Dr. Gerald Weissmann, professor emeritus at New York University School of Medicine, a long-standing member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and a former president of the American College of Rheumatology (1983–1984), was a larger-than-life force in academic medicine and biomedical research. With his passing on July 10, 2019, medicine lost a genuinely exceptional physician, scientist, writer, and mentor to many. As chief of the Division of Rheumatology at NYU’s Langone Medical Center (1973–2000), Weissmann trained scores of academic clinician-scientists in internal medicine and rheumatology. His enormous intellect and capacity for scholarship shall be greatly missed. Dr. Weissmann wore many hats, but to all, he was a guiding light in scientific rigor, evenhandedness, and unbounded enthusiasm for scholarship in the world of biomedical sciences. In this tribute, we provide some comments from a few of Dr. Weissmann’s many colleagues and trainees.
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