Kirsten Weiser, MD, MPH

A native of Westchester, N.Y., Dr. Weiser earned a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. and a medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. After completing her residency in internal medicine at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and a fellowship at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in White River Junction, Vt., Dr. Weiser returned to Dartmouth. There, she earned a master’s degree in public health at The Dartmouth Institute and completed both a second residency in leadership and preventative medicine as well as a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. While there, she was recognized for her achievements, earning the Health, Society and Physician Award for Outstanding Physician Role Model, the AstraZeneca Senior Fellow Award, and the Young Investigators Award.

Dr. Weiser began her medical career as an associate professor at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock Medical Center. During this time, she led numerous quality improvement initiatives, worked extensively in the functional and motility disorders clinic, and served as the director of pelvic floor disorders. Later, she joined Asheville Gastroenterology Associates in Asheville, N.C., and then the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, where she continued her work in motility, functional GI disorders, and quality improvement in healthcare. Most recently, she joined the medical staff at the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. as a GI hospitalist and member of the Quality Improvement and Executive committees.
Dr. Weiser has co-authored numerous articles and reviews, which have been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Gastroenterology and the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. She has also presented abstracts at both national and international gastroenterology association meetings and served on the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) Practice Management committee.