Wilson Weatherford, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF: a conversation with the editor

Wilson Weatherford, MD, and William C. Roberts, MD

From the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine (Weatherford), and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital (Roberts), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Corresponding author: Wilson Weatherford, MD, 3504 Swiss Avenue, Suite 301, Dallas, Texas 75204.

Wilson Weatherford was born on August 6, 1932, in Dallas, Texas. After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School, he went to Texas A&M, where he received a bachelor of science degree, the distinguished student award, and the distinguished military graduate award. He then went to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where he received his medical degree in 1958. His rotating internship was at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC). Thereafter, he was a Public Health Service officer for the city of Dallas for several months and then served in the army for 2 years in Germany, where he received the Army Commendation Medal for Achievements in Preventive Medicine. He returned to BUMC to complete his 3-year residency in internal medicine.

From 1965 to 1996, Dr. Weatherford had a large private practice of internal medicine. He was medical director of Employee Health Services of BUMC from 1971 to 1992. In 1989, Dr. Weatherford was president of the medical staff, and in 1990, he was chairman of the medical board of BUMC. Also in 1989, he helped found and became medical director of the Baylor Center for Restorative Care (BCRC); in 1994, he was named chief of the Division of Geriatrics of the Department of Internal Medicine of BUMC. Dr. Weatherford was instrumental in forming the Baylor Senior Health Network and the Baylor Senior Health Centers and has been medical director of that operation since its beginning. Dr. Weatherford has been a major force at BUMC for nearly 4 decades. He also is a nice guy and a pleasure to be around. (BUMC Proceedings 2002;15:403-413)