Alva B. Weir, III, M.D.

Practice:

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine
• Medical Oncology
• Hematology

Professional Memberships:

• Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha
• Fellow American College of Physicians, 1989
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society of Hematology

Academic Appointments:

• 7/1/79-6/30/81, Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
• 7/1/81-6/30/83, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
• 7/1/86-8/30/89, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Division Hematology and Oncology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
• 9/1/89-6/30/92, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
• 7/1/92-6/30/99, Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
• 7/1/99-9/01/05, Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
• 7/1/08-10/1/08, Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
• 2/01/09-present, Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, U Tenn, Memphis

Research Interests

• Co-Principle Investigator, NCCN funded trial: A Phase I/II Trial of the Combination of Cisplatin, Cetuximab, and Temsirolimus in Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
• Co-Principle Investigator at VA site for Systematic Review of the Product of Surgical Resection in the Memphis Metropolitan Area (MMA): OSI-TAR-763. Funded to $55,750. On-going project.
• Principle Investigator for systematic retrospective review of Chronic Neutrophilia in Veterans; an ongoing project.

Training:

• Undergraduate: Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College)
• Graduate/Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
• Internship: Intern in Internal Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO
• Residency: Internal Medicine, City of Memphis Hospitals
• Fellowship: Hematology / Oncology, University of Alabama
• Fellowship: University of Tennessee College of Medicine