Chief Scientific Officer for MedStar Health
President of MedStar Health Research Institute 
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University

Dr. Neil J. Weissman is the Chief Scientific Officer for MedStar Health and President of MedStar Health Research Institute. He is also a professor of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized cardiologist with expertise in echocardiography and clinical trials.

As chief scientific officer, Neil provides leadership for the development and implementation of specific scientific priorities, with a commitment to further advancing MedStar Health as an academic healthcare system. As president of the Research Institute, he is responsible for the overall strategic and operational direction of the research arm of MedStar Health. 

Neil’s research interests include the use of cardiovascular ultrasound imaging in clinical trials and the development of artificial intelligent applications for imaging. He has served as principal investigator for numerous national and international multi-center trials, served on several national organizations and editorial boards, and has written hundreds of original reports published in high profile peer-reviewed journals. He is frequently invited to serve as an expert on U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panels and National Institutes of Health commissions and held many national leadership positions including past president of the American Society of Echocardiography and past chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Imaging Council.  

Neil received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York. He completed his internship, residency, and chief residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital. He followed his residency training with a clinical and research fellowship in Cardiology and a fellowship in Cardiac Ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.