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.

The educational and medical journey of Dr. Gail Weingast began in 1969, when she decided to attend Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts, at Jackson College, where she did the work necessary to earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. Obviously, the thought to become a doctor wasn’t there at the very beginning, but something must have clicked soon after, since she soon moved on to the Boston University School of Medicine, where she officially earned the right to call herself Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976. Of course, being a doctor means gaining a lot more education. Following medical school, she headed to Denver, Colorado.

Under the auspices of Colorado General Hospital, Dr. Gail Weingast did a pediatrics internship from 1976-1977, then completed a residency in pediatrics over the next two years, as well as a residency in radiology from 1980 through 1983 and a fellowship in the field of ultrasound in 1983. She completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from in 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, which was also located in Denver.

Dr. Gail Weingast then worked at several other hospitals, mostly in Colorado, but also in New York, before she landed in Connecticut and settled into her current position. These days, Dr. Gail Weingast is best known as a highly regarded radiology specialist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging. She has been there for more than 20 years and she has used her 40 years of education and experience to guide her department into its current position as a premiere medical facility.

The career journey that eventually turned Dr. Gail Weingast into a star radiologist with one of the most prominent hospitals in the country began rather inauspiciously in 1969, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish, which she earned from Tufts University’s Jackson College. Obviously, medicine wasn’t at the top of her mind when she began her education. Despite that, however, she made up for lost time. By 1976 - just seven years later - she was Dr. Gail Weingast, MD, which she earned when she worked hard to complete her initial studies at the Boston University School of Medicine.

Of course, as is always the case for any doctor, the newly anointed Dr. Gail Weingast had a lot more to do, if she was going to make it in the medical community. She did a pediatrics internship, a pediatrics residency, a radiology residency and an ultrasound fellowship at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, all of which she completed by 1983 and finished her post-graduate studies as a radiologist from 1983 to 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver. After a few more years working in other hospitals in Colorado and New York, she landed at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she has transformed their radiology department into one of the best.

Gail Weingast didn’t always want to be a doctor. She attended Jackson College, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. However, not long after, she attended the Boston University School of Medicine, where she officially became Gail Weingast MD in 1976. After medical school, Dr. Weingast did a pediatrics internship and residency in pediatrics, followed by a fellowship in the field of ultrasound.

Dr. Gail Weingast worked at other hospitals in Colorado and New York, until she settled into her current positionas a highly regarded radiology specialist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging. She has now been there for more than 20 years and she has been able to guide her department into its current position as a premiere medical facility with her more than four decades of knowledge and experience.

Nowadays, you can find Dr. Gail Weingast practicing in her current position, as one of the most important radiology specialists at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. She has been there for more than a couple of decades. Currently the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging at Backus, Dr. Weingast has been a leader in her field, to the point that she has led her department into its current position as one of the elite facilities in the region and in the country.

While she can point to a medical career that now spans more than 40 years, Dr. Gail Weingast has come to value every aspect of her educational and career journey because everything has made her into the prominent radiologist and medical professional she is today. The journey began in 1969, when (Not-yet-Dr.) Gail Weingast attended Jackson College, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. There, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. While is seems unclear that she would be a doctor someday, let alone an honored professional, something must have motivated her soon after. In 1976, she did receive a medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, which is when she officially became Gail Weingast, MD.

Following medical school, Dr. Weingast completed a pediatrics internship and residency, as well as a radiology residency and a fellowship in the field of ultrasound, all by 1983, from Colorado General Hospital, as well as post-graduate training as a radiologist from St. Anthony’s Hospital. Both of those hospitals are in Denver, which is where Dr. Gail Weingast worked for the most part, until she decided to take a position as a radiology specialist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut. She has now been there more than 20 years. In that time, she has mov her department into its current position as a premiere medical facility. With 40 years in, a medical career seems a natural for Dr. Gail Weingast.

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. However, the career path of Dr. Gail Weingast wasn’t always a straight line and she values every bit of her educational and career journey because it has all contributed to make her the doctor she is today.

That journey began in 1969, when the future Dr. Gail Weingast studied hard and earned a degree in Spanish. Considering that, it was quite obvious that being a doctor wasn’t exactly a lifelong childhood dream. Back in 1969, it wasn’t clear she even wanted a career in medicine at first. Armed with a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish from Jackson College at Tufts University, she attended the Boston University School of Medicine soon after, where she earned her medical degree and officially became Dr. Gail Weingast. That happened in 1976.

Following her time in medical school, Dr. Gail Weingast completed 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 then went on to work at several other Colorado hospitals for several years, before heading to New York for a time, before he finally landed at her current gig in Connecticut, at Backus Hospital.

Dr. Gail Weingast is nothing if not highly educated. After completing medical school, Dr. Weingast spent years at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, where she completed a two-year pediatrics internship and a two-year pediatrics, followed by a radiology residency and a fellowship in ultrasound, all before 1983. Dr. Weingast followed that by completing her post-graduate studies as a radiologist in 1983- 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver.

Dr. Gail Weingast worked at several other hospitals, mostly in Colorado, but also in New York, before settling in at her current hospital, where she has been for more than 20 years. These days, Dr. Gail Weingast can be found at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging. She is among some of the most valued and prominent radiology specialists in the country. That is the key reason she values every little bit of her education. All of it served as a basis for her career as a doctor. Everything that happened before has made her the admired doctor she is today.

Generally speaking, many medical professionals pick a specialty early on in their careers and then rarely venture from that specialty throughout their career. Dr. Gail Weingast began her studies in the field of pediatrics from the years of 1976-1977. This time was spent looking deeply into this one particular specialty which helped her to gain a better understanding of pediatrics before deciding on her own career path. Dr. Gail Weingast decided to stick with pediatrics at that time and she performed her residency in Pediatrics at Colorado General Hospital over the next two years. It was then that she decided to make a change and she did a residency in the Radiology department from 1980 to 1983. It was at this time that she found the perfect speciality for her and she directly followed her residency with a fellowship in the field of Ultrasound in 1983.