Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School

Research Interests:
Dr. Weeks is a psychiatrist whose research focuses on economic and business aspects of health care, patient safety and quality improvement. He has worked to identify financial incentives that may influence choices having to do with career paths, prioritization of quality improvement efforts, and patient safety efforts. Dr. Weeks spends much of his time as an administrator of VA programs, including the VA Quality Scholars Program, the Veterans' Rural Health Initiative, and the Field Site of VA's National Center for Patient Safety.

Selected Publications:

1. Weeks WB, Wallace AE, Wallace MM, Welch HG. A comparison of the educational costs and incomes of physicians and other professionals. N Engl J Med 1994;330:1280-6.


2. Weeks WB, Wallace AE. Financial returns on specialty training for surgeons. Surgery 2002;132:795-802.


3. Weeks WB, Wallace AE. Long-term financial implications of specialty training for physicians. Am J Med 2002;113:393-399.


4. Weeks WB, Wallace AE. Time and Money: A retrospective evaluation of the inputs, outputs, efficiency, and incomes of physicians. Arch Intern Med 2003;163:944-948.