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LEONARD WEATHER JR.

'''Leonard Weather Jr. R.Ph. M.D.'''., is an American gynecologist who specializes in infertility, fibroid tumors, pelvic pain and endometriosis. Furthermore he is a pharmacist, health educator, ordained minister, artist, author and photographer. He is also the inventor of the surgical procedure Optical Dissection Pelviscopy to assist in the prevention of organ injury during laparoscopy, and is past president of the National Medical Association (NMA).

Contents

1 Biography 1.1 Early Life 1.2 Education 1.3 Career 2 NMA 3 Publications 4 Awards and Honors 5 Professional Society Membership 6 Awards and Honors 7 References 8 External Links

Biography

Early Years

Weather was born on July 6, 1944 in Albany, GA and while still an infant his family moved to Utica, New York where he grew up. His father, Leonard Weather Sr was married to Lucille Reese Weather (a housewife) and served in the U.S. Army. After an injury he was discharged from the Army and later received training as an auto mechanic. His father started an automobile body and fender repair business and was the first African American to own such a business in Upstate New York (Utica-Rome area).

Education

Weather graduated from Utica Free Academy High School in 1962, following this he attended Mason City Junior College, in Mason City, Iowa. He transferred to Howard University College of Pharmacy in 1963 where he an earned a B.S. Pharm in 1967. While at Howard he was an influential and prolific member of Chi Delta Mu Fraternity's Alpha Chapter. Subsequently he moved to Chicago, IL, practiced pharmacy for three years and enrolled in Rush Medical College in 1971. Weather received his M.D. from Rush Medical College in 1974. While at Rush he was President of the Rush Medical College Chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), received the Peck Award for excellence and was SNMA National Secretary. Dr. Weather then went on to the Johns Hopkins University Hospital were he completed his internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics in 1975 and his Gynecology and Obstetrics Residency and Fellowship in 1978. He commenced his private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana in June 1978.

Career

Dr. Weather practiced gynecology and obstetrics for a number of years then converted to gynecology with an emphasis on infertility, fibroid tumors, pelvic pain and endometriosis. Whereby he has given over 150 peer review presentations on his areas of concern. Additionally he was an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Xavier University College of Pharmacy and clinical instructor at Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans, LA. He is past president of the New Orleans Medical Association, Louisiana Medical Association and Northern Louisiana Medical Association. He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Past Treasurer of Black Congress on Health, Law and Economics and Grand President of Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, twice. While serving as Grand President of Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, he was able to establish chapters in Monrovia, Liberia and Bridgetown, Barbados. Dr. Weather has been and is a member of numerous State of Louisiana Governor appointed Commissions, Past Chair of Region V National Medical Association (NMA) and member of the National Medical Association Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. He is President of the New Orleans Health Alliance, a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors to the Endometriosis Association, American Medical Association's Minority Affairs Section, Board of Directors of the Catholic Health Initiative, Louisiana Health Care Commission Advisory Board, Past Co-Chair of The Commission to End Health Care Disparities and Past Member of the Cobb Institute.

NMA

Dr. Weather was installed as the 111th President of the National Medical Association, August 3, 2010. A few days after giving his Inaugural Address  titled  The NMA has advocated and worked for health care reform...now what? 1. (his speech is available at http://nmanet.org/publications/October2010/PresCol860.pdf). He commenced his presidential journey by traveling to Melbourne Australia to a United Nations Global Health Meeting. The journey took him to over 93 meetings in more than 42 cities, and to give over 64 presentations to organizations, business and government entities. Under Dr. Weather's leadership 9 superlative and innovative Presidential Task Forces, and initiatives where developed to meet the needs of the organizations members and the communities that they served.

Dr. Weather's Presidential Task Forces and Initiatives

1. The Survival of the African American Physician

2. Environmental Health Task Force

3. Mentorship Task Force

4. Obesity Task Force 5. HIV Task Force

6. Global Health Initiative

7. We Stand Together Campaign

8. White House Initiative

9. Laughter is Good Medicine

He gave awards to 14 miraculous and deserving people one of which was President Barrack Obama. President Obama received, the NMA Scroll of Merit, which is the organization's highest award. Dr. Weather also participated in numerous White House meetings and attended President Obama's Holiday Party, December, 2010. Remarkably he arrived back from a Global Health Disaster Preparedness Meeting in Rwanda, "the land of over 1000 hills," a few days before the July 2011 NMA Annual Meeting in time to be interviewed on ABC News, "Good Morning America," and the end of the NMA's 111th Presidents' journey. In August 2011 he became the immediate past president of the NMA. However he is still deeply involved with many of the initiatives that he engendered such as environmental health, obesity, disaster preparedness, global health (particularly relevant to his project in the Republic of South Sudan) and a number of others.

Publications

"Why Can't We Have A Baby," 1985

"Carbon Dioxide Laser Myomectomy," Journal of the National Medical Association. October and March 1986

"Video Laser Operative Pelviscopy Hysterectomy, Endoscopy in Gynecology," Hunt, Robert, Martin Dan & Philips, Jordan, Port City Press, Baltimore, MD 1993

"Health and Healing for African Americans," Crute et al, Rodale Press, Inc., Fibroids page 156, 1997.

"The Weather's Family Hurricane Saga,"Journal of the National Medical Association. 06/2006; 98(5):779-82.

"The NMA has advocated and worked for health care reform...now what?," J National Medical Association. 2010 Oct;102(10):860-4.

"Dr Weather Report," monthly medical eNewsletter, 2008-present

Books of Poetry - "Love Is," Tikur Press, 1997, "God First," Tikur Press, 2003, "It's All About Love," Tikur Press, 2008

Professional Society Membership

American Medical Association

American Society of Reproductive Medicine

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Chi Delta Mu Fraternity

Johns Hopkins University Medical Association

Louisiana State Medical Society

Louisiana Medical Association

National Medical Association

New Orleans Health Alliance

Northern Louisiana Medical Association

Orleans Parish Medical Society

Awards and Honors

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Rho Phi Chapter, Scroll Of Honor, Achievement Award for Excellence in Medicine 1986

Howard University College of Pharmacy, Alumnus of the Year, 1988.

Member, Xavier University, Research Centers in Minority Institutions Advisory Council, 1989 - 1995.

Member, Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission, Subcommittee on Professional and Fraternal Organizations 1990

Louisiana Chapter of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Community Service Award Medicine, 1992

Chairman, State of Louisiana., Allied Health Professional Supply and Demand Commission 1992-1995

Heart and Soul Magazine (1994 and 1996) Featured for Treatment of Fibroids

Member Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Medical Care Advisory Committee 1996-2001

Xavier University of New Orleans, College of Pharmacy, Preceptor of the Year 1998.

Board Member Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention and Management 1999-2002

Board Member Louisiana Minority Health Affairs Commission, 1999-2002

Louisiana Disparities Commission, 1999-2002

Endometriosis Association Delegate to China, June 2000

State of Louisiana Medicaid, Pharmaceutical & Therapeutics Committee, 2001-2013

Shreveport-Bossier African American Black History Month Honoree, Shreveport, LA 2007

Member State of Louisiana Health Care Commission, June 2007

Co-Chair Commission to End Health Care Disparities, September 2009-2011.

Scientific Advisory Board Member, Endometriosis Association October 2009

Member Board of Directors of the American Hospital Association's Catholic Health Initiative 2010

Member AMA Minority Affairs Consortium Governing Council, June 2010

Member of the Louisiana Health Care Commission Advisory Board, October 2010.

Northern Louisiana Medical Association, Honors NMA President Weather, February 2011

References

1. http://nmanet.org/publications/October2010/PresCol860.pdf

External Links

www.drweather.com

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