David Weber MD

Healthcare Associated Infections, Mycobacterial Disease

Professor, Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Summary

Dr. David Weber is an infectious disease specialist in Chapel Hill, NC. He received his medical degree from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and has been in practice 40 years. He specializes in healthcare associated infections, new and emerging diseases, vaccines, and mycobacterial disease.

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1985
School of Public Health, Harvard UniversityMPH, Epidemiology, 1985
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1977
Wesleyan UniversityBA, Biology and political science, Magna cum laude, 1973

NC State Medical License 1985 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2013 - 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Publication Award American Journal of Infection Control, Association of Professionals in Infection Control, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2012
Margaret Jenkins Lectureship Medical University of South Carolina, 2011
Division L (Nosocomial Infections) Keynote speaker American Society of Microbiology, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2011

PubMed

Journal Articles

Antimicrobial Activity of a Continuous Visible Light Disinfection System
David J Weber, Daniel J Sexton, Deverick J Anderson, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Single-dose therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for urinary tract infections in women.
Tolkoff-Rubin N, Weber DJ, Fang L, Kelly M, Wilkinson R, Rubin R, Rev Infect Dis
Amoxicillin and potassium clavulanate: An antibiotic combination - Mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, antimicrobial spectrum, clinical efficacy and adverse effects.
Weber DJ, Tolkoff-Rubin N, Rubin R, Pharmacotherapy

Books/Book Chapters

Evaluation and treatment of hepatic failure.
Chapter: Manual of Clinical Gastroenterology
Weber DJEditors: Bongiovanni G.McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York
Gastrointestinal polyposis.
Chapter: Manual of Clinical Gastroenterology
Weber DJEditors: Bongiovanni G.McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York
Bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract.
Chapter: Manual of Clinical Gastroenterology
Weber DJ, Bongiovanni GEditors: Bongiovanni G.McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York

Abstracts/Posters

Utility of blood cultures in bone marrow transplant patients with leukopenic fever.
Berry MM, Weber DJ, Schell M, Powell E, Gilligan P, Gabriel DA, Wiley JM, Shea TC, Serody JS, The Infectious Disease Society, America, New Orleans
Identification of pregnant women at risk for herpes at delivery.
Davis G, Brown Z, Lemon S, Weber D, Tilson H, Corey L, The 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, Illinois
Evaluation of glutaraldehye-based disinfectants against Clostridium difficile.
Rutala WA, Gergen MF, Weber DJ, The 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, Illinois

Lectures

Emerging Agents Causing Gastroenteritis: E. coli O157:H7, norovirus, Clostridium difficile.
Infectious Disease Update for Nurses, Chapel Hill, NC
Update on Norovirus Infections and Infectious Diseases in the Movies.
University of Nebraska
Vaccines for Healthcare Workers.
National Foundation of Infectious Diseases, Washington, DC

Is Charlotte at Risk for Bigger Measles Outbreak as Cases Climb in the Carolinas?February 5th, 2026
Health Community Reacts to New Guidance for Hepatitis B Vaccine Issued by CDC CommitteeDecember 5th, 2025
Flu Vaccine Maker Predicts Declining Rates of People Getting Vaccinated Ahead of Flu SeasonOctober 31st, 2025