President of the ACR, and he currently chairs the annual ACR Forum. Dr. Weinreb continues to maintain a full time clinical and academic practice.

Education & Training

M.D.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1978)

Resident

Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, Diagnostic Radiology (1979 - 1981)

Fellow

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, CT/Ultrasound (1982 - 1983)

Intern

Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, Internal Medicine (1978 - 1979)

Chief Resident

Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, Diagnostic Radiology (1981 - 1982)

Board Certification

Radiology, Diagnostic, Board Certified  (1983)

Honors & Recognition

• National Science Foundation Research Fellowship
  Waldemar Medical Research Foundation, Woodbury, NY (1969)
• Certificate of Outstanding Contribution, ACRIN
  American College of Radiology Imaging Network (2004 )
• Phi Beta Kappa
  MIT, Cambridge, MA (1974)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon
  Honorary Chemical Society, MIT (1974)
• Frederick H. King Merit Scholarship Award
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (1974-1978)
• Indian Health Service Fellowship
  (1975)
• Mount Sinai-Hadassah Medical Center Exchange Program
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (1978)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (2003)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (2001)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (2002)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (2000)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (1999)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (1998)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (1997)
• Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”
  Radiology (1996)
• Fellow of the Society Award
  Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1992)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (1993)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (1994)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (1995)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (1997)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (1998)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (2001)
• SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award
  (2002)
• Giovanni Di Chiro Award for Outstanding Scientific Research
  Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (1996, 1998)
• SCBT/MR Moncada Research Award
  (1999)
• Fellow
  American College of Radiology (2001)
• Distinguished Committee Service Award
  American College of Radiology (2001)
• M.A. Privatim (honorary Master’s degree)
  Yale University, New Haven, CT (2004)