Committee Members

Weinberger is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa and is currently Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California San Diego, Rady Children’s Hospital. Board Certifications have been in Pediatrics, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, and Pediatric Pulmonology. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he received pediatric training at the University of California in San Francisco. Two years were spent at the National Institutes of Health in a research fellowship. He completed Fellowships in Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Clinical Pharmacology at the National Jewish Hospital and University of Colorado. Dr. Weinberger started the Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Division at the University of Iowa in 1975 and chaired it for most of his 40-year tenure there. Dr. Weinberger’s publications included studies of asthma and its treatment. His most recent work has related to functional respiratory disease including functional chronic cough and vocal cord dysfunction. He has authored over 250 manuscript publications, 45 book chapters and monographs, and a book entitled Managing Asthma. He has been an invited speaker more than 500 times throughout the United States and in 21 foreign countries.

Luca Roncati, Italian pathologist, physician-scientist, anti-cancer patent inventor, academic editor, medical lecturer, and award-winning author with more than 250 publications to his credit, specialized in gynecologic oncology, pediatric pathology, hematopathology and soft tissue tumors, eponym of Roncati-Manenti triad, describer of T rex lymphoma, the pioneering researcher in COVID-19, leading researcher in nanopathology, forensics expert and adjunct professor of anatomical pathology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy).

Roger Goldstein is a Senior Scientist at West Park. He is a specialist in Respiratory Medicine who trained in the UK, Toronto and San Francisco. He was recruited by West Park and the University of Toronto to establish an academic respiratory rehabilitation program. He is the University Division Head at West Park and the Medical Head of the Respiratory Services as well as the Chair of the Research Education Council. Dr. Goldstein is a Professor of Medicine and Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto and the Founding NSA Chair in Respiratory Rehabilitation Research. He has extensive experience in the clinical management and investigation of patients with chronic respiratory conditions. He has numerous publications and has made many invited presentations at local, national and international meetings. In partnership with Dr. Dina Brooks, he co-directs the post-graduate respiratory rehabilitation research group at West Park, which includes both Canadian and International trainees.