Ronald S Weinstein, MD, FCAP, FATA

  • Director, Arizona Rural Telemedicine Demonstration Project
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
  • Professor, Medical Imaging
  • Professor, Pathology
  • Professor, Pharmacy Practice-Science
  • Professor, Public Health

The late Ronald Weinstein, MD, was a great advocate for telemedicine and highly regarded in his field. He was beloved and respected by the countless students, trainees, colleagues, staff, and community partners who worked with and learned from him during his long and illustrious career. He will be missed and his legacy will continue to grow at the University of Arizona and in the telemedicine program he helped build.

Research Interests: 
  • Cell-to-cell Interactions in Cancer Structure and Function of Intercellular Junctions 
  • Urinary Bladder Carcinogenesis
  • Urogenital Pathology Digital Pathology and Telepathology Pathology
  • Informatics Medical Education
  • Public 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-
Residency
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology, 1965-1970
Internship
  • 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