These days, with her more than four decades of knowledge and experience behind her so far, Dr. Gail Weingast is a highly regarded radiology specialist at Backus Hospital. She is now the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging, although her path to her current important position wasn't always a straight line.

No matter what, Dr. Gail Weingast values every aspect of her educational and career journey because it has all contributed to make her the radiologist she is today.
Soon after she completed her graduate and medical education at several hospitals in Denver, Dr. Gail Weingast worked at several additional hospitals in Colorado and also in New York, before she settled into her current hospital, William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. She has been there for more than two decades now, and in that time, she has been able to guide her radiology department into its current position as one of the premiere medical facilities in the region.

Right after completing her medical school education at Boston University in 1976, Dr. Gail Weingast went on too complete the usual series of internships, residencies and fellowships at hospitals in the Denver area. Finally, she was ready, so Dr. Gail Weingast was a practicing radiologist at several other hospitals in Colorado before moving to New York and then to her current position in Connecticut. Her career path hasn’t always been a straight line; she started with a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish before she switched over to medicine a few years later, but for Dr. Gail Weingast, it’s a fulfilling history.

These days, Dr. Gail Weingast is best known as a fixture in the radiology department at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. She is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging, but Dr. Gail Weingast has been able to use her position and her talent to transform her radiology department into one of the best anywhere. That, in turn, has managed to transform the hospital into a premiere medical facility in New England, the United States and the world.

Dr. Gail Weingast’s educational journey, the one that led to her current position as a world class radiologist, was both long and satisfying. That is why Dr. Gail Weingast is now a highly regarded radiology specialist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. Dr. Gail Weingast is that hospital’s Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imag-ing. During her two decades there, she has brought her radiology department into prominence as one of the finest in New England.

While the path to her current position didn’t always follow a straight line, she values every aspect of her journey because it all made her the doctor she is today. That journey actually commenced in 1969, but it wasn’t always clear Gail Weingast wanted a career as a medical professional. The first phase of her education came at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. At their Jackson College, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, indicating that medicine wasn’t at the top of her career list at the time. That certainly changed soon after, though, because she attended the Boston University School of Medicine, and officially became Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976.

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.