Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Department of Pediatrics

Secondary Appointment: Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology

Address: 

Children's Park Place, Suite 210
1601 4^th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233-1711

Telephone:(205) 996-9191
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Education

MD (with honors), Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Tr. SNP 1, 04066 Košice, Slovak Republic, 1993-2001
Research Scholarship of the Worcester Institute for Student Exchange, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, School of Medicine, Diabetes Division, Worcester, MA, 1997-1998
ADA Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, School of Medicine, Diabetes Division, Worcester, MA, 2001-2003
Residency (Pediatrics): The Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 2003-2006
Fellowship (Pediatric Rheumatology): Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis, MO, 2006-2009

Awards and Honors

Dr. Gerald E. Daigler Residency Program Director Award, 2006

 
Research and Clinical Interests

Dr. Weiser's research and clinical interests include amplified pain syndrome, adolescent transitioning and US use in pediatric rheumatology.

Selected Publications

Pan J, Qian Y, Weiser P, Zhou X, Lu H, Studelska DR, Zhang L. 2010. Glycosaminoglycans and activated contact system in cancer patient plasmas. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 93:473-95. PMID: 20807657

Weiser P, Qian Y, Pan J, Zhou X, Lu H, Studelska DR, Shih FF, Zhang L. 2010.  Activated contact system and abnormal glycosaminoglycans in lupus and other auto- and non-autoimmune diseases. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2010;93:443-72. PMID: 20807656

Zhou X, Weiser P, Pan J, Qian Y, Lu H, Zhang L. 2010. Chondroitin sulfate and abnormal contact system in rheumatoid arthritis. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 93:423-42. PMID: 20807655

Qian Y, Pan J, Zhou X, Weiser P, Lu H, Zhang L. 2010. Molecular mechanism underlines heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 93:395-421. PMID: 20807654

Pan J, Qian Y, Zhou X, Pazandak A, Frazier SB, Weiser P, Lu H, Zhang L. 2010. Identification of Chemically Sulfated/desulfated Glycosaminoglycans in Contaminated Heparins and Development of a Simple Assay for the Detection of Most Contaminants in Heparin. Glycobiol Insights. 2010(2):1-12. PMID: 20657729

Pan J, Qian Y, Zhou X, Pazandak A, Frazier SB, Weiser P, Lu H, Zhang L. 2010.  Oversulfated chondroitin sulfate is not the sole contaminant in heparin. Nat Biotechnol. 28(3):203-7; author reply 207-11. PMID: 20212477 

Studelska DR, Mandik-Nayak L, Zhou X, Pan J, Weiser P, McDowell LM, Lu H, Liapis H, Allen PM, Shih FF, Zhang L. 2009. High affinity glycosaminoglycan and autoantigen interaction explains joint specificity in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis. J Biol Chem. 284(4):2354-62. PMID: 18948258

Pearson T, Weiser P, Markees TG, Serreze DV, Wicker LS, Peterson LB, Cumisky AM, Shultz LD, Mordes JP, Rossini AA, Greiner DL. 2004. Islet allograft survival induced by costimulation blockade in NOD mice is controlled by allelic variants of Idd3. Diabetes. 53(8):1972-8. PMID: 15277375

Whalen BJ, Marounek J, Weiser P, Appel MC, Greiner DL, Mordes JP, Rossini AA. 2001. BB rat thymocytes cultured in the presence of islets lose their ability to transfer autoimmune diabetes. Diabetes. 50(5):972-9. PMID: 11334440

Whalen BJ, Weiser P, Marounek J, Rossini AA, Mordes JP, Greiner DL. 1999. Recapitulation of normal and abnormal BioBreeding rat T cell development in adult thymus organ culture. J Immunol. 162(7):4003-12. PMID: 10201921