Robert A. Weiss, M.D. received the Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the M.D. degree from the Chicago Medical School as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society.  Dr. Weiss completed an internship at Cook County Hospital and specialty residency training in ophthalmology at Cornell University Medical Center - New York Hospital.  He then pursued further sub specialty training in Ophthalmic Oncology and Orbital Disease at the New York Hospital and the world-renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.  To this advanced training he added still another formal fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Emory University Medical Center in Atlanta.

Returning to New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical Center as a full time faculty member Dr. Weiss served as Assistant Director of the Ophthalmic Oncology Center and Director of the Ophthalmology Residency Program.  He also held an appointment in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and at the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens.  In addition, Dr. Weiss was a consulting specialist for the New York State Athletic Commission.

Dr. Weiss' extraordinary skills have placed him in great demand as a lecturer both across the nation and internationally and have led to the publication of dozens of articles and book chapters in the medical literature.  Dr. Weiss' ability as an educator was recognized by the physicians-in-training at the University of Illinois at Chicago who named him "Best Teacher in Ophthalmology."  Dr. Weiss has also participated in numerous humanitarian medical missions around the world.  Dr. Weiss is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.  Dr. Weiss is a member of the faculty of the University of Illinois School of Medicine where he holds appointments as a clinical associate professor in both the departments of ophthalmology and neurosurgery.  Dr. Weiss is Chief of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Ophthalmic Oncology Services at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and he is a partner of the Chicago Eye Institute.