Personal History

Research Interests

Publications

Book Chapter

Mayberg, M.R., Weiss, D.G., Yatsu, R., and Wilson, S.E. "Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Trial for Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis." In: Moore, W.S., Surgery for Cerebrovascular Disease, 2nd Edition, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 543-548, 1996.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Collins, J.F., Bingham, S.F., Weiss, D.G., Williford, W.O., and Kuhn, R.M.: Some adaptive Strategies for Inadequate Sample Acquisition in Veterans Administration Cooperative Clinical Trials. Controlled Clinical Trials, 1:227-248, 1980.

Niederman, R., Sullivan, T.M., Weiss, D.G., Morhart, R., Robbins, W., Maier, D.: Oral Hygiene Skill Index II. Journal of Periodontology, 52(3):150-154, March 1981.

Wertz, R.T., Collins, M.J., Weiss, D.G., Kurtzke, J.F., Friden, T., Brookshire, R.H., Pierce, J., Holtzapple, P., Hubbard, D.J., Porch, B.E., West, J.A., Davis, L., Matovich, V., Morley, G.K., Resurrection, E.: Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Aphasia: A Comparison of Individual and Group Treatment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 24:580-594, December, 1981.

Ling, W., Weiss, D.G., Charuvastra, V.C., O'Brien, C.P.: Use of Disulfiram for Alcoholics on Methadone Maintenance Programs. Archives of General Psychiatry, 40:851-854, August 1983.

Weiss, D.G., Williford, W.O., Collins, J.F., and Bingham, S.F. Planning Multicenter Clinical Trials: A Biostatistician's Perspective. Controlled Clinical Trials, 4:53-64, 1983.

Weiss, D.G., Williford, W.O., Collins, J.F., and Bingham, S.F.: Training of Biostatisticians for Clinical Trials: A Survey: Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, American Statistical Association, Washington, DC, 16-21, 1983.

Collins, J.F., Williford, W.O., Weiss, D.G., Bingham, S.F., and Klett, C.J.: Planning Patient Recruitment: Fantasy and Reality. Statistics in Medicine, 3:435-443, 1984.

Wertz, R.T., Weiss, D.G., et al: Comparison of Clinic, Home, and Deferred Language Treatment for Aphasia: A Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Aphasia. Archive of Neurology 43:653-658, 1986.

Williford, W.O., Bingham, S.F., Weiss, D.G., Collins, J.F., Rains, K.T., and Krol, W.F.: The "Constant Intake Rate Assumption in Interim Recruitment Goal Methodology for Multicenter Clinical Trials." Journal of Chronic Diseases, 40(4):297-307, 1987.

Towne, J.B., Weiss, D.G., Hobson, II, R.W.: First Phase Report of Cooperative VA Asymptomatic Stenosis Study - Operative Morbidity and Mortality. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2:252, 1989.

Mayberg, M.R., Wilson, S.E., Yatsu, F., Weiss, D.G., et al.: Carotid Endarterectomy and Prevention of Cerebral Ischemia in Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Journal of the American Medical Association, 266:3289-94, 1991.

Krupski, W.C., Weiss, D.G., Rapp, J.H., Corson, J.D., Hobson, R.W., et al.: Adverse Effects of Aspirin in the Treatment of Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Complications Related to High and Low Dose Protocols. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 16:588-600, 1992.

Cohen, S.N., Hobson, R.W., Weiss, D.G., Chimowitz, M., et al: Death Associated with Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Long-Term Clinical Evaluation. Journal of Vascular Surgery 18:1002-1011, 1993.

Hobson, R.W., Weiss, D.G., Fields, W.S., Goldstone, J., Moore, W.S., Towne, J.B., Wright, C.B., et al.: Efficacy of Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis, New England Journal of Medicine, 328:221-227, 1993.

Wilson, S.E., Mayberg, M.R., Yatsu, F., Weiss, D.G.: Crescendo TIAs: A Surgical Imperative. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 17:249-256, 1993.

Hobson, R.W., Krupski, W.C., Weiss, D.G.: Influence of Aspirin in the Management of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 17:257-265, 1993.

Chimowitz, M.I., Weiss, D.G., Cohen, S.L., et al: Cardiac Prognosis of Patients with Carotid Stenosis and No History of Coronary Artery Disease. Stroke 25:759-765, 1994.

Srinivasan, J., Mayberg, M.R., Weiss, D.G., and Eskridge, J.: Duplex Accuracy Compared with Angiography in the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Trial for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Neurosurgery 36:648-655, 1995.

Williford, W.O., Krol, W.F., Bingham, S.F., Collins, J.F., and Weiss, D.G. The Multicenter Clinical Trials Coordinating Center Statistician: "More Than a Consultant". The American Statistician, 49:221-225, 1995.

Lieberman, D.A., Weiss, D.G., Bond, J.H., Ahnen, D.J., Garewal, H., Chejfec, G.: Use of Colonoscopy to Screen Asymptomatic Adults for Colorectal Cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine, 343:162-168, 2000.

Tsuang, M.T., Faraone, S.V., Bingham, S., Young, K., Prabhudesai, S., Haverstock, S.L., Mena, F., Menon, S., Pepple, J., Johnson, J., Baldwin, C., Weiss, D., and Collins, J. The Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Genetic Linkage Study of Schizophrenia: Ascertainment Methods and Sample Description. Am J Med Genet, 96:342-347, 2000.

Tsuang, D.W., Skol, A.D., Faraone, S.V., Bingham, S., Young, K.A., Prabhudesai, S., Haverstock, S.L., Mena, F., Menon, S., Bisset, D., Pepple, J., Sauter, F., Baldwin, C., Weiss, D., Collins, J., Boehnke, M., Schellenberg, G.D., and Tsuang, M.T. Examination of Genetic Linkage of Chromosome 15 to Schizophrenia in a Large Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Sample. Am J Med Genet, 105:662-668, 2001.

Lieberman, D.A., Weiss, D.G., et. al: One-time Screening for Colorectal Cancer with Combined Fecal Occult-Blood Testing and Examination of the Distal Colon. The New England Journal of Medicine, 345:555-560, 2001.

Nelson, D.B., McQuaid, K.R., Bond, J.H., Lieberman, D.A., Weiss, D.G., Johnston, T.K., et. al: Procedureal Success and Complications of Large Scale Screening Colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 55(3):307-314, 2002.

Farone, S.V., Skol, A.D., Tsuang, D.W., Bingham, S., Young, K.A., Prabhudesai, S., Mena, F., Menon, A.S., Yu, C.E., Rundell, P., Pepple, J., Sautter, F., Baldwin, C., Weiss, D.G., Collins, J., Keith, T., Boehnke, M., Schellenberg, G.D., Tsuang, M.T. Linkage of Chromosome 13q32 to Schizophrenia in a Large Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Sample. American Journal of Medical Genetics 114:598-604, 2002.

Lynch, K.L., Ahnen, D.J., Byers, T., Weiss, D.G., et al: First Degree Relatives of Patients with Advanced Colorectal Adenomas Have an Increased Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1:96-102, 2003.

Skol, A.D., Young, K.A., Tsuang, D.W., Faraone, S.V., Haverstock, S.L., Bingham, S., Prabhudesai, S., Mena, F., Menon, A.S., Yu, C.E., Rundell, P., Pepple, J., Sautter, F., Baldwin, C., Weiss, D.G., Collins, J., Keith T., Borhnke, M., Schellenberg, G.D., Tsuang, M.T. Modest Evidence for Linkage and Possible Confirmation of Association Between Notch 4 and Schizophrenia in a Large Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Sample. American Journal of Medical Genetics 118B:8-15, 2003.

Lieberman, D.A., Prindivile, S., Weiss, D.G., et al: Risk Factors for Advanced Colonic Neoplasia and Hyperplastic Polyps in Asymptomatic Individuals. Journal of American Medical Association 290:2959-2967, 2003.

Lieber, C.S., Weiss, D.G., Groszman, R., et al: I. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study of Polyenylphosphatidylcholine in Alcoholic Liver Disease: Effects on Drinking Behavior by Nurse/Physician Teams. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27: 1757-1764, 2003.

Lieber, C.S., Weiss, D.G., Groszman, R., et al: II. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study of Polyenylphosphatidylcholine in Alcoholic Liver Disease. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27: 1765-1772, 2003.

Morgan, T.R., Weiss, D.G., Nemchausky, B., et al.: Colchicine Treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Patient Survival. Gastroenterology 128: 882-890, 2005

Collins, J.F., Lieberman, D.A., Durbin, T.E., Weiss, D.G., et al.: Accuracy of Screening for Fecal Occult Blood on a Single Stool Sample Obtained by Digital Rectal Examination: A Comparison with Recommended Sampling Practice. Annals of Internal Medicine 142: 81-85, 2005.

Schoenfeld, P., Cash, B., Dobhan, R., Eastone, J., Coyles, W., Kickendall, J.W., Kim, H.M., Weiss, D.G., et al.: Colonoscopic Screening of Average-Risk Women for Colorectal Neoplasia. New England Journal of Medicine 352: 2061-2068, 2005.

Lieber, C.S., Weiss, D.G., Morgan, T.R., Paranetto, F.: Aspartate Aminotransferase to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI) in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis . American Journal of Gastroenterology. 101;1500-1508,2006.