Sharon Beth Weissman

Sharon Beth Weissman, MD, serves as Department Chair of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, with clinical practice at Prisma Health in Columbia, South Carolina.

Education

• MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (1991)
• Residency, Beth Israel Hospital (1994)
• Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Hospital-Brigham and Women's Hospital (1996)

Research Focus: Dr. Weissman specializes in Infectious Diseases with concentrated expertise in HIV management and clinical infectious disease protocols. Her career demonstrates sustained leadership in developing HIV clinical services and infectious disease training programs across major academic medical centers, emphasizing translational approaches to patient care and fellowship education within internal medicine.

Academic Leadership

• Program Director, Prisma Health–Midlands Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
• Director of HIV/Infectious Disease Clinic, Louis Stoke Cleveland VAMC (Case Western Reserve University)
• Director of HIV Services, Hospital of Saint Raphael (Yale University School of Medicine)

Professional Affiliations: Actively leads the Department of Internal Medicine at Prisma Health while directing medical education initiatives through the University of South Carolina School of Medicine's clinical training infrastructure.