Peter C. Weber, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Weber served as Chief Medical Officer at Cochlear Americas and was Professor and Director of Otology/Neurotology at University of Massachusetts Medical School. In previous roles, he was head of the Otology-Neurotology Department and Co-Director of the Hearing Implant Program at the Cleveland Clinic. He was also Acting Chairman in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is past President of the Board of Governors for Otolaryngology.Dr. Weber received BS and MS degrees in engineering from Washington University and his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a fellowship in Neurotology at the University of Iowa, and received an MBA degree from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Dr. Weber has published over 100 articles in peer reviewed literature, written three books, multiple book chapters and has led several National Institutes of Health sponsored research studies. He also currently serves as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Otolaryngology. His clinical interests include: surgery for pediatric and adult ear disease including cochlear implants; implantable hearing aids; infectious cholesteatomas; acoustic neuromas; ear tumors; skull bone lesions; facial nerve disorders and vertigo.

Publications

  • Published 8/20/2025

    Patel AA, Levi JR, Weber PC. Examining the Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Language on Pursuit of Cochlear Implantation. Clin Otolaryngol. 2025 Aug 20. PMID: 40831433.

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  • Published 8/15/2025

    Köker SC, Tsokanos FF, El-Merahbi R, Jha AK, Cicatelli K, Weber P, Mhamane A, Kaltenecker D, Morigny P, Loft A, Klepac K, Maida A, Molocea CE, Hass D, Vogl ES, Alfaro AJ, Sun W, Zitzelsberger H, Unger K, Szendrödi J, Li Y, Diaz MB, Wolfrum C, Bartelt A, Herzig S, Georgiadi A. The TBLR1/TBL1 Co-Factor Complex Acts as a Transcriptional Checkpoint in the Brown Adipose Tissue Response to Prolonged Cold Exposure. FASEB J. 2025 Aug 15; 39(15):e70886. PMID: 40787784.

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  • Published 8/14/2025

    Khan AU, Hoy CW, Anderson KL, Piai V, King-Stephens D, Laxer KD, Weber P, Lin JJ, Knight RT, Bentley JN. Neural dynamics of proactive and reactive cognitive control in medial and lateral prefrontal cortex. iScience. 2025 Sep 19; 28(9):113375. PMID: 40927674.

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  • Published 7/21/2025

    Kaltenecker D, Fisker Schmidt S, Weber P, Loft A, Morigny P, Machado J, Geppert J, Saul KB, Benedikt P, Molocea CE, Scott R, Haase K, Martignoni ME, Alfaro AJ, Chow KK, Simoes E, Pinhata Otoch J, Lima JDCC, Swanton C, Spielmann N, Hrabé de Angelis M, Elsner M, Ertürk A, Dyar KA, Rohm M, Prokopchuk O, Jamal-Hanjani M, Seelaender M, Backs J, Herzig S, Berriel Diaz M. Functional liver genomics identifies hepatokines promoting wasting in cancer cachexia. Cell. 2025 Aug 21; 188(17):4549-4566.e22. PMID: 40695279.

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  • Published 6/18/2025

    Patel AA, Weber PC. Is Vestibular Assessment Necessary or Valuable in Preoperative Evaluation for Cochlear Implantation? Laryngoscope. 2025 Jun 18. PMID: 40530802.

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Education

  • Albany Medical College, MD
  • Duke University, MBA
  • Washington University in St. Louis, BS/MS