When entering the field of medicine, it often takes additional education for any budding doctor to discover his or her specific expertise. Through fellowships, internships and residencies, an emerging doctor follows his or her course of education through medical school into hospitals for hands-on study. Only then, after working within the field and through specific medical avenues, does a doctor typically focus on a medical expertise. This is the same route that Dr. Gail Weingast took as she approached medicine more than four decades ago.

After graduating from Boston University’s School of Medicine in 1976, Dr. Gail Weingast began several rounds of internships, fellowships and residencies in the next several years to follow. She studied pediatrics, ultrasound and radiology across different hospitals, gaining as much knowledge as possible. As she entered her career in 1984, after completing a final round of post-graduate studies at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado, she chose to focus on radiology -- a medical subject matter that spanned the entirety of her residency at Denver’s Colorado General Hospital.

Not only did Dr. Gail Weingast move into radiology for the next several years across hospitals in Colorado and New York, but she also grew in the field, later becoming Chief of Ultrasound and then Chief of Breast Imaging for William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut.

Dr. Gail Weingast values every aspect of her educational and career journey because it made her the doctor she is. One could say Dr. Gail Weingast’s career journey began in 1969, but that may or may not be accurate. Her career actually started when she at-tended Jackson College at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and came out with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. That would indicate that medicine wasn’t exactly a calling based on a childhood dream.

More realistically, her 40-year career in medicine came a few years after that. That is when she attended the Boston University School of Medicine and earned the right to be called Dr. Gail Weingast, MD back in 1976. After medical school, Dr. Gail Weingast finished several internships, residencies and fellowships at Colorado General Hospital in Denver between 1977 and 1983. Those included a two year pediatrics internship, a two year pediatrics residency, a three-year residency radiology and a fellowship in the field of ultrasound. Dr. Gail Weingast then completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, which is also located in Denver.

Way back in 1969,the future Dr. Gail Weingast obviously had no clue about her destiny, to become a world-class radiologist. That’s because her first degree was in Spanish, with nom pre-med in sight. These days, Dr. Gail Weingast is highly regarded as she serves as a radiology specialist with a phenomenal reputation at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. At that hospital, Dr. Weingast is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging and in her 20 years there, she has brought her radiology department into prominence, as one of the finest in New England.

While her path may seem a bit circuitous in hindsight, Dr. Gail Weingast values every aspect of her journey, since all of it contributed to making her the doctor she is today. Soon after earning her degree in Spanish from Tufts University, something must have changed her mind, because she attended the Boston University School of Medicine, and officially became Dr. Gail Weingast MD by earning her medical degree in 1976.

Of course, as is always the case for doctors, that was not the end of Dr. Gail Weingast’s education, but the beginning. Following medical school, Dr. Gail Weingast completed a pediatrics internship from 1976-1977 and then followed that up by completing a pediatrics residency over the subsequent two years. Still under the auspices of Colorado General Hospital in Denver, she also completed a residency in radiology from 1980 to 1983 and a fellowship in the field of ultrasound in 1983. Dr. Weingast managed to complete her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, which is also located in Denver.

Dr. Gail Weingast has certainly come a long way since 1969, when, as a young woman, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish from Jackson College at Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. Perhaps her choice to become a doctor wasn’t a childhood dream. However, it wasn’t long before medicine became a career because she did earn a medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine and earned the right to be referred to as Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976.

Of course, as is the case for all doctors, medical school was just the beginning. Not long after that, Dr. Gail Weingast started her medical journey by completing several internships and residencies in pediatrics and radiology at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, before she completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver. She then practiced in several hospitals in Colorado and New York before finally becoming a highly regarded radiology specialist at Norwich, Connecticut-based William W. Backus Hospital. She’s been there for more than a couple decades and she is their Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging. She also has been instrumental in turning her department into one of the elite facilities in New England and beyond.

Her career journey began in 1969 and at the beginning, it wasn’t at all clear that young Gail Weingast wanted to be a doctor at all. Nowadays, it’s obvious, given that she has dedicated more than 40 years to the practice of medicine, but when she attendedTufts University’s Jackson College and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish, it wasn’t exactly a clear choice. Soon after, however, she entered the Boston University School of Medicine and she became Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976.

Following her time in medical school, Dr. Gail Weingast continued learning. She completed a two-year pediatrics internship, a two-year residency in pediatrics, a three year residency in the field of radiology under the guidance of Colorado General Hospital in Denver. She also completed a fellowship from the same hospital in the field of ultrasound in 1983 and Dr. Weingast then completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver.

From there, Dr. Gail Weingast worked at several other hospitals. Most of those were in Colorado, but there was one in New York, as well, before she settled into her current position, as a radiology specialist withWilliam W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. She has been there for more than 20 years now, and she has guided that hospital’s radiology department into its current status as one of the best in the region, the country and even the world. Dr. Gail Weingast is now the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging and she is considered one of the best in the world.

It has never been clear the path to Dr. Gail Weingast’s career was planned from the beginning, since the path she followed wasn't always a straight line. Her education, for instance, began in 1969, when young Gail Weingast attended Jackson College at Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. There, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, thus indicating she didn’t see medicine as a calling from the beginning. Something seems t have switched on soon after, however, since she attended the Boston University School of Medicine, which is where she officially became Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976.

Following medical school, Dr. Weingast completed a year-long pediatrics internship from 1976-1977, and followed that up with a residency in pediatrics, which she completes in 1978. Following that, she also completed a residency in radiology from 1980 to 1983 and a fellowship in the field of ultrasound in 1983. All of that was completed at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, although Dr. Weingast completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at Denver’s St. Anthony’s Hospital. Following her education, Dr. Gail Weingast practiced at several hospitals in Colorado and also New York, before landing at Backus Hospital more than two decades ago.

At first, it apparently wasn’t clear to Gail Weingast that she wanted a career in medicine, given that her first stint in higher education involved getting a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Jackson College, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. Not long after, however, she was a medical student at the Boston University School of Medicine, where she officially became Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976.Of course, that wasn’t the end of her medical education, not in the least. After medical school, Dr. Weingast spent completed a pediatrics internship between 1976 and 1977 and a residency program in pediatrics over the next two yearsat Colorado General Hospital in Denver.

She followed that by completing a residency in radiology from 1980 to 1983 and a fellowship in ultrasound in 1983, also at Colorado General. Dr. Gail Weingast finally completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver. She worked at several other hospitals in Colorado, but also in New York, before she finally settled into her current hospital, where she has been for more than 20 years.

Currently, Dr. Gail Weingast can be found at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging. Now one of the most prominent radiology specialists in the country, she values every aspect of her career because it all made her the doctor she is today. And Dr. Gail Weingast has turned her Radiology Department into one of the best in the nation.

When her career journey began in 1969, Gail Weingast may not have had even an inkling she would someday be a top radiologist with a 40-year career as a medical professional. After all, the beginning of her education came when she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Tufts University’s Jackson College. If she wasn’t considering medicine back then, however, something changed soon after, because she attended Boston University’s School of Medicine and officially became Dr. Gail Weingast MD by 1976.


In the 40-plus years since then, however, she has dedicated herself to the radiology profession and she has helped to heal thousands. Following medical school, and about eight years of internships, residencies and other education that all doctors have to endure, Dr. Gail Weingast practiced in numerous hospitals in Colorado and New York, until she settled into her current position where she has been for more than 20 years. At William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, she has created a radiology department considered one of the best in the region. Now, Dr. Gail Weingast is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging and she has an admirable medical career to look back to.

With more than 40 years in the medical field, Gail Weingast, MD, has served communities across several states since earning her Doctor of Medicine degree from Boston University’s School of Medicine in 1976. With residencies and fellowships spanning pediatrics, radiology and ultrasound in Colorado for the next ten years, Weingast honed her skills until she formed her passion and lifelong pursuit for the radiology specialty. She then served in various positions across New York and Colorado for the next few decades, today working in Norwich, Connecticut, at William W. Backus Hospital. There, as a radiology specialist, Dr. Gail Weingast serves as the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging, earning this title and role after approximately 40 years of work in the doctoral field with three decades of specialty focus in radiology and ultrasound.

Her medical career journey began in 1969, although it was clear at first that the future Dr. Gail Weingast did not hold a strong desire to enter the medical field. At first, she studied hard and earned a degree in Spanish. Armed with that Spanish Degree from Jackson College at Tufts University, however, she attended the Boston University School of Medicine soon after, and she earned her medical degree and officially became Dr. Gail Weingast way back in 1976.

These days, Dr. Gail Weingast is probably best known and most highly regarded as one of the best radiology specialists in the country. She has been at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she has been for the last 20 years. Currently that facility’s Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging, she has guided the fortunes of that department to its current status as one of the elite medical facilities in the country. Just because her career path wasn’t always a straight line, make no mistake; Dr. Gail Weingast values every bit of her educational and career journey. Without all of it, she may not have become the highly accomplished doctor and medical administration she is today.

After medical school, Dr. Gail Weingast continued her education, completing a one year pediatrics internship, a two-year residency in pediatrics, another two year residency in the field of radiology, as well as a three year residency and a one year fellowship in the field of ultrasound, all at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, before completing her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver. Dr. Gail Weingast went on to several other Colorado hospitals for awhile, before heading to New York and then landing at her current gig in Connecticut, at Backus Hospital.