Dr. Weissman is Director of the Palliative Medicine Program and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Neoplastic Diseases & Related Disorders. He is nationally recognized for his work in designing and implementing novel health professional education strategies for pain management and palliative care. He is currently funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) to improve medical school eduction, the JEHT Foundation in support of the Palliative Care Leadership Center Project and CAPC, in support of education product development. Dr. Weissman is Co-Director of the End of Life Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC) - a national resource center for high quality, peer reviewed End of Life educational materials. Dr. Weissman was also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal, Journal of Palliative Medicine.