Education

• BA, Biochemistry, Economics, University of Virginia, 1982
• MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, 1986
• Residency in General Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1987-1993
• Research Fellow in Tumor Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1990-1991
• Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY, 1993-1995
• Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1995-1997

Professional Activities

Dr. Weigel is an active member of the following professional associations:

• American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
• Society of Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• Society of Surgical Oncology
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• Society of American Gastroenterology Surgeons
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Women in Thoracic Surgery
• Association of Women Surgeons
• Wisconsin Medical Society

Dr. Weigel currently serves on the following committees:

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Workforce on Evidence Based Medicine
• University of Wisconsin Surgical Education Committee

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Weigel is certified by the American Board of Surgery and by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and has completed a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology. She specializes in surgical treatment of thoracic malignancies (esophageal, lung, thymic, and mesothelioma) including advanced thoracoscopic (VATS) lung and laparoscopic esophageal surgeries. Dr. Weigel is Co-Director of the Multi-Disciplinary Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinics at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her practice also includes minimally invasive surgery for myasthenia gravis (robotic thoracoscopic (VATS) thymectomy).

Dr. Weigel provides a wide range of services including Advanced Lung Disease Program, Bronchoscopy, Chest Wall Tumor Resection, Cryoablation, EBUS, Endobronchial/Esophagel Catheter, Endobronchial Stent Placement, Endoscopic Photodynamic Therapy, Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS), Esophagectomy (Minimally-invasive), Esophagoscopy, Fluorescence Bronchoscopy, Fluoresence Endoscopic Surveillance, Heller Myotomy, Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Lobectomy, Mediastinoscopy, Metastatectomy, Muscle Sparing Mini-Thoracotomy, Nissen Fundoplication, (show all). Pneumonectomy, Robotic General Surgery, Robotic Heller Myotomy, Robotic Mediastinal Mass Resection, Robotic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Robotic Thoracic Surgery, Robotic Thoracic Surgery, Robotic Thymectomy, Segmentectomy, Sleeve Lobectomy, Thoracentesis, Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, Thoracoscopic Lymphadenectomy, Thoracoscopic Talc Pleurodesis, Thoracoscopic Thymectomy, Thoracoscopy/Thoracoscopic Surgery, Thoracotomy (Vertical Muscle Sparing Incision), and Wedge Resection.

Research Interests

Dr. Weigel conducts research at the UW Carbone Cancer Center focused on early detection and minimally invasive surgical resection of lung and esophageal cancers. She is an investigator in several NIH-funded research studies conducted through the American College of Surgery Onocolgy Group (ACOSOG) and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). Her research interests include: preoperative assessment of geriatric patients with thoracic malignancies; and innovative preoperative chemo immuno and radiation therapies for advanced lung and esophageal cancers.

Recent Publications

• Implementation of an Acuity Adaptable Patient Care Unit is associated with improved outcomes after major pulmonary resections.
  Hennon MW, Kothari A, Maloney JD, Weigel T
  J. Surg. Res. 2011 Sep; 170(1):e17-21.
  [PubMed ID: 21696762]
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• Integrated PET/CT fusion imaging and endoscopic ultrasound in the pre-operative staging and evaluation of esophageal cancer.
  Walker AJ, Spier BJ, Perlman SB, Stangl JR, Frick TJ, Gopal DV, Lindstrom MJ, Weigel TL, Pfau PR
  Mol Imaging Biol 2011 Feb; 13(1):166-71.
  [PubMed ID: 20379789]
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• Primary cardiac sarcoma.
  Hamidi M, Moody JS, Weigel TL, Kozak KR
  Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2010 Jul; 90(1):176-81.
  [PubMed ID: 20609770]
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• Components of geriatric assessments predict thoracic surgery outcomes.
  Kothari A, Phillips S, Bretl T, Block K, Weigel T
  J. Surg. Res. 2011 Mar; 166(1):5-13.
  [PubMed ID: 20828735]
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• Individual components of validated screening tools predict surgical outcomes in a geriatric population.
  Kothari A, Bretl T, Block K, Weigel TL
  J. Surg. Res. 2010 Feb; 158(2):230.
  [PubMed ID: 20105843]
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