Paul David Weyker, MD

Biography

Associate Professor

Clinical Science

Dr. Paul David Weyker is a physician with the Permanente Medical Group of Northern California, specializing in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and interventional pain management. Dr. Weyker has extensive experience teaching medical students, residents, and fellows in the operating room as well as in the intensive care unit. He currently serves as the Director of Perioperative Medicine at Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Weyker is particularly interested in point of care ultrasound, and lectures nationally on its use in the management of critically ill patients.

Education and Training

Degrees: BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Internship: Intern, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Residency: Postdoctoral Residency Fellow, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency, anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Fellowship: Fellow, pain medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Fellow, critical care, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

Professional Positions

Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; 2015-2017

Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist: New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center; 2015-2017

Anesthesiologist-In-Charge: New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; 2016-2017

Participant Physician: Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center; 2017-present

Medical Director, Perioperative Medicine Clinic: Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center; 2019-present

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; 2009

Top Case Report: Columbia University Department of Anesthesiology Academic Evening; 2016

Scholarly Activities

Peer-reviewed research manuscripts

Go R, Huang YY, Weyker PD, Webb CA. Truncal blocks for perioperative pain management: a review of the literature and evolving techniques. Pain Manag. 2016 Oct;6(5):455-68. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2015-0012. Review.
Kohler M, Chiu F, Gelber K, Webb C, Weyker P. Pain management in critically ill patients: a review of multimodal treatment options. Pain Manag. 2016 Nov;6(6):591-602. Review.
Huang Y, Chiu F, Webb C, Weyker PD. Review of the Evidence: Best Multimodal Analgesia for Shoulder Surgery. Pain Management. (In press, accepted March 7, 2017).
Woodland D, Randall C, Farzan R, Rosario V, Weyker P, Weintraub J, Bentley-Hibbert S, Kluger MD. Routine chest X-ray is unnecessary after ultrasound-guided central venous line placement in the operating room. J Crit Care. 2018 Mar 28;46:13-16.
Hastie J, Panzer OPF, Weyker P, Flynn BC. Miniaturized Echocardiography in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Aug 24.