Joseph B. Weiss, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF is Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, at the University of California, San Diego. An autodidact and aspiring polymath, he was accepted to university at age fifteen and attended the University of Michigan, University of Detroit, and Wayne State University. Reflecting his broad interests, he had three separate majors in Medieval English Literature, Astrophysics, and Invertebrate Zoology. Following his graduation from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, he completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California. Dr. Weiss is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Senior Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. Under the auspices of the World Health Organization and others he has pursued interests in Tropical Medicine and International Medicine with extended stays in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Subsequently completing a clinical and research fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of California, San Diego, he has been active on the clinical faculty. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, he has over thirty years of clinical, administrative, and research experience. Dr. Weiss is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, and a Senior Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. He is the prolific author of several dozen books on health (www.smartaskbooks.com) and papers published in prestigious national and international medical journals, as well as in the lay press. Dr.

Weiss is an accomplished professional speaker and humorist, having given over two thousand invited presentations nationally and internationally. He has presented at universities, medical schools, hospitals and medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, YPO/WPO, Aspen Institute, Bohemian Grove, Esalen Institute, IDEA World Convention, International Destination Spas & Resorts.