Stephen Weber, MD, ScM

Dr. Stephen Weber is the Director of Leadership and Executive Programming for Master’s Education in the Biological Sciences at the University of Chicago, where he is also the Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Weber served for fourteen years in executive health system leadership, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the University of Chicago Medicine. In this capacity, he led multiple programs and priorities including physician quality and practice, population health, care coordination, informatics, simulation and innovation. He is Co-Founder of the University of Chicago Medicine Center for Digital Transformation and the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation. A Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, he continues to see patients in both the inpatient and ambulatory settings. 

Dr. Weber received his MD from the New York University School of Medicine and performed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He completed his subspecialty fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he also received a Master's Degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. 

Dr. Weber’s original research focus was the prevention and management of infection caused by multi-drug resistant organisms among hospitalized patients. He later examined public policy and regulation related to infection control and served for a decade as the Chair of Public Policy and Government Affairs for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. He’s been influential in shaping national and regional policy and practice around the reporting of healthcare associated infections. 

Dr. Weber has been recognized for his outstanding teaching by the University of Chicago Medicine Residency Program and is a two-time recipient of the Department of Medicine's Outstanding Clinical Service Award. He has been listed among Chicago’s Top Doctor’s in Chicago Magazine for multiple years and has been recognized multiple times by Becker’s Healthcare as one of the top CMOs in the country and a leading expert in Patient Safety.