Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, FCAP, FATA

Director, Arizona Rural Telemedicine Demonstration Project
Professor, Pathology
Professor, Pharmacy Practice-Science
Professor, Public Health
Professor, Medical Imaging
Research Interests: 

Cell-to-cell Interactions in CancerStructure and Function of Intercellular JunctionsUrinary Bladder CarcinogenesisUrogenital PathologyDigital Pathology and TelepathologyPathology InformaticsMedical EducationPublic HealthHealth Care Policy

Degrees
  • BS: Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.), 1960
  • MD: Tufts University School of Medicine, 1965
Honors and Awards
  • Director, Mixter Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, Massachusetts, General Hospital (dual roles: laboratory director and pathology resident), 1966-1970
  • Major, U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, 1970-1972
  • Vice Chair of Pathology, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, 1970-1972
  • Member, Executive Committee, Tufts Cancer Center, Boston Massachusetts, 1974-1975
  • Harriet Blare Borland Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1975-1990
  • Chief of Pathology, Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1975-1990
  • Director, Sir William Osler Summer Fellowship Programs, 1978-1990
  • Chairman, Graduate Education Committee, Association of Pathology Chairs, 1982-1984
  • Director, Central Pathology Laboratory, National Bladder Cancer Program, 1982-1990
  • Director, National Cancer Institute’s Flow Cytometry Network, 1984-1988
  • Co-Director, Long Course: New Concepts of Neoplasia, International Academy of Pathology, 1984
  • Chairman, Clinical Resources committee, Bladder Cancer Working Group, National Cancer Institute, 1987-1989
  • International Councilor, International Academy of Pathology, 1988-1989
  • Co-Director, Long Course: Uropathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 1989-1990
  • Secretary-Treasurer, Association of Pathology Chairs, 1990-1991
  • Professor and Chair of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1990-2007
  • Chief of Pathology, University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, 1990-2007
  • Director, Post-Sophomore Training Program, 1994-2007
  • Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program, 1996-
  • Director, Medical Technology Program, University of Arizona, 1997-2002
  • Vice President, Association of Pathology Chairs, 1998-2000
  • Vice President, Association for Pathology Informatics, 2000-2001
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 2002-2006
  • Chairman, International Advisory committee, Panama National Telemedicine Program, 2002-2009
  • Director, Institute for Advanced Telemedicine and Telehealth (T-Health Institute, Phoenix, Arizona), 2003-
  • Director, Four Corners Telehealth Consortium, 2004-2005
  • Member, Governor’s Council on Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, 2004-2006
  • Member, Total Cancer Care Advisory Committee, External Advisory Board, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 2005-2007
  • Member, Program Committee, Arizona Digital Government Summit, 2006-
  • Member, Telehealth Advisory board, Center for IT Leadership, Partner Healthcare/Harvard, 2006-2008
  • Member, Board of Director, Arizona Health-e Connection, 2007-
  • Consultant, Macy Foundation Planning Grant, “A New Integrated Approach to Primary Care Education, 2010-
Internship
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology, 1965-1970
Residency
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology, 1965-1970
Fellowship
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinical and Research Fellow, 1965-1969
  • Harvard Medical School, Teaching Fellow, 1965-1970
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Pathology - Anatomic Pathology