Back before Gail Weingast had earned the right to be called Dr. Gail Weingast, MD, she actually started her educational path by earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Jackson College at Tufts University. Put simply, it is clear that becoming a great radiologist apparently wasn’t part of her life’s dream at the beginning. Something soon changed, however, and she decided to attend the Boston University School of Medicine. By 1976, she officially became Dr. Gail Weingast, MD and her path was clear. That has been good for everyone.

Of course, gaining the title was just the beginning. It wasn’t enough for Dr. Gail Weingast to become a doctor, she had to become the best in her profession. That is why she completed a two-year pediatrics internship and a two-year pediatrics residency before following that up with a three-year radiology residency and a fellowship in ultrasound technology, all at Colorado General Hospital in Denver. She then completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver, way back in 1984. These days, Dr. Gail Weingast serves as Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging at William W. Backus Hospital in Connecticut and she has transformed her department into one of the best in the nation.

Although she started her career unconventionally -- with a Spanish Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University -- Dr. Gail Weingast was focused on the medical field immediately after turning her tassel from undergraduate studies. Today, a radiology specialist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, Weingast discovered her niche in radiology during her residencies following medical school. Earning her MD from Boston University’s School of Medicine in 1976, she first studies pediatrics during residency programs at Denver’s Colorado General Hospital in the years after graduation. But soon thereafter, in 1980, she began a three-year residency in radiology, and never looked back, with studies in radiology and ultrasound to follow that shaped her lifelong passion in medicine, bringing Weingast to various doctoral positions and her role at Backus Hospital currently.

It wasn’t always a given that Gail Weingast was destined to become an illustrious radiologist. Consider that she didn’t start her education not by taking pre-med, but by earning a degree in Spanish from Jackson College, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts in 1969. That all changed soon after, however, when she soon enrolled in the Boston University School of Medicine and earned the title of Dr. Gail Weingast MD in 1976.

Currently, Dr. Gail Weingast is highly regarded as being among the most important radiology specialists in the country. She has been at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut for the last couple of decades and she is now that organization’s Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging. During that time, she has led her department into its current reputation as being among the best in the country and the world. Overall, Dr. Weingast credits her nearly four decades of education and experience for her demonstrated ability to do such great things.

It apparently wasn’t clear at the beginning that Gail Weingast wanted a career in medicine. Her first experience in higher education was earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Jackson College, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. It must have become clear to her soon, however, because she soon attended Boston University School of Medicine and officially became Gail Weingast MD in 1976.

Following medical school, Dr. Gail Weingast spent a lot of time at Denver’s Colorado General Hospital, where she completed an internship and a residency program in pediatrics, followed by a residency in radiology and a fellowship in ultrasound. Dr. Weingast completed her post-graduate studies as a radiologist in 1984 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, also in Denver. She worked at several other hospitals, mostly in Colorado, but also in New York, before she settled into her current hospital, William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she is the Chief of Ultrasound and Breast Imaging and one of the most prominent radiology specialists in the country.