Benny Weksler, M.D., Joins the Department of Surgery at Jefferson
Benny
Weksler, M.D., an accomplished thoracic surgeon, recently joined the
Department of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and was
also named an assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College of
Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Weksler specializes in thoracic
surgical oncology, especially procedures for lung and esophageal
cancer, as well as several different types of minimally invasive chest
procedures.
Dr.
Weksler received his medical degree in 1987 from the Medical School of
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Prior to joining Jefferson,
he completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at The Heart,
Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute of the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center in Pittsburgh. From 1995-1997, Dr. Weksler was a
cardiothoracic surgery fellow (thoracic track) at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical
Center in New York, New York. He also completed residency in the
Department of Surgery at the New York Medical College/Lincoln Medical
Center in Bronx, New York (1988-91 and 1993-94); and was named chief
resident from 1994-1995. From 1991-93, he served as surgery research
fellow in the Thoracic Oncology/Surgical Metabolism Laboratory at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center in New York, New York.
Dr.
Weksler brings a wealth of clinical and administrative experience,
having spent many working years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Weksler
served as chief of staff and thoracic surgery chief from 2000-2002 at
Rede D’Or Hospitals; and as chief of thoracic surgery at Hospital Barra
D’Or from 1997-99. Between 2002 and 2007 he was active in the private
practice of surgery in Brazil.
Dr.
Weksler is also an accomplished surgical educator. Before joining
Jefferson, he was a clinical instructor at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center. Prior to this he spent a year (1999-2000) as an
assistant professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at
Albert Einstein Medical College; a year as clinical instructor in
surgery at Cornell Medical Center (1996-97); and two years as a
clinical instructor in Surgery at New York Medical College (1994-96).
He is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the
American Board of Surgery. In 2001, Dr. Weksler earned an Executive
Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Sao
Paulo in Brazil (a program in association with Vanderbilt University
and Lyon Business School).
Dr. Weksler resides in Philadelphia.
Media Only Contact:
Ed Federico
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Phone: (215) 955-6300
Published: 8/13/2008