James Leighton Weese

Clinical Adjunct Professor of Surgery | Vice President, Aurora Cancer Care

James Weese

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

1949

Born in Chicago, Illinois to Dr. Carlisle and Florence Weese.

1970

Receives a Bachelor of Arts in biology from the University of Chicago.

1973

Receives a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Chicago.

1977

Marries Barbara F. Weese.

1979

Is an asst. professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a staff surgeon at William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI.

1985

Promoted to associate professor of surgery and human oncology with tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

1986

Is professor and chief of the Section of Surgical Oncology at Temple University, is chairman of Dept. of Surgical Oncology at FCCC.

1990

Is director, chief of surgical oncology, and associate chairman of the Dept. of Surgery at PMC of Philadelphia and president of PSOF.

1992

Delivers The Jonathan Rhoads Oration. Is Director of Surgical Oncology and Co-director of the Cancer Institute at Graduate Hospital.

1999

Becomes a clinical professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

2000

Becomes a clinical professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery at Drexel University.

2000

Becomes chairman of the Department of Surgery at Kennedy University Hospitals in Stratford, New Jersey.

2000

Appointed division head of Surgical Oncology, professor of surgery with tenure and chairman of the Department of Surgery at UMDNJ.

2001

Becomes a guest editorial reviewer of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Annals of Surgery.

2003

Appointed division head of Surgical Oncology at Cooper Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.

2008

Becomes medical director of the Advocate Christ Medical Center Cancer Institute in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

2011

Becomes a guest editorial reviewer of the Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine.

2012

Dr. Weese becomes Vice President of Aurora Cancer Center, Aurora Health Care, in Milwaukee, WI (now Advocate Aurora Health).

2013

Dr. Weese becomes a clinical adjunct professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

2017

Dr. Weese becomes a guest editorial reviewer of JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics.

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