Paul Morris Weinberg, a professor emeritus CE of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, died on October 15. He was 74.

Dr. Weinberg received a BS from Penn State in 1967 and an MD from Jefferson Medical College in 1969. He did his pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship at CHOP, and following service in the Navy as a pediatric cardiologist, he did an additional fellowship in cardiac morphology at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School. In 1977, he joined the faculty at Penn’s School of Medicine as a lecturer in pediatrics. The next year, he became an assistant professor of pediatrics, and in 1980, his appointment moved to CHOP (in the School of Medicine’s Associate Faculty Division, and later the Standing Faculty Division). He became an associate professor at CHOP in 1986 and a full professor in 2002. He also held academic appointments in Penn Medicine’s departments of radiology and pathology & laboratory medicine.

In 1991, Dr. Weinberg became director of CHOP’s Fellowship Training Program. He also served as director of resident education in PSOM’s division of pediatric cardiology. Under Dr. Weinberg’s stewardship, Penn’s pediatric cardiology training program became one of the largest in the world. During his career, he trained over 100 cardiology fellows, and his program of study, which included one-on-one sessions, weekly pathology teaching sessions, and service as an inpatient and outpatient attending cardiologist, was widely praised.

Dr. Weinberg was an expert on the morphology of congenital heart disease. He published many peer-reviewed articles and frequently lectured nationally and internationally. He served as president of the Society for Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors and was a member of the International Working Group for Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease.

In 1998, he won Penn’s School of Medicine’s Blockley-Osler Award for excellence in clinical teaching (Almanac April 21, 1998). In the citation that accompanied that award, Victoria Vetter, Dr. Weinberg’s colleague in the department of pediatrics, noted that “Paul provides direction and leadership to the educational program; his enthusiasm and structured didactic methods captivate his audience immediately.” In 2009, Dr. Weinberg won the Robert Dunning Dripps Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education (Almanac May 5, 2009). Dr. Weinberg was a member of Penn’s 25-Year Club. In 2017, he retired and took emeritus status.

Dr. Weinberg is survived by his wife, Linda; daughter, Sarah Gratz (Ricky); siblings, Marsha Flager and Michael (Michelle); and grandchildren, Julia, Rena, and Eve.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be sent to CHOP, ATTN: Dr. Paul Weinberg Distinguished Teaching Award Fund, or the Joshua Martin Weinberg Memorial Fund of Kellman Brown Academy.

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